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 […]
[ Read More ]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. […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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. […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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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