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. […]
[ Read More ]Social Inclusion’s impressive display in his debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park gave leading second-crop sire Pioneerof the Nile his seventh winner of 2014. Pioneerof the Nile already has a pair of stakes winners this year; Cairo Prince (Grade 2 Holy Bull S.) and Vinceremos (Grade 3 Sam F. Davis S.). Social Inclusion rolled through the […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s 5-year-old son Nawwaar, owned by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and ridden by Paul Hanagan proved best in The President Cup S. on Feb. 16 at Abu Dhabi Racecourse. This was Nawwaar’s third victory this season and has an overall mark of 5-2-2 in 19 starts. “Nawwaar clearly loves it around here […]
[ Read More ]Blingo posted the biggest win of his career to date in the $300,500 San Antonio S. (G2) Feb. 8 at Santa Anita. The son of Artie Schiller, already a two-time stakes winner before Saturday, could be headed to the $750,000 Santa Anita H. (G1) on March 8 (VIDEO). Artie Schiller enters 2014 off a stellar […]
[ Read More ]Three-year-old Melatonin graduated in style Thursday at Santa Anita, cruising to a 3 1/2-length tally to give Kodiak Kowboy his fourth winner of the new year. Kodiak Kowboy currently ranks third on the 2014 Second Crop Sire list, with a pair of maiden special weight winners, an allowance score at Laurel Park, and also two […]
[ Read More ]Munnings Sister launched her 2014 campaign with a front-running victory in the $75,000 Awesome Feather S. Thursday at Gulfstream Park, giving the 5-year-old daughter of Speightstown her fifth career stakes win. Speightstown already has 25 winners this year, most of any stallion in 2014. He finished 2013 in the top or second spot on the […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller’s Grade 1-winning tandem of We Miss Artie and My Conquestadory were ranked near the top of The Jockey Club’s 2013 Experimental Free Handicap for colts and fillies, respectively, released Jan. 29 by The Jockey Club. The Free Handicap, published annually since 1935, is a weight-based assessment of the previous year’s leading 2-year-olds. We […]
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