We Miss Artie, Artie Schiller’s winner of the Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1) at Keeneland last year at two, stamped his ticket into this year’s Kentucky Derby with a determined rally to win the $550,000 Spiral S. (G3) VIDEO March 22 at Turfway. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Ken & Sarah Ramsey, We Miss Artie dug […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready, already an international champion sire, is passing on that influence to his sons standing at stud as well. Sebring, an 8-year-old son of More Than Ready standing at Widden Stud in his native Australia, got his first Grade 1 winner on Saturday when Dissident captured the ATC Randwick Guineas over 1600 meters […]
[ Read More ]Social Inclusion emerged as yet another Triple Crown contender for Pioneerof the Nile after Thursday’s track record performance at 1 1/16-miles at Gulfstream Park. The Manny Azpurua-trained Social Inclusion kept heavy favorite Honor Code at bay the entire trip, opening up by 3 1/2-lengths after six furlongs in 1:10.70. The bay colt wrapped up the […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller’s offspring continue to be a hit in the auction ring, with a colt bringing $575,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. selected sale of 2-year-olds in training March 11. Hip No. 385, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent III was sold to Conquest Stables. The bay juvenile, who worked :10 seconds flat at […]
[ Read More ]Mining My Own, dam of 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mine That Bird and 2012 Kentucky Derby runner-up & 3-time Grade 1 winner Dullahan, gave birth to a bay filly from the first crop of Bodemeister on March 4th at Ben & Elaine Walden’s Pauls Mill Farm in Versailles, KY. “This filly is nothing short […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has reported its trio of first-year, Grade 1-winning stallions Paynter, Take Charge Indy, and Overanalyze have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal. All three new stallions are winners of million-dollar Grade 1 races on dirt as 3-year-olds. Paynter, by Awesome Again, captured the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1), Take Charge […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile had another strong sales showing at the March 3 Barretts Select 2-year-olds in Training auction, highlighted by a juvenile filly that brought $320,000. Hip No. 5 was consigned by Kings Equine, agent and purchased by Gary S. Broad. The Kentucky bred filly is out of the Elusive Quality mare Lady Lapuma, whose […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s newest stakes winner came in Sunday’s $100,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park when the 3-year-old filly Room Service came from last-to-first win the nine furlong turf affair by a widening two lengths. The Gary and Mary West’s homebred is the fifth stakes winner, and the second graded winner of 2014 for […]
[ Read More ]Solitary Ranger set all the pace to win the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park Saturday by an impressive 4 3/4-lengths. This was the second stakes win for the 3-year-old U S Ranger colt, who took the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity last September. After zipping through the first two quarters in a solid […]
[ Read More ]Ready Signal prevailed in a tight three-way photo finish to win the $75,000 Ten Palms S. Sunday at Gulfstream Park, becoming the 130th career stakes winner for More Than Ready. In the first seven weeks of this year, international champion sire More Than Ready already has nine stakes horses, four stakes winners, on three continents. […]
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