Speightstown racked up his 30th stakes horse of 2014 on Sunday at Woodbine when 3-year-old Pirate’s Trove bested Cactus Kris by a nose in the $125,000 Duchess S. Bred by WinStar Farm and M R Capital, Pirate’s Trove is undefeated in two starts and has amassed $91,470 to date. After chasing Zensational Bunny through the […]
[ Read More ]Top sire Distorted Humor once again had a top-5 seller at auction, this time at the July 14 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age sale in Lexington when a filly by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $500,000 from Stonestreet Stables. Hillaby, cataloged as hip No. 304, was consigned by Taylor Made […]
[ Read More ]Tizcano, the last horse through the ring at the July 14 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age sale in Lexington, brought a winning bid of $710,000 that would be the most paid for a colt at the auction Tizcano, a 2-year-old son of Tiznow won his only career start for owner Oscar Diaz and […]
[ Read More ]Bedford Land, a 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown, brought a top bid of $1,075,000 at the July 14 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age sale in Lexington, the highest figure paid at the central Kentucky auction. Three Chimneys Farm, with Chris Baker signing the ticket, was the winning bidder for the filly, who was part […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s 3-year-old colt Rebranded turned the Colorado Derby into a one-horse race with a runaway 12 1/2-length score in the 1 1/16-mile contest at Arapahoe Park on Sunday afternoon. The Kentucky bred sophomore assumed total command less than half-way through the contest, coasting home with ease to stop the timer in 1:45.12 over a surface […]
[ Read More ]Something Nice strolled to a comfortable three length win Sunday in the career bow for the 2-year-old daughter of Hold Me Back. She is the eighth winner for the freshman sire, who is in the top ten on the First-Crop Sire list. Going 5 1/2-furlongs in maiden special weight company at Thistledown, Something Nice broke […]
[ Read More ]Heart Stealer out-classed her competition in Gulfstream Park’s $75,000 Paseana S. on Saturday, as the multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Speightstown rallied to to take the 6 1/2-furlong affair by 2 1/4-lengths. Speightstown’s runners have now eclipsed the $4.6 million mark this year, ranking second on the 2014 General Sire list. After entering Heart Stealer […]
[ Read More ]I’m Steppin’ It Up led wire-to-wire in Saturday’s $57,625 Carl Hanford Memorial S. at Delaware Park, prevailing by a neck in the 1 mile and 70 yard contest. The 6-year-old son of Congrats passed the half-million dollar mark in career earnings with the victory. Congrats has a dozen stakes horses in the first half of […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm freshman sire Super Saver sired his first winner Wednesday, July 2nd when his 2-year-old colt I Spent It, a $600,000 purchase earlier this year, overcame early trouble to impressively capture his debut in a $75,000 Maiden Special Weight dash at Belmont Park (VIDEO). Well backed at 7-2 odds for his debut, I Spent […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s newest stakes winner Big Kick drew off early to an insurmountable lead in Sunday’s $200,000 San Juan Capistrano (G2) at Santa Anita Park, opening up by some 10 lengths before holding on gamely to win the 1 3/4-mile turf marathon (VIDEO). Big Kick is Tiznow’s fifth stakes winner, with four of them coming in […]
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