Magic Dance On Point in Debutante Score TDN Rising Star Magic Dance kept her perfect record intact with a determined 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs. Owned and bred by Three Chimneys Farm, Magic Dance is a daughter of More Than Ready—Magical World, by Distorted Humor and she is a […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Constitution got his second “TDN Rising Star” Sunday at Santa Anita Park when Amalfi Sunrise sauntered to a 6 1/4-length maiden special weight win at 4 1/2-furlongs. Out of the gate quickly, the 2-year-old filly battled closely with Save the Story for the lead until just before entering the stretch, when accelerated away […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Daredevil was represented by his second maiden special weight winner on Thursday at Churchill Downs when Shedaresthedevil rallied in upper stretch to win going away by 3 1/4-lengths [WATCH RACE]. The victory came just one day after Better The Devil gave the WinStar stallion his first winner. Despite a bit of an awkward […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s $280,000 filly purchased during the first session of the June 12-14 OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale was not only the top-priced filly of the day, but also the highest price paid for any offspring of a First-Crop sire. Consigned by Potrero Stables, hip No. 256 went to Phil and Christine Hatfield following a quarter-mile […]
[ Read More ]Overanalyze got his first Grade 1 winner on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park when Hog Creek Hustle came from near the back of the pack to win the $400,000 Woody Stephens S. (G1) by a neck over Nitrous. The victory was also the first graded win for the 3-year-old colt who most recently finished second […]
[ Read More ]Two Last Words, a 2-year-old by WinStar Farm’s multiple Graded stakes winner Commissioner, won at first asking at Indiana Grand on Friday, becoming his sire’s first winner. Owned by Deann Baer and bred in Indiana by Deann and Greg Baer, Two Last Words broke alertly under jockey Jose Riquelme and challenged for early supremacy in […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s multiple Grade 1 winner Catholic Boy made a triumphant return to the races in Saturday’s $250,000 Dixie (G2) at Pimlico Race Course, besting Admission Office by a half-length to sixth lifetime graded stakes win. Owned by Robert LaPenta, Madaket Stables, Siena Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables, the 4-year-old has now earned […]
[ Read More ]Lexitonian became Speightstown’s fifth stakes winner of 2019 on Preakness Day at Pimlico when the 3-year-old colt won the $200,000 Chick Lang S. (G3) by a head over Gladiator King. Speightstown, a top-10 sire of 2019, now has progeny earnings of over $4 million this year. Lexitonian broke in front from his inside post, but […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farms’, China Horse Club International’s and SF Racing’s New York Central found an opening along the fence in upper stretch en route to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint S. (G3) on Preakness Day at Pimlico. After making his 2019 stakes debut in the April 6 Commonwealth S. (G3) at Keeneland, […]
[ Read More ]Saturday’s 144th running of the Preakness S. (G1) drew a field of 13 3-year-olds vying for the second jewel of the Triple Crown, with WinStar Farm’s, China Horse Club’s and Starlight Racing’s Improbable, in post 4, made the 5-2 morning line favorite. After a drama-filled Kentucky Derby (G1) that ultimately resulted in a fourth-place finish […]
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