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. […]
[ Read More ]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, […]
[ Read More ]The first foal by Grade 1 Haskell Invitational S. winner Paynter, a son of Horse of the Year Awesome Again, arrived Jan. 13 when a filly was born at Elm Tree Farm in Kentucky. Bred by Curt Leake, the bay filly is out of the Malibu Moon mare Moon Meeting Too. Campaigned by Zayat Stables, […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s venerable sprinter Reynaldothewizard rolled to an emphatic 3 ¾-length win in the $150,000 Dubawi S. Jan. 15 at Meydan Racecourse. Winner of the 2013 Golden Shaheen (G1), Reynaldothewizard has bankrolled over $1.7 million as is Speightstown’s leading lifetime earner. The Dubawi, run at 1,200 meters (about six furlongs), was Reynaldothewizard’s first step on what […]
[ Read More ]Early in the morning of Jan. 12 a colt by Bellamy Road became the first foal of 2015 born at WinStar Farm. The colt is the first foal out of the unraced Pulpit mare Colona. Bred by WinStar Farm and MR Capital, the foal was born at 5:30 a.m. Colona is a half-sister to Colizeo […]
[ Read More ]Bellamy Road couldn’t have had a better start to 2015 as Lutine Belle took the $75,000 Blue Norther S. Santa Anita Park on New Year’s Day. The victory was the first stakes win for the 3-year-old filly who placed in the Golden Gate Debutante on Nov. 29. Story lines surrounded Lutine Belle’s come-from-behind victory in […]
[ Read More ]With a determined stretch run, Surfer secured his first Group victory in Round 1 of the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge (G2) at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Surfer, victorious in the Listed Dubai Mile Creek S., over the same course three weeks ago, is now two-for-two on Meydan’s new dirt surface following Thursday’s victory in the 1,600 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Take Charge Indy, the regally-bred Grade 1-winning millionaire by A.P. Indy, sired his first reported foal on Monday, Jan. 5th when a dark bay or brown filly was born at Royal Thoroughbreds in Freedom, NY. Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Sandra Lombardo, the filly is out of the young Elusive Quality mare Spring […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm will host a stallion open house for breeders during the Keeneland January Sale at its state-of-the-art stallion complex. The open house will be held from 11am to 2pm daily, starting Sunday, Jan. 11 through Thursday, Jan. 15. All stallions will be available for inspection with the exception of Congrats, who is set to […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown, who finished in the top 10 on the 2014 General Sire list with 16 stakes winners, started off the new year with splash when Barbados sped to a three-length score in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid S. Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Breaking very alertly from post 8, Luis Saez got Barbados in a good spot […]
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