WinStar Farm’s homebred 3-year-old colt Commissioner made a big move forward Friday at Gulfstream Park with sharp first-level allowance score going nine furlongs. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the son of A.P. Indy out of the multiple stakes winner Flaming Heart came between horses in the stretch to win by a neck in 1:50.72. “It was […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s speedy sprinter Sum of the Parts became the first horse in over 30 years to record consecutive victories with a win Friday in Keeneland’s $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S. (G3), earning the colt an automatic berth into the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Xpressbet Sprint (G1) next month at Santa Anita Park. Sum of […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s General Election, a 3-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday, got up in the final strides to win the $110,400 Jefferson Cup (G3) by a neck Saturday night at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). The Jefferson Cup, a one-mile race for 3-year-olds on turf, went postward with a field of seven. General Election was last after a […]
[ Read More ]A stellar victory in the $212,800 Summer S. Saturday at Woodbine has earned the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller My Conquestadory a free trip to the Breeders’ Cup this November and was the highlight of the day for her sire, whose Hop the Six took the $75,000 Small Wonder S. and also had stakes placed […]
[ Read More ]Colonel John’s 2-year-old filly Concave moved to the head of her class with a half-length victory in the $150,500 Sorrento S. (G2) to become the initial stakes winner for the first-crop WinStar stallion. The victory moved Colonel John to the top of the Kentucky Freshman Sire list. Colonel John, who stood the 2013 at WinStar […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner and millionaire Take Charge Indy was retired from racing today after surgery to repair his left foreleg resulting from an injury sustained in yesterday’s Monmouth Cup (G2) at Monmouth Park. The son of A.P. Indy will stand at WinStar Farm for the 2014 breeding season. “I was on the lead with a […]
[ Read More ]A deft move between horses inside the eighth pole sent Dance to Bristol to the front in the final strides to win the $200,000 Honorable Miss H. (G2) by a neck Monday at Saratoga. The victory was the sixth straight for the 4-year-old daughter of Speightstown, who vaulted to the top of the 2013 General […]
[ Read More ]Lighthouse Bay’s half-length score in the $300,000 Prioress S. (G1) at Saratoga gave Speightstown his eighth Grade 1 winner, 20th Graded stakes winner, from his first five crops. The victory was the third career added-money score for Lighthouse Bay, but was the first graded win for the 3-year-old filly. Speightstown’s excellent year has put him […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Delegation collected his second career stakes win in Monday’s $150,000 Dominion Day S. (G3) at Woodbine, setting a track record of 2:01.51 for the mile and one-quarter in the process. Delegation is the third stakes winner in four days for Speightstown, who now has 10 stakes winners accounting for 15 added-money victories in 2013. […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner Verrazano successfully navigated his return to the races, absolutely dominating the $150,000 Pegasus S. (G3) at Monmouth on Sunday, June 16th. The 3-year-old by More Than Ready bolstered his lifetime record to 5 wins in 6 starts, and earnings of $951,300 with the victory. Last seen in the slop at Churchill Downs […]
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