Super Majesty’s May 24 6-plus length debut score earned her a TDN Rising Star tag, but the 3-year-old daughter of Super Saver topped that race on July 5 with a spectacular 15 1/4-length allowance win at Los Alamitos (VIDEO). Getting the six furlongs in 1:08.26, just .08 off the track record, the $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Florida […]
[ Read More ]Colonel John, the leading Third-crop sire of winners, has a rising star on his roster with Cocked and Loaded, who ran his record to a perfect 2-for-2 with a come-from-behind victory in the $250,000 Tremont S. Friday at Belmont Park. After breaking very alertly from rail, Irad Ortiz, Jr. let Cocked and Loaded settle into […]
[ Read More ]Like many young Thoroughbreds, Market Light – a 3-year-old filly by After Market – got her start a year ago as a 2-year-old in her quest for a career as an equine athlete. After all, this daughter of the stakes-winning racemare Lighten Up Tiny possessed a pedigree that made her destined for a life as […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s American Pharoah continued on his quest for the Triple Crown with a spectacular seven length victory in the $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1), setting the stage for the Zayat Stables colorbearer to attempt to become the 12th Triple Crown winner in the June 6 Belmont S. (G1). Facing a much smaller field […]
[ Read More ]Though he was making his first stakes start, Ironicus looked like a seasoned black-type veteran as he closed from tenth with a quarter mile to run to capture the $300,000 Dixie S. (G2) under a heady ride by Javier Castellano. Making his eighth lifetime start, the 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt, a Stuart Janney III homebred, […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Commissioner scored his second straight graded stakes win in Friday’s $300,000 Pimlico Special, winning the 1 3/16-mile contest by a clear-cut 2 ½-lengths. Coming off a victory in the Grade 3 Skip Away S., at the same distance, on March 28, Commissioner was three wide going into the first turn at Pimlico, but […]
[ Read More ]The following is a letter WinStar Farm recently received for one of our Stablemates members. We are very appreciative of the kind words and are thankful we were permitted to share them publicly. I want to thank you so much for the most fantastic experience with racing that I have ever had! Participating in the […]
[ Read More ]One day after My Sweet Addiction won the Vanity S. (G1), Tiznow got his second graded stakes winner of the weekend when the up-and-coming Kentuckian rolled to victory in Sunday’s Laz Barrera S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Tabbed a “TDN Rising Star” after an 11-length debut victory at Golden Gate March 7, Kentuckian came […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow got his 13th lifetime Grade 1 winner on Saturday when My Sweet Addiction rallied back to win the 1 1/8-mile Vanity S. by a length in 1:49.73. My Sweet Addiction joins an elite group that includes the likes of Well Armed, Colonel John, Tizway and Folklore who also reached the pinnacle of racing success […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s young stallion career reached new heights on Saturday when American Pharoah triumphed in a thrilling renewal of the Kentucky Derby (G1). Following a trio of frustrating runner-up finishes in recent years, American Pharoah’s breakthrough run was especially fulfilling for his owner Ahmed Zayat, who also bred the winner. “We own the mare […]
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