Category: General News

Outadore withstands the pressure in Animal Kingdom S. win

Outwork’s most accomplished runner to date, Outadore, added the Animal Kingdom S. to his resume with an impressive display in the 6 1/2-furlong contest for 3-year-olds at Turfway Park.  The gray or roan colt, who was making his 2021 debut, was in an early battle with Nicky Two Shoes, who got the lead out of […]

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Constitution’s Just Read It battles her way to Cicada S. win

Just Read It dug in gamely to hold off Exogen by a head in Saturday’s $100,000 Cicada S. at Aqueduct to give the 3-year-old daughter of Constitution her first stakes victory. The odds-on favorite Save took the lead out of the gate in the six-furlong affair, with Just Read It pressing her through a quarter-mile […]

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Hit the Road a landmark Grade 1 winner for More Than Ready

Hit the Road’s dramatic victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Frank Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park made the 4-year-old colt the 30th lifetime Grade 1 winner for More Than Ready. The win was also the second straight graded stakes score for Hit the Road, who took the Thunder Road S. (G3) exactly one month ago. […]

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A Bit of Both wins Captiva Island S. in driving rainstorm

Paynter’s multiple stakes-winning mare A Bit of Both tallied her fourth black type score Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the off-the-turf $75,000 Captiva Island S.  The 5-year-old is the second stakes winner and fourth stakes horse this year for Paynter, who is currently second on the 2021 General Sire list with the performance of his […]

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Congrats’ Last Judgment wires field in $100,000 Challenger S. (G3)

Last Judgment turned in a near track-record performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Challenger S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, winning the 1 1/16-mile contest by 2 1/4-lengths to give the 5-year-old son of Congrats his first graded stakes victory. Last Judgment won the Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park in his 2021 debut before facing the best […]

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Speightstown’s My Generation breaks maiden in Patton S.

In just her second lifetime start My Generation became Speightstown’s newest stakes winner March 5 at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland with a commanding victory in the Patton S.  The 3-year-old filly, who had debuted just three weeks ago when third in a maiden race, proved she was up to the task in Friday’s seven-furlong contest. […]

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Exaggerator filly zips to half-dozen length MdSpWt victory

Top-five Second-Crop sire Exaggerator got his 10th winner of the year Friday at Fair Grounds when Shades of Truth was an easy winner in a six-furlong maiden special weight affair for 3-year-old fillies. The chestnut filly’s final margin was officially 5 3/4-lengths. After battling for the lead through the first quarter-mile, Shades of Truth soon […]

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Carpe Diem’s Wait for Nairobi wins Cincinnati Trophy in stakes debut

Wait for Nairobi made her stakes debut a winning one Friday evening at Turfway Park, winning the $65,000 Cincinnati Trophy S. by two lengths for the owner/breeder duo of Hartwell Fam and SF Racing LLC. Wait for Nairobi is the fourth stakes horse this year for Carpe Diem, which ranks third among all Third-Crop sires […]

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Laoban’s Judge Bern surges late for maiden win

Judge Bern earned his maiden-breaking win Feb. 20 at Aqueduct with a daring late move, sneaking through a narrow opening on the rail to win the one-mile maiden special weight race by a neck (VIDEO). The 3-year-old dark bay is the latest winner this year for Laoban, who finished 2020 ranked second on the First-Crop […]

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Tourist filly scores at first asking on Gulfstream Park turf

World Tour split horses on the turn then reeled in the pacesetter in mid-stretch to score a one-length maiden special weight win on Feb. 18 at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly is the ninth winner this year for Tourist, which ranks second in the 2021 Second-Crop sire list.  World Tour got a good stalking trip […]

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