WinStar Farm’s homebred Tourist turned in a stellar performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Fourstardave H. (G1) at Saratoga to give the 5-year-old son of Tiznow his first graded stakes victory. Tourist is the 13th Grade One stakes winner for Tiznow, who has 34 graded stakes winners and more than $61 million in lifetime progeny earnings for […]
[ Read More ]Paynter had a pair of colts go through the ring during the first evening of the Aug. 8-9 Fasig Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale, with the duo bringing a healthy avearge of $227,500 for the first-crop stallion. Topping the pair was hip No. 53, consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, and purchased by the aptly-named Saratoga Seven […]
[ Read More ]Exaggerator proved he belongs at the top of the 3-year-old division with his decisive victory in Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Inv. (G1), defeating both the winner, Nyquist, and third-place finisher, Gun Runner of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1). Exaggerator, who has now won more than $3.5 million, is slated to join the WinStar Farm stallion […]
[ Read More ]Levante Lion is now a perfect 2-for-2 following the 2-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile’s victory in the July 23 Hakodate Nisai S. (G3) going five furlongs on the turf at Hakodate Race Course. Winner of a maiden race over the same course and distance a month ago, the dark bay Kentucky-bred won her first […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s homebred colt American Patriot set a course record Saturday at Delaware Park while winning the 1 1/8-mile Kent S. (G3), the first stakes score for the 3-year-old colt. Breaking from post five, American Patriot quickly found his way to the rail as the field moved from the turf chute onto the main course. […]
[ Read More ]Leading international sire More Than Ready added to his 160-plus lifetime stakes winners on Saturday when the 2-year-old colt Boynton won the Superlative S. (G2) at Newmarket in Great Britain. Boynton, a debut winner at Goodwood, overcame even-money favorite War Decree in the final stages, winning by three-quarters of a length under jockey Adam Kirby. […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1-winning millionaire Take Charge Indy will be represented by three horses from his first crop cataloged in the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale, which begins at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12. First to go through the ring will be hip 74, a bay colt consigned by Marshall Silverman for Marathon Farm. The colt is […]
[ Read More ]Paynter, a top three freshman weanling sire of 2015, has a total of seven yearlings cataloged in the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale, one of the top numbers for a freshman sire represented in the one-day auction. Consignor Chris Baccari has a pair of Paynter yearlings in the catalog, hips 96 (colt) and hip 260 […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s versatile sprinter Passsion for Action racked up his third stakes win of 2016 on Sunday with a gallant neck victory in the $200,000 Highlander S. (G2) over the Woodbine turf course. The bay 4-year-old has been in peak form at Woodbine this summer, winning the Jacques Cartier S. and Vigil S. (G3) and finishing […]
[ Read More ]Classic Empire’s dazzling stretch run carried the 2-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile to victory in Saturday night’s Bashford Manor S. (G3) at Churchill Downs. The well-bred bay juvenile is now a perfect 2-for-2 for owner John Oxley. Classic Empire is the fourth graded stakes winner, and seventh overall, this year for Pioneerof the Nile, […]
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