Category: Featured Winstar News

Carpe Diem filly rolls by 6 in debut, named “Rising Star”

Scolding powered her way to a six-length maiden special weight debut win Saturday at Oaklawn Park, earning the 3-year-old Carpe Diem filly a “TDN Rising Star” tag (VIDEO). The chestnut filly is the 15th winner this year for her sire, who is in the top five in several categories on the Second-Crop sire list. Scolding […]

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Mozu Superflare the 17th Grade 1 winner for Speightstown

Mozu Superflare’s thrilling win in Saturday’s Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo in Japan gave Speightstown his 17th worldwide Grade 1 winner, this one in front-running style in 1,200 meter contest for fillies and mares. The 5-year-old made the most of her first start since last September, when she was second in the Grade 1 Sprinters S. […]

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Constitution’s Tiz the Law the class of the Florida Derby (G1) field

Tiz the Law completed the traditional Triple Crown prep season on Saturday with a dominating performance in the $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, giving the colt his second Grade 1 win and fourth victory in five lifetime starts. Now his connections have to map out a plan to get the striking 3-year-old to […]

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$380,000 Outwork colt takes center stage Wednesday at OBS

A colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Outwork brought a winning bid of $380,000 during Wednesday’s session of the OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale, the top figure of the day thus far for a freshman sire. The bay juvenile had plenty of pre-sale buzz following his 10 seconds flat work during the […]

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Exaggerator colt sells for $180,000 during OBS 2yo sale opener

First-crop sire Exaggerator was represented by an $180,000 colt during Tuesday’s opening session of the OBS March Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. Consigned by de Meric Sales, agent, hip No. 84 went to Eclipse Thoroughbred Parnters. The bay colt’s dam, the stakes-placed Gem Sleuth, is also the dam of Theory, winner of the Futurity S. […]

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Speightstown colt holds sway in $800,000 Saudi Derby Cup

Full Flat took over the lead at the quarter-pole en route to a 2 1/2-length win in Saturday’s inaugural Saudi Derby Cup Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The 3-year-old son of Speightstown broke his maiden in his home base of Japan before finishing a credible fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Bred in Kentucky by […]

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Constitution filly gets first graded win in Santa Anita’s Sweet Life S. (G3)

Laura’s Light won her first graded stakes in her young career Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park with a three-quarter length victory in the $100,000 Sweet Life S. (G3). The 3-year-old Constitution filly won the Blue Norther S. in late December and ran second in the Jimmy Durante S. (G3) last November. Owned by Gary […]

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First foal is a filly for WinStar Farm’s Good Samaritan

WinStar Farm’s Good Samaritan, a versatile millionaire son of Harlan’s Holiday and a Graded stakes winner on dirt and turf, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 15 when a filly was born at Windmill Farm in Versailles. Bred by Ellen Kill Kelley, the filly is produced from the Graded stakes-placed and stakes-producing Vicar mare […]

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Island Commish the first graded stakes winner for Commissioner

Commissioner’s first stakes winner of 2020 came Jan. 4 at Gulfstream Park when the 3-year-old colt Island Commish bested Get Smokin by a half-length in the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy S. (G3). Island Commish, who was stakes placed at two, is also the first graded winner for Commissioner and was one of his five stakes horses […]

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Constitution’s undefeated Independence Hall begins Derby Trail with convincing Jerome S. victory

Independence Hall, runaway winner of the Nashua S. (G3) in November, remained undefeated in three starts with a four-length victory in the $150,000 Jerome S. Jan. 1 at Aqueduct. Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Robert and Kathleen Verratti, Independence Hall was bred in Kentucky by Woodford Thoroughbreds. He banked $82,500 […]

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