More Than Ready’s four-time Grade 1 winner Rushing Fall made her 2020 debut with a sharp score in the $100,000 Beaugay S. (G3) Wednesday at Belmont Park, winning the 1 1/16-mile turf contest by two lengths. Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) in 2017, the now 5-year-old is now 9-2-0 in 12 […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s stellar 3-year-old turf filly Laura’s Light got a great trip under Abel Cedillo to win the $100,000 Honeymoon S. (G3) by a neck over Stela Star (IRE) Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Winner of the Sweet Life S. (G3) over the same turf course in February, Laura’s Light has won four of her six […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Speightster sired his first winner when Queen Arella made her career debut a winning one, impressively capturing a five-furlong maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park on Friday. With jockey Miguel Vazquez riding for trainer Roderick Rodriguez, Queen Arella, following a rough start, rallied strongly from the back of the pack with a bold […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Sharing made a triumphant return to the races in Saturday’s $100,000 Tepin S. at Churchill Downs, her first start since taking the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) last November. Sharing got away well in the field of 13 3-year-old fillies going one mile, tracking in fourth through the first half-mile in :48.39. Given […]
[ Read More ]Charlatan’s superlative six-length victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) stamped the undefeated son of Speightstown as a leading contender for this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1). The chestnut colt, who cost $700,000 as a yearling, is the 18th Grade 1 winner for his sire and second this year, along with Mozu Superflare. Speightstown is the […]
[ Read More ]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. […]
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