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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 […]

A colt by Colonel John was the session-topper during Thursday’s Keeneland September Yearling sale, with trainer Ken McPeek going to $170,000 to secure hip No. 3164. Consigned by Wendy Noel Sales, agent, the bay Kentucky-bred is the first foal out of Wildcat Dreamer, a daughter of Western Dreamer, who was a stakes winner at two […]