Tiznow’s dynamic 2-year-old colt Dennis’ Moment was made the morning line favorite for Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita, where he will face seven foes after the scratch of Maxfield. Tiznow also has a very intriguing entry with Blue Chipper in the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1). Blue Chipper has won all five […]
[ Read More ]Constitution, who is currently second on the First-Crop Sire list, will have his first Breeders’ Cup starter on Friday when Our Country breaks from the rail in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Our Country, who has made all four of his starts on grass, broke his maiden by nearly six lengths in […]
[ Read More ]With a total of five entries in as many races in the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup, Speightstown has a big chance to collect his second Breeders’ Cup winner. Friday’s card features the 2-year-olds, and Speightstown has three youngsters vying for championship honors. Cambria, in the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) at 1:12 p.m. PT, was unlucky […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has set 2020 stud fees for its 21-stallion roster, headed by perennial leading sire More Than Ready who will stand for an unchanged fee of $80,000 S&N this upcoming breeding season. WinStar also welcomes new stallions to its roster in Florida Derby (G1) winner Audible who will stand his initial season at stud […]
[ Read More ]Selflessly was a very unlucky second in her Aug. 28 debut, but the More Than Ready filly made up for it on Sunday at Belmont Park with a victory in the $200,000 Miss Grillo S. (G2) on the turf. Two-year-old Selflessly is the seventh graded stakes winner this year for her sire, and he now […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ Pat On the Back added two milestones to his brilliant career on Saturday, getting his first graded stakes win in the $300,000 Kelso H. (G2) and also earning millionaire status after the $165,000 payday. He the third millionaire and 11th graded stakes winner for Congrats. The venerable 5-year-old now has eight stakes wins overall […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s brilliant 2-year-old colt toyed with his competition in Saturday’s $200,000 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs, winning the 1 1/16-mile contest by 1 3/4-lengths while being eased up by jocked Irad Ortiz, Jr. After breaking his maiden by a whopping 19 1/4-lengths July 27 at Ellis Park, and earning a TDN Rising Star tag, […]
[ Read More ]Lazy Daisy shipped from her southern California base for Saturday’s $200,000 Pocahontas S. (G2) at Churchill Downs, and the 2-year-old Paynter filly rewarded her connections with a gritty 1 1/4-length win in the 1 1/16-mile contest. Trained by Doug O’Neill, the Lazy Daisy’s victory earned an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) […]
[ Read More ]Yorkton captured the second straight running of the Bold Venture S. (G3) Saturday at Woodbine, giving the 5-year-old son of Speightstown his second career graded stakes win. As he did in the 2018 running of the 6 1/2-furlong contest, Yorkton went straight to the front as pre-race favorite stood in the gate at the break, […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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