Category: General News

Reynaldo’ scores yet another Group win

Grade 1 millionaire Reynaldothewizard remained undefeated on the dirt at Meydan, with a hard-fought victory in the $200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint (G3) today in the UAE.   The all-time leading earner by Speightstown, Reynaldothewizard is one of four stakes winners already this year for his sire, who reigns as North America’s second leading sire of […]

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Bright Town is SW #66 for Speightstown

Speightstown sired his fourth stakes winner of 2015 when Bright Town wired her field in the 6 1/2-furlong El Diario S. on Feb. 7 at Sunland Park.   The victory is especially noteworthy as the 66th career stakes winner and 64th blacktype winner for Speightstown, who leads all stallions in his siring crop – including […]

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Thrilling win for Colonel John firster

Lieutenant Colonel battled to a game head victory in his first lifetime start Saturday at Gulfstream Park, making the 3-year-old colt the sixth winner of 2015 for his sire Colonel John.  Colonel John finished ranked fourth on the 2014 Second-crop Sire list, and is right back in a similar spot as his third crop hits […]

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More Than Ready filly zips to first stakes win

Hard to Stay Notgo went right to the front and never looked back in Sunday’s $125,000 Franklin Square S. at Aqueduct for her first stakes win in just her fourth lifetime start. The 3-year-old More Than Ready filly is the second stakes winner of the year for her sire, who stands this year at WinStar […]

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Four by Congrats are weighted on the Experimental

Champion Sire Congrats remains the standard-bearer among all juvenile sires from the A.P. Indy line, with more runners ranked on the 2014 Experimental Free Handicap than any stallion from his famed sire line.   By A.P. Indy out of Praise, by Mr. Prospector, Congrats placed four runners, all fillies, on the Experimental, and was the […]

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Barbados captures second straight stakes in Hutcheson S. (G3)

Barbados became Speightstown’s latest graded stakes winner on Saturday with a thrilling half-length victory in the $150,000 Hutcheson S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Barbados is Speightown’s 25th lifetime graded stakes winner and is the first multiple stakes winner of 2015 following his victory in the Jan. 3 Spectacular Bid S., also at Gulfstream. The seven-furlong […]

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Grade 3 Sweetest Chant S. goes to More Than Ready filly

Consumer Credit captured her third straight win with an impressive performance in Saturday’s Sweetest Chant S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly is More Than Ready’s 62nd lifetime graded stakes winner and 140th black-type winner, second-most of any stallion standing in North America. Edgar Zayas gave Consumer Credit a perfect ride in the one-mile […]

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G1-winning millionaire Overanalyze’s first foal is a filly

WinStar Farm’s Overanalyze, the Grade 1-winning millionaire by Dixie Union, sired his first foal early Sunday, Jan. 18th when a filly was born at Red River Farm in Coushatta, LA.  Bred by Jim and Heidi Maikranz of 4M Ranch, the chestnut filly is out of the Congrats mare Happy Destiny, a daughter of multiple graded […]

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Pioneerof the Nile’s American Pharoah wins Eclipse Award

Zayat Stables’ brilliant 2-year-old colt American Pharoah became Pioneerof the Nile’s first Eclipse Award winner when he was named 2014 2-year-old Champion Male at Saturday night’s Eclipse Award ceremony at Gulfstream Park. American Pharoah’s success on the track last year was a major factor in making Pioneerof the Nile the leading Second-Crop Sire of 2014. […]

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Speightstown racks up third stakes winner of the month

Weekend Hideaway surpassed the half-million dollar earnings mark with a four-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint S. at Gulfstream Park, the fifth lifetime stakes win for the newly-turned 5-year-old son of Speightstown. Weekend Hideaway chased the Sprint’s heavy favorite Happy My Way through the first half-mile, which went in a very quick :44.96, […]

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