Category: Featured Winstar News

Tiz the Law continues historic year with a Travers S. (G1) victory

Tiz the Law’s extended his undefeated season with another magnificent performance in Saturday’s $1 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga.  The 3-year-old Constitution colt collected Grade 1 wins in the Belmont S. and Florida Derby earlier this year and surpassed the $2 million earnings mark with Saturday’s win. Constitution is North America’s leading Second-Crop sire […]

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Improbable takes historic Whitney S. for second straight Grade 1 win

Improbable moved to the top of the older male division with his two-length victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Whitney S. (G1) at Saratoga, his second Grade 1 win in a row, coming on the heels of his Gold Cup (G1) win on June 6. In a rematch with Tom’s d’Etat, Improbable got out of the gate […]

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Graded stakes double for Constitution’s Laura’s Light

Laura’s Light got her second straight graded stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 San Clemente S. (G2) at Del Mar, giving the 3-year-old Constitution filly her third career graded victory and five wins in seven lifetime starts. She is one of six graded stakes horses this year by Constitution, who leads the Second-Crop sire list with […]

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WinStar Stablemates run 1-2 in electrifying Coaching Club American Oaks (G1)

Paris Lights got the nod over Crystal Ball in Saturday’s $350,000 Coaching Club American Oaks S. (G1) at Saratoga, likely earning the fillies at trip to the Sept. 4 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. Both 3-year-olds are owned by WinStar StableMates Racing LLC, a racing syndicate offered and managed by the farm. Paris Lights […]

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Speightster filly rolls to six-length maiden special weight win at Woodbine

Dreaming of Drew pulled away from the field very impressively in the final furlong to win a $76,036 maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies by six lengths Saturday afternoon at Woodbine. The chestnut filly is the third winner from Speightster’s first crop, making the WinStar stallion one of only three freshman sires to account […]

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$700,000 Distorted Humor colt tops OBS June sale

The OBS June Sale of 2-year-olds wrapped up Thursday with a Distorted Humor colt bringing a sale-best winning bid of $700,000, nearly twice as much as any horse offered during the three-day auction. Cataloged as hip No. 1027 and offered by McKathan Brothers Sales, agent, the dark bay had worked a furlong in 10 seconds […]

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Grade 1 winner Tom’s d’Etat to stand at WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm has reached an agreement with Gayle Benson’s GMB Racing to acquire the breeding rights to Grade 1-winning millionaire and leading Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contender Tom’s d’Etat, the farm announced today. “When my late husband, Tom, decided in 2014 that we were going to enter the horse racing business, the first place we […]

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Garoppolo is first winner for WinStar Farm’s Grade 1 winner Outwork

WinStar Farm’s Outwork, a Grade 1 winner by Uncle Mo, sired his first winner when Garoppolo won a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight at Belmont Park on Friday, July 3. With Luis Saez riding for trainer Kelly Breen, Garoppolo broke alertly and tracked the early pace from third down the backstretch. He ranged up strongly […]

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Constitution’s Tiz the Law powers to historic Belmont S. (G1) victory

Tiz the Law’s perfect season continued on Saturday when the 3-year-old Constitution colt rolled to a near four-length victory in the $1 million Belmont S. (G1).  Constitution is the leading Second-Crop sire of 2020 with more than $2.5 million in progeny earnings and five graded stakes horse to date this year. Already in possession of […]

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Tiz the Law favored in Saturday’s $1 million Belmont S. (G1)

Constitution’s multiple Grade 1 winner Tiz the Law drew post 8 for the $1 million Belmont S. (G1) on Saturday.  The bay colt, owned by Sackatoga Stables, will face nine foes in this year’s first leg of the reworked Triple Crown. He’ll be ridden once again by Manny Franco, who has been aboard for all […]

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