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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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