Switzerland’s impressive 3 1/2-length score in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint S. (G3) was the first graded stakes win for the 4-year-old Speightstown colt, who is undefeated in four starts this year. The final time of 1:09.43 for the six furlongs over a very sloppy Pimlico surface was less than a half-second off the track record. […]
[ Read More ]Red Ruby thoroughly dominated Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) over a sloppy Pimlico racetrack, rolling by 4 3/4-lengths in the first graded stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Tiznow. Red Ruby, owned by her breeders Sandra Sexton and Silver Fern Farm, had been in consideration for the Kentucky Oaks (G1), but skipped that race […]
[ Read More ]Like he did in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Justify drew post seven in the $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1) as he attempts to capture the second leg of the Triple Crown this Saturday, May 19. Justify’s Derby win vaulted the colt’s earnings to $2,098,000 for the partnership of WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of […]
[ Read More ]Justify put himself in the history books with his 2 ½-length win in the 144th Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. Justify became the first Kentucky Derby winner since 1882 to win the Run for the Roses without making a start as a 2-year-old and is the second Derby winner for WinStar Farm, who co-owns […]
[ Read More ]Trainer Bill Mott had Yoshida (JPN) in perfect form for his 2018 debut in the $500,000 Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old colt turned in a career-best performance on a rainy Saturday, with a perfectly-timed ride by Jose Ortiz to capture the 1 1/8-mile event by three-quarters of a […]
[ Read More ]Funny Duck earned his first graded stakes win over a sloppy Churchill Downs race track in the $300,000 Pat Day Mile (G3) on Kentucky Derby day. Coming from almost last in the field of 14 after a quarter-mile, Funny Duck forged to the lead in mid-stretch and pulled away impressively to win by nearly five […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm, along with several partners, will have three chances as owners to win Saturday’s $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1). Audible, Justify and Noble Indy are all colts with graded stakes wins in their last start prior to the Derby. And adding in the top-class colt Bolt d’Oro, who WinStar bred and sold, and the […]
[ Read More ]China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Starlight Racing and WinStar Farm’s dynamic 3-year-old colt Justify had his final pre-Kentucky Derby (G1) workout on April 27 for trainer Bob Baffert, getting seven furlongs in 1:25.20 at Santa Anita Park. The undefeated Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner is scheduled to arrive at Churchill Downs on […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s $700,000 colt marked yet another highlight in the long career of the WinStar stallion during the second session of the April 24-27 OBS 2-year-old sale. The colt’s sale price was the third-most to date of the four-day auction. Niall Brennan, agent, consigned the colt, hip No. 403, with Narvick International, agent for Katsumi Yoshida, […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s Rushing Fall made a successful 2018 debut in Sunday’s $200,000 Appalachian S. (G2) at Keeneland, winning the one-mile turf contest for 3-year-old fillies by a length as the odds-on favorite. Trained by Chad Brown for e Five Racing Thoroughbreds, Rushing Fall was three-for-three as a 2-year-old winning the Jessamine County S. (G3) […]
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