Fortissimo scored his second straight stakes win on Aug. 10 with a 3 ¼-length victory in the $100,000 Cleveland Kindergarten S. at Thistledown. The victory marked the third in as many starts for the 2-year-old Take Charge Indy colt, who has won his races by a combined 15 ¾-lengths. Fortissimo is one of Take Charge […]
[ Read More ]Steal Sunshine, a 5-year-old son of Constitution, produced a steady rally down the center of the racetrack to score a determined victory in the $200,000 Gulfstream Park Mile (G2) on Saturday, March 2. Ridden by Paco Lopez, Steal Sunshine covered the one mile on the main track in 1:35.74. Owned by Michael Iavarone, Jules Iavarone, […]
[ Read More ]Patriot Spirit turned in a sparkling performance in winning the $50,000 Inaugural S. Dec. 2 at Tampa Bay Downs, giving his connections hope that the 2-year-old Constitution colt can take them on to much loftier goals in 2024. Patriot Spirit was the odds-on favorite in the six-furlong Inaugural, and ran to his backers’ expectations. Breaking […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Grade 1-winning millionaire Paynter, whose story of perseverance captivated the racing world in 2012, had to be euthanized on Friday, Nov. 10, due to lameness, the farm announced today. The 2009 son of Awesome Again captured the 2012 Haskel Invitational S. (G1) in dominant fashion and finished a close second in that year’s […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s undefeated colt Prince of Monaco kept his perfect record unblemished in three starts with a victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1) on Sunday, Sept. 10. It was the second straight graded stakes win for Prince of Monaco, who captured the Best Pal S. (G3) by 4 ¾ lengths in his previous start. […]
[ Read More ]A filly by Take Charge Indy fetched $510,000 from Jeff Mackor, agent for Gus King, during the second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training on Tuesday, May 23. The filly, who breezed a fast eighth in :10 flat at the under track preview, was consigned by De Meric […]
[ Read More ]Warrant held off the late close of Red Run by a neck to win Wednesday’s $175,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon S. at Churchill Downs. The victory was the third career stakes win for the 5-year-old son of Constitution, and also made him racing’s newest millionaire with $1,058,893 in career earnings. The win in Wednesday’s 1 ½-mile […]
[ Read More ]Misty Mauve collected her first stakes win in Saturday’s $100,000 Dahlia S. at Laurel Park, pulling clear in the final furlong to take the one-mile race by 2 ¼-lengths. The 4-year-old Paynter filly was making her stakes debut following an April 7 win over the same track and distance as the Dahlia. She broke well […]
[ Read More ]Future WinStar stallion Country Grammer, Thoroughbred racing’s leading active money earner with a bankroll of $11.2 million, dominated five rivals in winning the $200,000 San Antonio S. (G2) at Santa Anita on Monday, Dec. 26. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Country Grammer defeated Stilleto Boy by 4 ½ lengths in the rousing win. Owned by Commonwealth […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Good Samaritan was represented by his 12th winner Saturday at Hawthorne when Coffee Caliente was a 1 ½-length maiden special weight winner at six furlongs (WATCH RACE). The bay 2-year-old was already stakes-placed from his prior start in the Shakopee Juvenile and was a handy winner on Saturday. After taking the lead in […]
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