Category: General News

Bellamy Road filly Land Over Sea takes to Del Mar turf

Land Over Sea scampered across the Del Mar turf course to score a 3 ¾-length maiden special weight victory in the second lifetime start for the 2-year-old daughter of Bellamy Road. The chestnut filly really took off in the stretch after tracking in fourth for most of the one mile affair, stopping the timer in […]

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Shore Runner comes out on top in $100K Lucky Coin S.

Many of More Than Ready’s offspring have found a home on the turf, and Shore Runner looks like that type following his gutsy victory in the $100,000 Lucky Coin S. Monday at Saratoga. The win was the third straight sprinting on the lawn for the 5-year-old, who has now earned $302,340 and has finished first […]

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Hold the Giant still perfect after Edmonton Juvenile win

Hold the Giant, a 2-year-old son of Hold Me Back, is undefeated in two starts following his two-length victory in the $50,000 Edmonton Juvenile S. on Saturday evening. Owned by Riversedge Racing Stable Ltd., the chestnut Kentucky bred broke his maiden, also at Northlands Park, in his July 1st debut. The juvenile’s dam, Won by […]

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Sidney’s Candy filly romps in Del Mar unveiling

As her sire Sidney’s Candy did some six years ago, Sooner Time broke her maiden at Del Mar on July 23 in her career debut, taking 5 ½-furlong contest for 2-year-old fillies by 3 ¼-lengths. Sooner Time is the first winner for Sidney’s Candy, who would go on to sparkle in such races as the […]

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Drosselmeyer filly debuts a 6 ½-length winner

Heartbreaker Girl made short work of a field of 2-year-old fillies as the daughter of first-crop sire Drosselmeyer sauntered to an easy maiden win in her debut July 23 at Gulfstream Park. She is the second winner for her sire, whose 2-year-olds have also been very well-received at auction this year, bringing up to $425,000. […]

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Hold for More scores second stakes win of 2015

Hold for More chalked up yet another stakes win on July 19 when the 3-year-old son of Hold me Back rolled to a 7 ¼-length victory in the $55,000 MTA Stallion Auction Laddie S. at Canterbury Park. Hold Me Back’s 31 winners to date rank third on the Second-Crop Sire list for 2015. Hold for […]

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Tiz Shea D scampers to rousing victory in $500,000 Indiana Derby (G2)

Tiz Shea D’s young career reached new heights on Saturday evening when the 3-year-old Tiznow colt scored a 1 ¼-length triumph in the $500,000 Indiana Derby (G2). Tiz Shea D is Tiznow’s leading earner of 2015 and one of his eight stakes winners, topped by Grade 1 Vanity S. champ My Sweet Addiction.  The Indiana […]

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Nonna’s Boy easily best in Monmouth’s Lamplighter S.

Jumping to the lead right out of the gate, Nonna’s Boy skipped to a 3 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $60,000 Lamplighter S. over the Monmouth Park turf course. With none of his foes getting within two lengths at any point, the 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor went on to collect his first career stakes win […]

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More Than Ready chalks up 15th SW of the year

Ready for Romance, remained undefeated in three starts while making her stakes debut in Saturday’s $125,000 Ontario Damsel S. at Woodbine. The Sam-Son Farms homebred daughter of More Than Ready is the 151st lifetime stakes winner for his sire, second only to Giant’s Causeway for all sires standing in North America.   Ready for Romance […]

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Congrats filly tops Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age sale

Congrats’ multiple stakes-winning daughter Temper Mint Patty brought a winning bid of $350,000 during Wednesday evening’s Fasig Tipton Summer Select Horses of Racing Age sale, the top bid at the one-day auction. The last hip (No. 524) through the sale, Temper Mint Patty attracted plenty of attention, including from Jacob West, who purchased the filly […]

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