Pioneerof the Nile, who had one of the top yearlings at the August Fasig-Tipton sale, saw more solid results during the first session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale on Monday afternoon. Topping the day for the WinStar stallion was the very first horse to go through the ring, hip No. 1 consigned by Betz […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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