Harlan’s Holiday will have a trio of starters in the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup Championships, trying to build on his resume after getting his first Cup winner last year with eventual 2-year-old champion colt Shanghai Bobby in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Harlan’s Holiday, currently the leading North American sire of 2-year-olds, has Poker Player […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow, the only two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), could get his second Cup winner as a sire when Strong Mandate goes postward in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Strong Mandate will earn the win after drawing the outside post in the field of 14 in […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1-winning millionaire Paynter, whose story of perseverance a year ago captivated the racing world, will begin his next career in 2014 as a stallion at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. Campaigned by Zayat Stables, Paynter is currently on track for next Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita, and the popular […]
[ Read More ]My Conquestadory and We Miss Artie, a pair of Grade 1-winning 2-year-olds, carry the spotlight in this year’s Breeders’ Cup for their sire Artie Schiller. My Conquestadory has been all the rage since her debut in the Summer S. (G2) at Woodbine on Sept. 13. Taking on the boys, she simply dominated her competitors with […]
[ Read More ]Top-five Freshman sire Colonel John will have two Breeders’ Cup starters from his first crop in this weekend’s year-end championships at Santa Anita Park. The improving Colonel Joan drew post 3 for the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) on Friday. The bay filly, trained by Eoin Harty for Kathy Harty and Mark DeDomenico, showed […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s 2-year-old son Coastline took the inaugural running of the $61,800 Street Sense S. by a widening three lengths Sunday at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). With Recepta’s win in the $100,000 Chelsea Flower S. earlier in the day at Belmont Park, Speightstown brought his total number of 2013 stakes winners to 22. Speightstown leads all sires […]
[ Read More ]A swift move early in the stretch carried Speightstown’s 2-year-old daughter Recepta to a decisive win in the $100,000 Chelsea Flower S. on Sunday at Belmont Park (VIDEO). Earlier on Sunday, Speightstown’s two-year-old son Coastline took the $61,800 Street Sense S. at Churchill Downs, giving their sire three juvenile stakes winners this year. With $9.7 […]
[ Read More ]Miss Machiavelli’s come-from-behind win in the $100,000 Pike Place Dancer S. at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday gave Artie Schiller his fifth 2-year-old stakes winner of 2013, the most of any North American sire (VIDEO). Artie Schiller’s juveniles have tallied in excess of $1.1 million thus far this year. The WinStar stallion has two of […]
[ Read More ]Avi’sblazinvictory became Pioneerof the Nile’s 11th 2-year-old winner on Oct. 26 when she impressively broke her maiden at Hawthorne by 6 ¼ lengths in a maiden claimer. Avi’sblazinvictory is out of the A.P. Indy mare Maltese Indy and was bred by King and Queen’s Farm. Pioneerof the Nile ranks No. 3 on the 2013 Freshman […]
[ Read More ]Kodiak Kowboy’s 10th 2-year-old winner came in the form of the impressive filly Tupancy Links when she won a maiden special weight at Laurel Park by 3 ½ lengths. Kodiak Kowboy ranks No. 4 and is rising on the 2013 Kentucky Freshman Sires List by winners, and he has progeny earnings of $372,900 to date. […]
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