With a furious rally up the rail, Alexis Tangier prevailed by a neck in the $75,000 Unzip Me S. on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old daughter of Tiznow is out of Cambiocorsa, the dam of Grade 2 winners Moulin de Mougin and Schiaparelli. Tiznow’s tally of stakes horses in 2014 now […]
[ Read More ]Punctuate, a 2-year-old colt by Distorted Humor out of the undefeated mare Peppers Pride, came from last in a field of 12 juveniles to win his first start by 1 ¾-lengths Saturday at Santa Anita Park (VIDEO). Trained by Bob Baffert for Arnold Zetcher, Punctuate’s superb effort after an adventurous trip earned the bay colt […]
[ Read More ]American Pharoah won his second straight Grade 1 race Saturday in the $300,000 FrontRunner S. at Santa Anita Park, putting the 2-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt right on target for the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), which also runs at Santa Anita. American Pharoah broke his maiden second time out in the Del Mar […]
[ Read More ]Undefeated Temper Mint Patty’s towering victory in the $150,000 Joseph F. Gimma S. topped a huge day Sunday at Belmont Park for Congrats, who also had first-time starter Jacaranda take her career bow in a 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight contest. With 10 winners and four stakes horses to date this year, Congrats is squarely […]
[ Read More ]Saturday’s $200,000 More Than Ready Mile at Kentucky Downs had a fitting result when even money favorite Regally Ready pulled clear to a 2 ¼ length win in the race named for his sire. Regally Ready, a seven-time stakes winner of over $1.4 million coming into Saturday’s race, set a few lengths behind Stormy Going […]
[ Read More ]Daredevil made short work of a field of maiden 2-year-old Saturday at Belmont Park, striding to a 6 ¼ length score in the career debut for the chestnut son of More Than Ready. After John Velazquez hustled the Todd Pletcher trainee to the lead right out of the gate, Daredevil had thing his own way […]
[ Read More ]A pair of first-crop offerings by Drosselmeyer bringing $225,000 and $150,000 in the early sessions of the Keeneland September Yearling sale, for an average of $187,500, 12.5x his published stud fee. Through the first three days of the auction, Drosselmeyer’s average was second best for all first-crop yearling sires with more than one horse sold. […]
[ Read More ]Leading sire Speightstown brought some big prices during the first day of the Keeneland September Yearling sale, with a pair of colts selling for $500,000 and $485,000. Hip No. 40 was Speightstown’s top seller of Monday’s session. The colt was consigned by Dromoland Farm and bought by Shadwell Estate Company, Ltd. The colt is out […]
[ Read More ]Wine Police out-dueled Homerun Berti in Sunday’s $75,000 Premier Cup H. at Zia Park to collect his third lifetime black-type victory and give his sire Speightstown his 12th stakes winner of 2014 and simultaneously push the top-10 sire’s progeny earnings past the $6.5 million mark. Wine Police chased Homerun Berti through most of the 5 […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ list of 2014 stakes winners grew on Sunday when the 4-year-old filly Toasting pulled clear late to register a 1 ½-length victory in the first running of the $100,000 Sky Beauty S. at Belmont Park. Getting away alertly in the field of five, Toasting was nevertheless in last, but just a couple of lengths […]
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