WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stables’ Carpe Diem turned in a stellar performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland, winning by 6 ¼-lengths to send the undefeated colt to Santa Anita for a shot at the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Carpe Diem, a 2-year-old Giant’s Causeway colt, made the decisive move outside the […]
[ Read More ]Cursory Glance stamped herself as one of the top 2-year-old fillies in Europe with a courageous victory in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud S. during Irish Champions weekend at The Curragh. She is one of Distorted Humor’s six stakes winner this year, and one of two, along with Fire With Fire, who are multiple graded […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s “big horse” reputation rolled on at the Keeneland sale on Thursday when a colt by the perennial leading sire brought a winning bid of $1.35 million early in the fourth session of the Sept. 8-21 sale. The regally-bred colt, named Tour de Force, was consigned by Lane’s End for his breeder Kinsman Farm and […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow had one only two horses sell for seven figures during the third day of the Sept. 8-21 Keeneland September yearling sale, with a filly bringing $1.1 million from high bidder Dr. Christoph Berglar of Stonereath Farm. Hip No. 549 was bred in Kentucky by celebrity chef Bobby Flay and was consigned by Arthur Hancock’s […]
[ Read More ]Competitive Edge got his first stakes win and I Spent It added to his black-type resume with a 1-2 finish for Super Saver in the $350,000 Hopeful S. (G1) on Labor Day at Saratoga (VIDEO). Super Saver has emerged as the dominant Freshman Sire of 2014. He now has three stakes winners, two of them […]
[ Read More ]Jojo Warrior, already a 2014 stakes winner for her sire Pioneerof the Nile, added to her resume on Sunday with a front-running victory in the $100,000 Torrey Pines S. (G3) at Del Mar. The 3-year-old filly had collected a win earlier this year in Santa Anita’s Summertime Oaks (G2) and is now 3-1-1 in six […]
[ Read More ]Seek Again, a 4-year-old Speightstown colt, notched his second career graded stakes win in superb fashion Saturday at Saratoga, taking the $500,000 Fourstardave S. in course-record time after having to alter course drastically in mid-stretch. Taking a spot along the rail going into the first bend, Seek Again settled some six lengths off the pace […]
[ Read More ]Drosselmeyer’s $300,000 colt during day one of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale set a new high-water mark for a juvenile from the first crop of the WinStar stallion. Alex and JoAnn Lieblong were the winning bidders on the bay Kentucky-bred colt from the Gainesway consignment. The colt is a half-brother to King Cyrus, the […]
[ Read More ]Champion sire Distorted Humor notched another high-profile auction yearling Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale with a colt that brought a winning bid of $550,000, the third-highest figure paid for a colt during day of the Aug. 4-5 auction. Hip No. 29 was consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent and went to […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm LLC and Gary Barber’s Tourist ran his turf record to a perfect 3-for-3 in the $100,000 Sir Cat S. Friday at Saratoga, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Tiznow colt. Breaking from the center in the field of seven, Tourist was on a measured hold from Joel Rosario going into the first […]
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