Perfect Step drew off to a 1 ¾-length victory in Friday’s $75,000 Hard Worker S. at Gulfstream Park, capturing her fourth consecutive win and first career stakes score for the daughter of Congrats. Congrats has had a stellar 2015 with his overall winners ranking him in the top 10 and over $4.7 million in earnings […]
[ Read More ]Courtier gave his leading Third-Crop sire Pioneerof the Nile his fourth stakes winner of the year on Wednesday night with a rousing 1 ¼-length victory in the $200,000 Centaur S. at Indiana Grand. Left near the back of the nine-horse field in the early stages, Courtier was still more than a dozen lengths off the […]
[ Read More ]The Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) could be in the future for Distorted Humor’s 4-year-old son Ironicus following his course record-setting performance in Monday’s $250,000 Bernard Baruch S. (G2) at Saratoga. Ironicus, who won the Dixie S. (G2) at Pimlico and ran second in Saratoga’s Fourstardave H. (G2), is one of Distorted Humor’s seven stakes winners […]
[ Read More ]Tourist, a son of Tiznow, turned in a super performance to take the WinStar Farm-sponsored, $300,000 More Than Ready S., the feature race on Saturday’s card at Kentucky Downs. Trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Florent Geroux, Tourist overwhelmed his foes with the front-running, 3 ¾-length score while never being seriously threatened or asked […]
[ Read More ]Cajun Schill made his first foray outside of Florida a winning one with a stirring 1 ¾-length victory in the $300,000 Calumet Farm Juvenile S. Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Downs. Trained by south Florida-based Bill Kaplan for Teresa and David Palmer, Cajun Schill scored by 5 ½-lengths in his maiden win on July 12, when […]
[ Read More ]Championofthenile broke on top and never relinquished his lead in a 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds Friday at Saratoga. The colt is one of 42 winners this year by Pioneerof the Nile, the runaway #1 Third Crop Sire and top 5 General Sire of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. Championofthenile, trained by […]
[ Read More ]Sooner Time, a 2-year-old Sidney’s Candy filly, and Dragon Flower staged a stretch-long duel Thursday at Del Mar, with Sooner Time coming out on top to become the first multiple winner for her sire (VIDEO). A Grade 1 winner of $1.1 million, Sidney’s Candy’s first crop of 2-year-olds have brought an average of $90,519 during […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller became the first American-based horse to sire the winner of Korea’s prestigious $340,000 Asia Challenge Cup, going 1200 meters over the sand track at Seoul Race Park, when Choegang Schiller pulled off the victory over the highly regarded El Padrino (NZ), who won this race a year ago. Choegang Schiller tracked a pair […]
[ Read More ]High Noon Rider drew off smartly in the stretch over Saratoga’s inner turf course to score by 3 ½-lengths in the $100,000 Better Talk Now S., the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor. High Noon Rider, who was already twice stakes-placed before Monday’s victory, is the 129 lifetime black type winner […]
[ Read More ]Runhappy turned in a stellar performance in Saturday’s $500,000 King’s Bishop S. (G1) at Saratoga, setting a stakes-record of 1:20.54 for the seven furlongs, which is just 0.34 seconds off the track record at the historic New York oval. Runhappy is Super Saver’s second Grade 1 winner this month at Saratoga, with Embellish the Lace […]
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