Perennial leading sales sire Distorted Humor had yet another star during Monday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale, when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a top bid of $700,000. Bred and consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, hip No. 85 went to Lothenbach Stables. The chestnut colt is out of the […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready, a leading sire both on track and in the sales ring, had another banner day during Monday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale. His two lots offered during the exclusive first day brought an average of $425,000, topped by a $500,000 purchased by Hartley/deRenzo Thoroughbreds. Consigned by Denali Stud, hip No. […]
[ Read More ]Sporting Chance became Tiznow’s 15th lifetime Grade 1 winner with a dramatic score in the $350,000 Hopeful S. (G1) on Monday’s meet-closing card at Saratoga. The victory moved the 2-year-old colt to the top of his division as the fall racing season makes its way to the Breeders’ Cup in early November. Trained by Hall […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready got his second Saratoga stakes winner in three days on Aug. 30 when the 2-year-old colt Catholic Boy took the $150,000 With Anticipation S. (G3) by a length over Irish Territory (IRE). The win marked a pair of firsts: it was the first stakes win for the bay colt and was also […]
[ Read More ]The 2017 Barretts Select Yearling sale on Aug. 29 in southern California was led by a $300,000 yearling filly by Bodemeister that was purchased by Jay Em Ess Stable. The price was the highest ever paid for a yearling at Barretts. “She’s like a family member,” said Tom Bachman of Fairview Farm, who bred the […]
[ Read More ]Defiant Honor rolled past Cherry Lodge at the top of the stretch to capture Thursday’s $100,000 Riskaverse S. at Saratoga by a length over Fizzy Friday (GB). The victory was the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Speightstown filly, who has more than 20 black type horses and over $6 million in progeny earnings to […]
[ Read More ]The superb returns for Super Saver during Tuesday evening’s session of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale were topped by a $425,000 colt by the WinStar stallion. The session also included a $275,000 filly and $235,000 colt for the Kentucky Derby-winning sire of champion Runhappy. The $425,000 colt, hip No. 125 was consigned […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile, sire of two juvenile champions, was represented by a $575,000 filly during the first night of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale. Pioneerof the Nile most famous son, multiple champion American Pharoah, went through this same auction four years ago before achieving racing immortality with his triumphant Triple Crown campaign […]
[ Read More ]The results of the first night of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale included a $500,000 filly by WinStar Farm’s champion sire Tiznow. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, as hip No. 52, the dark bay filly went to Godolphin USA. The filly’s dam, Sacristy, won the Old Hat S. (G3) and was three-time […]
[ Read More ]Good Samaritan rolled down the Saratoga stretch, passing both Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming and Preakness S. (G1) champ Cloud Computing to take Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) at Saratoga. Owned by the partnership of WinStar Farm, Head of Plains Partners, China Horse Club and SF Racing Group, Good Samaritan had never started […]
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