Mexican Miss continued her winter hot streak with a win in Saturday night’s Jersey Lilly S. at Sam Houston Park, the first stakes start and win for the 5-year-old daughter of More Than Ready. Since Thanksgiving, Mexican Miss has won three of five starts, and is a neck and head away from being undefeated during […]
[ Read More ]Hail to the Nile notched his first stakes win in front-running style in Saturday’s Dixie Poker Ace S., a mainstay on the turf stakes circuit at venerable Fair Grounds Race Course. The 5-year-old by Pioneerof the Nile, bred in Louisiana by Warren Harang III, set some solid fractions of 23.74 and 48.01 seconds through the […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ Cash Back kept her unbeaten record intact with a 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Melody of Colors for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park. The filly was one of three stakes winners on the day for Congrats, topped by Venus Valentine’s scintillating win in the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G2). At Oaklawn Park, Haveyougoneaway […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ speedy 5-year-old mare Haveyougoneaway earned her second straight stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Spring Fever S. at Oaklawn Park, coming from sixth at the half-way point to win going away by 2 ¾-lengths. The winner completed the 5 ½ furlongs in 1:04 1/5 over a fast track, following up her win in the $100,000 […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Grade 3 winner Barbados kicked off his 2016 campaign on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, and responded with a one-length victory in the $100,000 Pelican S. Sent away the 7-5 favorite, Barbados responded strongly in the final furlong, closing from fifth to win going away under Victor Lebron. The 4-year-old covered the six furlongs […]
[ Read More ]Pangburn, a 4-year-old Congrats filly, came four wide entering the stretch to win the $75,000 Maryland Racing Media S. by a half-length on a cold Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park. Pangburn is the fourth stakes winner of 2016 for top-10 sire Congrats, whose undefeated 3-year-old filly Polar River turned in another dominating performance in Thursday’s […]
[ Read More ]The brightest star on the 3-year-old racing season in Dubai is the Congrats filly Polar River, who toyed with her competition in Thursday’s 1,000 Guineas S., dusting an over-matched group by about 13 lengths in very easy fashion while upping her undefeated record to 3-for-3. Congrats, who was a top-10 sire by winners in 2015, […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s Cash Control collected her seventh win in 12 lifetime starts in the $60,000 Daisy Devine S. at Fair Grounds’ Race Course. The winner, a 5-year-old Bert and Richard Klein homebred, won the Tiffany Lass S. over the same course in December, and now has banked a total of $245,700. The 1 1/16-mile […]
[ Read More ]The fourth annual Fantasy Derby Challenge, presented by WinStar StableMates, kicks off this Friday, February 12. The free handicapping contest follows prominent 3-year-old Thoroughbreds on the road to the Kentucky Derby, and culminates after nine weeks with the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 16, 2016. “We are very excited to bring […]
[ Read More ]Cadet Roni proved much the best in the $75,000 Wishing Well S. Sunday at Santa Anita Park, splashing to a 6 ¾-length victory in the 6 ½-furlong contest that was rained off the turf. Colonel John ranked in the top 5 on both the First and Second Year Sire lists the past two seasons and […]
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