Sheikh Hamdan’s Tamarkuz became the second Group winner of the day for Speightstown, when he charged to a four-length victory in the $200,000 Firebreak S. (G3) over a flat mile at Meydan Racecourse on Feb. 12. Tamarkuz also became the 67th career stakes winner, fifth 2015 stakes winner for Champion Speightstown, whose 2015 progeny […]
[ Read More ]Heavily-favored I Love It (Aus) became the newest Group stakes winner for Artie Schiller on Feb. 6, with a sterling victory in the $150,000 Bow Mistress Trophy (G3) at Tattersall’s Park in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The 4-year-old filly became the 27th career stakes winner, 12 Group/Graded winner for El Prado’s value sire, Artie Schiller. […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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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