Dynamic Impact got the nod in an ultra-tight photo finish in Saturday’s $500,000 Illinois Derby Saturday at Hawthorne, a victory that could put the 3-year-old son of Tiznow on course for a start in the May 17 Preakness (G1). Tiznow’s progeny have now earned more than $2.2 million in 2014, which has the WinStar stallion […]
[ Read More ]A son of Speightstown breezed a quarter mile in :20 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the fourth and final session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2014 Spring Sale of Two Year Olds in Training. The sale runs April 21-24, and the colt will sell […]
[ Read More ]Sisterly Love proved game on the front end in the $100,000 Doubledogdare (G3) April 18 at Keeneland, dueling the entire trip with multiple Grade 1 winner Emollient to win the 1 1/16 mile main track contest by a neck over a late-closing Moment in Dixie. Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Stewart Elliott, Sisterly […]
[ Read More ]Take Charge Lady, the dam of first-year WinStar Farm stallion Take Charge Indy, as well as 2013 champion 3-year-old colt Will Take Charge, was honored as 2013 Broodmare of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (KTOBA) at its annual awards luncheon April 17. Take Charge Indy, who is standing his first […]
[ Read More ]A colt by leading sire Speightstown hammered for slightly over $408,000 in U.S. dollars ($320,000 Guineas) during the first session of the April 15-17 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale, the second-highest price of the prestigious European 2-year-old auction The juvenile is out of the Royal Academy mare Sleepytime, a Group 1 winner of the 1,000 […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s top 3-year-old filly Ready to Act got her first graded stakes victory Sunday in the $200,000 Beaumont (G2) at Keeneland. More Than Ready now has eight stakes winners in 2014, including another stellar sophomore filly in Room Service, who won the Grade 1 Ashland S. April 5 at Keeneland. Last early on, […]
[ Read More ]Brewing, winner of the $100,000 Gazebo S. March 22 at Oaklawn Park, captured his second consecutive black-type event on Friday with a game half-length score in the $100,000 Bachelor S., also at the central Arkansas track. The 3-year-old son of Maimonides, a Zayat Stables homebred trained by D. Wayne Lukas, was ridden to victory by […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm freshman sire Hold Me Back, the Grade 2-winning and multiple Grade 1-placed son of Giant’s Causeway, sired his first winner from his first starter Thursday, April 10th. The 2-year-old filly Truth in the Lies made her career debut in a 4 ½-furlong heat at Pimlico, breaking with good speed and leading the field […]
[ Read More ]The Keeneland April 2-years-olds in Training Sale marked another auction highlight for More Than Ready as the WinStar stallion’s two offerings were both top-10 sellers at the prestigious one-day auction on April 7. Hip No. 11, a filly offered by Niall Brennan, agent, went for $400,000 to Three Chimneys Farm, agent. The filly is out […]
[ Read More ]Ready Signal captured Gulfstream Park’s $75,000 Powder Break S. to give her sire More Than Ready his second stakes winner on the day, which was topped by Room Service’s dead heat victory in the Grade 1 Ashland S. at Keeneland. Ready Signal came from last to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile […]
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