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 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s and Sagamore Farm’s Global Campaign took the $300,000 Peter Pan S. (G3) Saturday at Belmont Park, setting up the 3-year-old colt for a potential run in the Belmont S. (G1) a month from now. Also bred by WinStar, Global Campaign kicked off his career in January at Gulfstream Park, scoring impressively at first […]
[ Read More ]Commissioner had his best results of the April 23-26 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training on Wednesday when a filly by the First-Crop stallion brought a winning bid of $475,000. The tandem of Solis and Litt were the winning bidders on hip No. 365, consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds LLC. “She had all […]
[ Read More ]Spirited bidding during Wednesday’s session of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training finished with prominent buyers Solis and Litt coming out on top for a $600,000 Tiznow colt. The price was the highest paid for a colt during the first two days of the April 23-26 central Florida auction. Consigned by de Meric […]
[ Read More ]The praise flowed for both Paynter and his $450,000 filly following her time in the ring during Wednesday’s session of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. One of the first horses in the ring on Wednesday, hip No. 312 set the tone with a lively round of bidding before being secured by Mike […]
[ Read More ]Quip held off a host of challengers in a driving rain to take Saturday’s $750,000 Oaklawn H. (G2), with just a length separating the top five finishers. The 4-year-old old Distorted Humor colt, winner of last year’s Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and second in the Arkansas Derby (G1), is now 4-1-1 in eight outings and […]
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