Category: General News

Bellamy Road’s multiple Grade 1-placed 2-year-old Land Over Sea drew post 1 for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) Saturday at Keeneland as she attempts to become the first Breeder’s Cup winner for sire. In four races, Land Over Sea’s speed figures have improved each time. Following a second place finish in her […]

Gliding By will make her Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) start Friday at Keeneland under the care of a new trainer following a partial sale recently. Greenwood Lodge, who campaigned the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller to this point, sold an interest in the dark bay filly to Adam Wachtel and Brous Stable LLC. […]

A $215,000 filly from the first crop of Bodemeister became one of the top-priced offerings during the first day of the Oct.19-22 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearlings sale. The filly, hip No. 250, was bought from Baccari Bloodstock, agent by Sid Fernando’s SF Racing. The gray or roan Kentucky-bred is a half-sister to The Factor, a […]

Making just her third career start, Sam-Son Farms’ homebred 3-year-old filly Southern Ring rallied to a two-length score in the $100,000 Ruling Angel S. over Woodbine’s Polytrack. The daughter of Speightstown, who broke her maiden by 5 ¾-lengths a month ago on the turf, was just effective on the main track. Breaking very quickly, Southern […]

First-year sire Bodemeister had the top-selling colt at the Oct. 6 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling sale, a $190,000 juvenile consigned by Dark Hollow Farm, agent and purchased by Peter Angelos. The bay colt, hip No. 231, is a half-brother to three-time stakes winner Joy and stakes-placed Combat Diver. Their dam Safe Journey is a half-sister to […]

Ran Jan Racing, Inc.’s Alexis Tangier, the multiple stakes-winning filly by Tiznow, proved best in Saturday’s Swingtime S. at Santa Anita. Trained by Richard Mandella, the 4-year-old showed explosive acceleration in the stretch under jockey Gary Stevens to draw clear by 1 ¼ lengths, running a mile in 1:34.49 over the local turf course. She […]

Stonestreet Stables’ leading sprinter Rock Fall, last Saturday’s winner of the $400,000 Vosburgh S. (G1) at Belmont, will stand alongside his sire Speightstown at WinStar Farm when he retires at the conclusion of 2015. Fresh off his seventh straight victory – and second straight in a Grade 1, Rock Fall will likely be the favorite […]

Haveyougoneaway found herself in the Remington Park winner’s circle following a convincing 4 ¼-length score in Sunday’s $50,000 Flashy Lady S. The win was the first stakes win for the daughter of Congrats, who had placed in several stakes races previously, including last year’s $200,000 Remington Park Oaks. Haveyougoneaway found her best stride with about […]

Rock Fall’s victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Vosburgh at Belmont Park marked the seventh straight win for the 4-year-old Speightstown colt, who has not lost since his debut. The win also earned Rock Fall’s an all-fees paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) next month at Keeneland as part of the Breeders’ Cup […]

Full Salute’s professional-looking victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Hall of Fame S. at Parx had the look of better things to come for the 2-year-old son of Speightstown.  The top-five sire now has a dozen black type winners this year, with seven of them coming in graded stakes, including the nation’s top sprinter Rock Fall, winner […]