Hours after Speightstown’s Switzerland won the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), his day got even better when Olympiad won the $500,000 New Orleans Classic (G2) at Fair Grounds. The 4-year-old colt scored his third straight win while just missing the track record in the 1 1/8-race. Fresh off a 1 1/16-mile record-setting performance in […]
[ Read More ]Country Grammer, owned by Amr Zedan along with WinStar Farm and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, won Saturday’s $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) by 1 ¾-lengths over Hot Rod Charlie, with post time favorite Life Is Good nosed out for the third spot. Country Grammer may have been overshadowed by WinStar-owned Life Is Good in the lead-up […]
[ Read More ]Switzerland stormed to the lead at the top of the Meydan Racecourse on his way to victory in Saturday’s $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), giving the 8-year-old son of Speightstown his first Grade 1 win and his sire his 23rd lifetime Grade 1 winner. Switzerland, who is owned by RRR Racing, won the Maryland […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready had the new sales topper early during Wednesday’s closing session of the 2022 OBS March 2-year-old sale when hip No. 318 brought a winning bid of $1.2 million. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Kaleem Shah was the winning bidder just minutes after the start of Wednesday’s action. The youngster had worked […]
[ Read More ]The OBS March 2-year-old sale got off to a very strong start Tuesday for First-Crop sire Good Samaritan when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $300,000. Pick View LLC, agent, was the consignor of hip No. 177, while the winning bidder was Tropical Racing, Inc. Pick View acquired the gray […]
[ Read More ]A colt from the first crop of WinStar stallion Good Samaritan posted the fastest quarter-mile of the day during Thursday’s breeze show for next week’s OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale (WATCH BREEZE). Bred by St. Elias Stable, the gray youngster is out of the Speightstown mare Sweat and Saddle, whose dam Well Monied was a […]
[ Read More ]Olympiad turned in a gold-medal worthy performance in Saturday’s $250,000 Mineshaft S. (G3) at Fair Grounds, pulling away late to win the 1 1/16-mile contest by 2 ¼-lengths, breaking a 28-year-old track record with a time of 1:42.01 on the fast track. The 4-year-old son of Speightstown is the 63rd lifetime graded stakes winner for […]
[ Read More ]Glass Ceiling earned her first graded stakes victory on Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park with an ultra-game effort in the Barbara Fritchie S. (G3). The win was the first graded score for the 5-year-old daughter of Constitution, who has won four of her last five starts, including the Garland of Roses S. at Aqueduct in […]
[ Read More ]Payntdembluesaway scored a dominating win in Saturday’s $100,000 Lightning City S. at Tampa Bay Downs to become Paynter’s newest stakes winner. The lightly-race 6-year-old is the sixth stakes horse this year for her sire, who finished 2021 in the top 10 on the General Sire list with $13.8 million in progeny earnings. Payntdembluesaway came out […]
[ Read More ]A brilliant 2021 campaign earned Knicks Go a pair of Eclipse Awards during Thursday’s ceremony at Santa Anita Park, taking home the Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male awards. Owned by the Korean Racing Authority, Knicks Go captured the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Whitney S. (G1), Lukas Classic (G3) and Cornhusker H. (G3) […]
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