Just two days after American Pharoah won the Preakness S. (G1) in a cakewalk, Pioneerof the Nile sired the top two colts at the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale. Hip 165 was the top colt, bringing $840,000 from trainer Linda Rice, agent, after working a quarter mile in :21.2 at the May […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s Woodwin W remained unbeaten with a tough three-quarter length victory in the $100,000 James Murphy S. Saturday at Pimlico. The win was the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old, who is one of nine stakes winner this year by his sire. Winner of a maiden special weight and a pair of turf […]
[ Read More ]Back at the Ranch cruised to a sharp 2 ¼-length maiden special weight score May 7 at Belmont Park, prompting her trainer Wesley Ward to consider shipping the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller to the prestigious June 16-20 Royal Ascot meeting. Ward has taken horses to England for the Ascot meeting in the past, tasting […]
[ Read More ]Zindaya made all the pace in Friday’s License Fee S. at Belmont Park en route to a 2 ¾-length victory, the first black-type win for the 4-year-old daughter of More Than Ready. The WinStar stallion now has 80 North American stakes winners and 147 worldwide. Breaking from the inside, Zindaya immediately was hustled to the […]
[ Read More ]Hold Me Back, whose first foals are 3-year-olds of 2015, had a pair of 2-year-old fillies bring six figures during Thursday’s third session of the April 21-24 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. Early in the session, hip No. 635, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent for Small Batch Thoroughbreds, brought a winning […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s Grade 3 winner Consumer Credit notched her third career stakes win in the $100,000 Memories of Silver S. at Aqueduct, outlasting Pine Needles in the stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile contest on the turf by a neck. Winner of the Sweetest Chant S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park in January, Consumer Credit […]
[ Read More ]After working a spectacular quarter in :21.1 on April 13th, a colt from the first crop by Drosselmeyer sold for $140,000 on April 21st, opening day of the OBS Spring Sale. A May foal out of a European stakes winner, Hip 148 posted an eye-catching work on April 13th, striding into the turn with authority, […]
[ Read More ]A lovely daughter of More Than Ready achieved the highest price for a filly on Day One of the OBS Spring Sale, selling for $250,000 midway through the session. From the same family as More Than Ready’s multiple Graded stakes-winning daughter Ready’s Gal ($609,959), Hip 157 posted a work of :10.2 at the April 13th […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile sired the second high-priced juvenile opening day at the OBS Spring Sale, when hip 273 sold for $270,000. The dark bay/brown colt out of stakes winner/Graded stakes-placed Princess Belle, by Mr. Greeley, had worked an eighth of a mile in :10.2 on April 14th. He was purchased by trainer John Kimmel on […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Dramedy put away My Afleet following an early duel and then held off a furious charge from several challengers in deep stretch to win the $250,000 Elkhorn S. (G2) Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. Dramedy and My Afleet pulled away from the field early in the 1 ½-mile marathon, clearing off by a double-digit […]
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