Congrats’ up-and-coming 3-year-old filly Holiday Magic set a seven-furlong stakes record of 1:22.69 at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday in the $75,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies S. (VIDEO). Champion Sire Congrats has had five winners in the past week, including in a pair of maiden special weight contests. Holiday Magic broke very alertly from […]
[ Read More ]Bellamy Road’s Grade 3-winning filly Sisterly Love zipped to a 2 1/4-length score Friday during opening day at Keeneland, taking the field in gate-to-wire fashion in the classified allowance affair at 1 1/16-miles on the main track (VIDEO). Ridden by Stewart Elliott for owner Gary Barber, Sisterly Love was never seriously threatened as she controlled […]
[ Read More ]Fury Kapcori posted the year’s best Beyer Speed Figure at a mile, winning the $75,000 Santana Mile S. at Santa Anita on Sunday (VIDEO). The 4-year-old son of Tiznow posted a 107 Beyer, second highest up to a mile at any track this season. Fury Kapcori is also the seventh major stakes horse of 2014 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Constitution prevailed by a neck in an incredibly thrilling renewal of the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Constitution was making his stakes debut after a maiden win on Jan. 11 and an allowance score Feb. 22, both also at Gulfstream. Breaking from post 4 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s homebred colt Charge Now by Tiznow got his first win Saturday at Gulfstream Park in a tough 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight affair for 3-year-olds (VIDEO). The bay colt, trained by Bill Mott, chased in second for most of the trip before taking over in the final furlong, winning by a length and […]
[ Read More ]The lone 2-year-old sired by Distorted Humor at the March 24 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale brought an even $1 million, one of only two juveniles to break the seven-figure mark at the one-day auction. Hip No. 83, a half brother to multiple champion Royal Delta out of the Grade 3 Locust Grove S. winner Delta Princess, […]
[ Read More ]Hip 4, a colt from the first crop of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, blazed the co-fastest furlong in 9.4 seconds VIDEO at the breeze show on March 21 for the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale for select 2-year-olds in training. Out of the Sky Mesa mare Rateeba, the bay colt is part of the consignment of […]
[ Read More ]Brewing, a 3-year-old Zayat Stables homebred from the first crop of Maimonides, notched his second runaway win in a row on March 22, drawing away to score a decisive three-length victory in the $100,000 Gazebo S. at Oaklawn VIDEO. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the speedy Brewing broke his maiden impressively at Oaklawn in February, […]
[ Read More ]Fire With Fire, a WinStar horses-in-training sales graduate, went wire to wire in the $200,000 San Luis Rey S. (G2) VIDEO March 22 at Santa Anita, becoming his sire Distorted Humor’s 49th career Graded stakes winner. It was also Fire With Fire’s fourth overall stakes win since selling for $140,000 at the 2011 Keeneland November […]
[ Read More ]Leading sire More Than Ready picked up his 133rd career stakes winner on March 22 when More Than a Cruise drew off to a decisive 3 ¾-length victory in the $75,000 Conniver S. at Laurel. It was the fourth lifetime win for More Than a Cruise who increased her earnings to $215,360. 133 stakes winners […]
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