Speightstown got his 22nd lifetime Grade 1 winner Saturday at Saratoga when Lexitonian won the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1) in an extremely game effort. Lexitonian is Speightstown’s seventh lifetime Grade 1 winner at the historic Saratoga meet and coincidentally his sire’s seventh graded winner of 2021. Currently third on this year’s General Sire […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s 3-year-old colt Americanrevolution turned the $150,000 New York Derby into a one-horse race in the stretch as he strutted to a 7 1/4-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile affair at Finger Lakes on July 19. With a June 20 maiden win under his belt, Americanrevolution was the overwhelming favorite for trainer Todd Pletcher. He […]
[ Read More ]Congrats got his second black type winner in as many days Sunday at Saratoga when Goin’ Good won the $120,000 Coronation Cup for her owner/breeder Klein Racing. The 3-year-old filly had finished second in a pair of stakes events earlier this year before getting her breakthrough win over a sloppy Saratoga main track. Originally scheduled […]
[ Read More ]Bango has now won three straight stakes races after a commanding five-length win in Saturday’s $75,000 Good Lord S. at Ellis Park. The 4-year-old Congrats colt won both the Kelly’s Landing S. and Aristides S. during the recently concluded Churchill Downs meet. Saturday’s win pushed his lifetime earnings over the half-million dollar mark, to $505,197, […]
[ Read More ]Renaisance Frolic was up just in time to win Saturday’s $75,000 Mr. Steele S. at Gulfstream Park, coming four-wide into the stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a nose. It was the third career stakes win for the son of Paynter, who has now earned $463,396 for Sir David Seale and trainer […]
[ Read More ]Good Samaritan’s first yearling to sell at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July sale in Kentucky brought a top bid of $100,000 from Gary Broad, agent for Walmac Farm. Hip No. 3, consigned by Gainesway, agent, is a bay colt out of Casey’s Irish Pride and is a half-brother to track record-setter and Grade 3 winner Proforma. This […]
[ Read More ]Christmas delivered another solid performance in Friday’s $75,000 Tah Dah S. at Belterra Park to win her first stakes and remain undefeated in her first two starts. The gray/roan daughter of Constitution is owned by Michael Lewis and Winblaze LLC, the latter also the filly’s breeder. After getting off a beat slow, Christmas came between […]
[ Read More ]Soothsay overacame a bad start with a big stretch rally to win Wednesday’s $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G3) by a neck in a four-horse photo finish. It was the third victory in four lifetime starts, all this year, for the 3-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor. That includes a victory in the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) in […]
[ Read More ]Ready A.P. rolled to a 8 1/4-length maiden special weight win in her July 1 debut at Belmont Park to become the latest TDN Rising Star for More Than Ready. More Than Ready is among the all-time leading sires of Rising Stars, with 15 to date. Among his standouts are the incomparable champion Rushing Fall, […]
[ Read More ]A Life That’s Good surged past odds-on favorite Summer Brew in the final furlong of Monday’s $50,000 Niagara S. at Finger Lakes to tally a 1 1/4-length win for the 3-year-old daughter of Congrats. The win came just two days after Congrats’ Bango took the Kelly’s Landing S. at Churchill Downs and gave the WinStar […]
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