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 […]
[ Read More ]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, […]
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