Jet Black Magic turned in the biggest performance of her young career in Saturday’s $400,000 Delta Princess S. (G3), scoring a commanding 4 ¼-length victory for her first graded win. Jet Black Magic is one of Hold Me Back’s 10 stakes horses this year. With more than $2.4 million in progeny earnings to date, the […]
[ Read More ]Cotton Candy Cutie overpowered her foes in the stretch to score a 1 ½-length victory in a one-mile maiden special weight contest in the first race at Aqueduct on Saturday afternoon. The chestnut 2-year-old is the eighth winner for Sidney’s Candy, who ranks seventh on the Kentucky First-Crop sire list with over $420,000 in progeny […]
[ Read More ]Two-year-old Lucky Folie took full advantage of her early speed to win Sunday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. to give the daughter of Distorted Humor her first stakes win and second in three lifetime starts. The Wertheimer and Frere homebred is Distorted Humor’s ninth stakes winner, and 21st black type horse overall, of the year, while […]
[ Read More ]The 2-year-old filly Eighth Wonder made her first stakes start on Sunday and responded with a devastating 9 ¼-length victory in the $75,000 Donna Freyer S. at Parx. The daughter of Pioneerof the Nile, who broke her maiden by 7 ¾-lengths on Sept. 19 and came back with a five-length allowance score on Oct. 27, […]
[ Read More ]Uncle Youdge bounded to a one length score in a maiden special weight turf affair Saturday at Laurel Park, giving his sire Sidney’s Candy his seventh winner from his first crop, with six of them coming in maiden special weights at top meets such as Del Mar, Belmont Park and Gulfstream Park. Uncle Youdge, who […]
[ Read More ]Perennial leading international sire More Than Ready recently sired his 150th black type winner, which ranks the WinStar stallion second only to Giant’s Causeway for all stallions standing in North America. More Than Ready is the sire of nine millionaires, with his overall progeny earnings approaching an incredible $130 million. He has been in the […]
[ Read More ]The Tascosa Kid rallied for a neck victory in a maiden special weight on Saturday at Hawthorne to become the sixth winner of the year for First-Crop sire Sidney’s Candy. The WinStar stallion, who will stand in 2016 for $10,000 live foal, was bred to 136 mares this year. Making his debut for owner/trainer Hugh […]
[ Read More ]Little Nick V. rallied in deep stretch to take the $100,000 Juvenile Turf S. at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Colonel John colt who was making just his third lifetime start. Colonel John leads all third crop sires in both winners (78) and wins (116) and is the only […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor got his third TDN Rising Star Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs when Wrath of Ruthie powered to a 9 ½-length maiden special weight score in her racing debut for owner LNJ Foxwoods and trainer Steve Asmussen. The 3-year-old filly earned a gaudy 92 Beyer Speed Figure in the six furlong contest, which went […]
[ Read More ]A weanling colt from Paynter’s first crop brought a winning bid of $250,000 during the Wednesday session of the Keeneland November Sale, which runs Nov. 2-13. Paynter, a Grade 1 winner of more than $1.1 million, was bred to 158 mares in 2015 and will stand the 2016 season at WinStar Farm for $20,000 live […]
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