Speightstown’s two-time stakes winner Recepta got her first graded stakes victory on Saturday with a well-earned three-quarter length win in the $200,000 Noble Damsel S. (G3) on the Belmont Park turf course. Recepta is Speightstown’s seventh graded stakes winner of the year and pushed the top-10 sire past the $7.6 million mark in progeny earnings […]
[ Read More ]The Keeneland September Yearling sale results continued to ring up big numbers during Tuesday’s second session for the first crop from the brilliant Bodemeister, topped by a filly that went for $850,000. Bodemeister’s two-day average, with 14 lots sold, is $312,857, best for any sire represented by his first crop in 2015. Betz Thoroughbreds consigned […]
[ Read More ]Three Chimneys Farm went to $1.525 million to secure a colt by Distorted Humor during the second day of the Sept. 14-26 Keeneland September Yearling sale, the highest price to that point in the marathon auction. Consigned as hip No. 277 by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Stonestreet Stables, the colt is out […]
[ Read More ]Leading sire Speightstown had two of the top 10-selling lots during the first day of the Sept. 14-26 Keeneland September Yearling sale. The WinStar stallion’s top lot was hip No. 85, a filly consigned by Gainesway, agent and purchased for $700,000 by Joseph Allen. The filly is the first foal out of the Dynaformer mare […]
[ Read More ]A $460,000 colt topped the first day of the Sept. 14-26 Keeneland September Yearling sale for Bodemeister, with six juveniles selling for an average of $237,500. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned Bodemeister top seller of the day, hip No. 124, which went to China Horse Club. The colt is out of the Maria’s Mon mare […]
[ Read More ]The Breeders’ Cup today announced details for Taste of the World presented by WinStar Farm, one of the most exclusive, highly-anticipated annual entertainment events surrounding the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Taking place on the evening of Thursday, October 29, the 5th Annual Taste of the World will kick-off the richest two days in sports and […]
[ Read More ]A pair of colts from the first crop of Gemologist brought bids of $280,000 and $240,000 during the select session of the OBS 2015 August Yearling sale. The figures were the highest two paid for colts during Monday’s session of the 3-day sale. For the day, Gemologist had a total of four yearlings sell for […]
[ Read More ]Shore Runner gave his owner Brad Grady another thrilling win with a half-length victory in the $100,000 Troy S. Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, the second straight stakes win and fourth in a row overall for the 5-year-old son of More Than Ready. Trapped on the rail early in the compact five-horse field, Shore Runner was […]
[ Read More ]A colt by Bodemeister brought $500,000 during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale on Monday evening. The price was the highest paid for a stallion represented by his first crop in 2015. For the evening, all five of Bodemeister’s offering sold for a total of $1,550,000, an average of $310,000, also […]
[ Read More ]Super Saver’s High Dollar Woman turned in a superlative performance in Saturday evening’s $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G2), sprinting to the front and repelling all her challengers to get her first stakes victory. Not necessarily known as a front-runner, jockey Joe Rocco nevertheless got his filly out to the front almost immediately and covered the first […]
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