Bright Town sauntered to an easy 4 ½-length victory in Monday’s $50,000 First Lady H., the second stakes victory in the career of the 5-year-old daughter of Speightstown. The First Lady is Bright Town’s second stakes win of 2015. She is one of seven stakes winners this year by her sire. A perennial top sire, […]
[ Read More ]Super Majesty sparkled in her debut Sunday at Santa Anita, dominating a field of fillies to win the six furlong maiden special weight affair by a widening 6 ¼-lengths in a very quick 1:08.54. The 3-year-old daughter of Super Saver, who was bred by WinStar Farm, was tabbed a TDN Rising Star, like Super Saver’s […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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