Speightstown’s top sprinter Tamarkuz outgamed Sloane Avenue in the Meydan stretch to score his fourth consecutive stakes win, three of them graded, at the sprawling U.A.E. racetrack, in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2). Tamarkuz is one of Speightstown’s five stakes winners this year. His progeny have earned nearly $2.3 million to date, ranking third […]
[ Read More ]Living up to his billing, Competitive Edge rolled to an 8 ¼-length win in the $60,000 Tamarac S. Friday at Gulfstream Park, the first start for the 3-year-old son of Super Saver since his dominating win in the Sept. 1 Hopeful S. (G1) at Saratoga. Super Saver finished 2014 ranked second on the First Crop […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has reported that Fed Biz and Revolutionary, the farm’s first-year stallions in 2015, have both had their first respective mares confirmed in foal with heartbeats. Fed Biz retired sound to WinStar at the end of 2014 following a racing career that saw the son of Giant’s Causeway become a two-time track-record setter in […]
[ Read More ]Tizmas broke on top and stayed there the entire trip in Saturday’s $60,000 More to Tell S. at Aqueduct, giving the son of Tiznow his first stakes victory. Ridden by Junior Alvarado and trained by Jason Servis, Tizmas rolled through fractions of 23.13, 47.90 and 1:13.16 to win by a half-length over Lucky Lotto in […]
[ Read More ]The second and final day of the OBS March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training brought plenty of highlights for Sidney’s Candy, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2015. With a total of six horses selling during the March 17-18 auction, including five on the second day, Sidney’s Candy had a hammer price average of […]
[ Read More ]Hoop of Colour sauntered to a half-length score in the Grade 2, $201,000 Santa Ana S. Sunday at Santa Anita Park. She is the 55th lifetime graded stakes winner for Distorted Humor and pushed his cumulative progeny earnings past the $108 million mark, fourth-most of all active North American sires. Trained by Graham motion, Hoop […]
[ Read More ]American Pharoah turned his highly-anticipated 2015 debut into a one-horse race with a dazzling stretch run in Saturday’s $750,000 Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park. American Pharoah is the top earner of 2015 for his sire Pioneerof the Nile, who is the leading Third-Crop sire this year. The 2014 2-year-old champion, who had been off since […]
[ Read More ]Tamarkuz followed up his powerful victory in the Feb. 12 Firebreak S. (G3) with a comfortable $200,000 Burj Nahaar (G3) on Saturday evening at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown has now earned $365,444 off six wins in 12 lifetime starts, and his latest stakes victory made Speightstown North America’s Leading Sire […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s top offering at the March 4 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-year-old sale brought a winning bid of $460,000. Consigned by Crupi’s New Castle Farm, hip No. 105 was bought by Spendthrift Farm. The chestnut juvenile, who breezed 10.1 seconds at the March 2 under tack show, is out of the multiple stakes-winning Forest Wildcat mare […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor was among the leading sires at the March 4 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-year-old sale, with a pair of colts bringing $500,000 and $325,000, for an average of $412,500. Hip No. 82 led the way for his sire. Consigned by Hoby and Layna Kight, agent, the half-million dollar purchase was bought by Third Street […]
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