Leading First-Crop sire Constitution’s first offerings at the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale came on Friday, with a $400,000 colt topping the day that saw all of his lots bring at least 11 times his stud fee. The $400,000 colt, already named Citizen Soldier, was cataloged as hip No. 878 and consigned by Hunter Valley […]
[ Read More ]After finishing Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale with his usual strong results, Speightstown picked right up when Book 2 started on Friday with a $700,000 colt, one of the top 10 individuals during the session. The bay colt, hip No. 679, was consigned by Gainesway, agent, and went to the big-name duo […]
[ Read More ]Exaggerator, whose first crop are yearlings of 2019, had his first juvenile sell at Keeneland on Sept. 11 when hip No. 491 brought a winning bid of $250,000 from Maverick Racing. The bay colt, consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, is out of the Grade 1 Empire Maker mare Last Full Measure, winner of Keeneland’s Madison […]
[ Read More ]Constitution tallied a pair of maiden special weight winners on Monday, led by the romping winner Gouverneur Morris, who won his debut at Saratoga by nine lengths and was named a TDN Rising Star following the stellar effort (VIDEO). With his two winners on Labor Day, Constitution’s first crop of runners have now accounted for […]
[ Read More ]Front Run the Fed won Sunday’s $100,000 Better Talk Now S. at Saratoga in the first black type start for the 3-year-old Fed Biz colt, who scored a 13-length allowance win in his most recent start before Sunday. Stretching out to a mile for the first time, Front Run the Fed was last of six […]
[ Read More ]John Terranova, agent, went to $340,000 to secure hip No. 342 during Sunday evening’s Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale, giving Constitution the session-topper on the first day of the Aug. 11-12 sale at Saratoga. Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services LLC, agent, consigned the bay colt. He is out of Arkis Queen, whose siblings included graded stakes […]
[ Read More ]Tuesday’s closing session of the Aug. 5-6 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale yielded the best result of the sale for first-crop sire Exaggerator, with a filly bringing a top bid of $400,000. Consigned by Select Sales agent on behalf of Coteau Grove Farms, hip No. 214 went to Kerri Radcliffe, agent. The gray or roan filly […]
[ Read More ]A filly from the first crop of Exaggerator got the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale off to a rousing start when Gary Contessa went to $275,000 for hip No. 1 at the outset of Monday evening’s opening session of the two-day auction. Offered by Royal Bloodstock, agent, the dark bay filly is out of Fashion Cat, […]
[ Read More ]Mominou collected her first stakes victory on July 21 at Saratoga with a front-running score in the $200,000 Caress S. Mominou’s win capped a terrific week for Congrats that saw the WinStar stallion eight individual winners, giving him an even 100 for the year, making him one of only five stallions in North America to […]
[ Read More ]Outwork, whose first crop are yearlings of 2019, had a stellar day Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton July Sale, with five lots selling for an average of $152,000, including three six-figure individuals. Leading the way was hip No. 134, a colt consigned by Taylor Made Sales agency and purchased by Ken McPeek on behalf of Walking […]
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