Bootsy’s Hadenough couldn’t have been more impressive in her 9 3/4-length maiden special weight win Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs, winning the six-furlong contest in 1:10.86 under a hand ride by Corey Lanerie. The bay filly is the ninth overall winner for Paynter, who has three stakes horses, including black type winner Renaisance Frolic, among […]
[ Read More ]Sunday’s session of the Keeneland November sale featured a $200,000 colt from the first crop of Carpe Diem, the third-highest price paid for a weanling by the WinStar stallion thus far in the Nov. 7-18 auction. Taylor Made Sales agency consigned the colt, hip No. 1810, with Bloodstock Investments V making the purchase. The chestnut […]
[ Read More ]The Keeneland November sale features several top-class foals from the first crop of multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Constitution, including a filly that brought a winning bid of $185,000 from Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent during Friday’s session of the Nov. 7-18 sale. The dark bay filly, hip No. 1068 consigned by Vinery Sales as agent for […]
[ Read More ]Daredevil, the Grade 1 winner whose first crop are weanlings of 2017, had two fillies top the six-figure mark during Thursday’s session of the Keeneland November Sale. The top price of the day for the WinStar stallion was hip No. 554, consigned by Hunter Valley Farm and purchased by Baccari Bloodstock for $150,000. The dark […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s $550,000 colt was the top-selling weanling during Thursday’s session of the Keeneland November Sale, which runs Nov. 7-18. Consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, hip No. 420 went to Baccarri Bloodstock for $550,000. Out of the stakes-winning mare Bobbie Use, the bay colt is a half-brother to Princess Rooney H. (G1) winner Starship Truffles. […]
[ Read More ]Battle of Midway, winner of the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) last Friday at Del Mar, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty in 2018 at WinStar Farm. His fee will be $20,000 S&N. “We are extremely proud of Battle of Midway and the tremendous performance he put forth in […]
[ Read More ]The opening day of the 2017 Keeneland November Sale yielded stellar results for Pioneerof the Nile, who had colts go through the ring for $425,000 and $350,000 during Tuesday’s session. Hip No. 101, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, was the top price of the day for his sire, with Baccari Bloodstock the winning bidder. […]
[ Read More ]Roy H completed his meteoric ascension to the top of the male sprint division with an emphatic win in Saturday’s $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint. The 5-year-old son of More Than Ready won his first stakes start, the True North S. (G2) in June, an since then was second in the Bing Crosby S. (G1) […]
[ Read More ]Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm’s stellar 3-year-old colt defeated older horses in a thrilling edition of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) Friday at Del Mar. Making his first start outside the 3-year-old ranks, Battle of Midway showed the grit that had earned him a pair of stakes wins and a gallant third-place finish […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s undefeated 2-year-old filly Rushing Fall turned in another stellar performance in Friday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Rushing Fall is More Than Ready’s fourth overall Breeders’ Cup winner, and the second in the Juvenile Fillies Turf. She is the 24th Grade 1 winner for her sire, whose runners have earned […]
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