Category: General News

Young progeny by Pioneerof the Nile continue to impress horsemen worldwide, as his lone Saratoga Selected yearlings brought $300,000 and $200,000. Both yearlings were sold during Tuesday evening’s second session, August 6th. First up was Hip 85, a colt out of Littleprincessemma. Just the ninth horse in the ring, this bay sold to Ingordo Bloodstock […]

Spring At Last juvenile colt I Got That Memo cruised to a 2 1/4-length victory in a maiden special weight at Woodbine on Sunday. Breaking out of the gate midpack, he was placed second-to-last in the first 1/4, ran to within a length of the lead by the 1/2 mile and pulled away under a […]

WinStar Farm’s King Cyrus dazzled the Monday Saratoga crowd with an 11-length debut victory in a seven furlong maiden special weight affair. The runaway victory earned the 2-year-old son of Bellamy Road the coveted TDN “Rising Star” tag. Trained by Todd Pletcher, King Cyrus got a very confident ride from Javier Castellano, going four wide […]

Breeders’ Cup Champion Artie Schiller sired three new stakes winners from July 24 to August 3, including a Group 1 winner and a two-year-old. Newest added-money winner was Dorsett, commanding victor of the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby at Canterbury Downs. The 3-year-old sped home in 1:35.69 for the one-mile event on the turf. Bred in […]

With a big move at the top of the stretch in Monday’s $100,000 Shine Again S., Holiday Soiree drew off to a 3 3/4-length victory to make the 3-year-old filly the 10th stakes winner of 2013 for Harlan’s Holiday. After finishing 2012 as the Champion Juvenile sire, Harlan’s Holiday is enjoying another banner year, ranked […]

A Distorted Humor filly from the family of the outstanding broodmare Better Than Honour sold for $1 million during the Aug. 5 session of the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling sale in Saratoga Springs. The filly was one of only two horses that sold for seven figures during the first session of the two-day sale. Hip No. […]

Fire with Fire proved too much for his competition Sunday at Santa Rosa, rolling to a front-running, track record-setting performance in the $50,000 Joseph T. Grace S. The 5-year-old by Distorted Humor got the 1 1/16 on the turf in a track record 1:40.67. With seven stakes winners, led by Grade 1 Man o’ War […]

Top-10 second-crop sire Spring At Last tallied another 2-year-old maiden special weight winner Saturday at Woodbine, this time on the turf, when Spring Likeacobra surged to the front inside the final furlong to emerge the three-quarter length victor in her second lifetime start. In Saturday’s contest, Spring Likeacobra came from fifth after a half mile […]

Holiday Babe and Harlan’s Pure both tallied black-type victories during the final week of July, raising the 2013 stakes winner total for their top-10 sire Harlan’s Holiday to nine and pushing him past the $4.7 million in progeny earnings on the year. Holiday Babe, a 2-year-old filly, got her first career stakes victory on July […]

With a dazzling stretch run, Redgrass Cat passed nearly the entire field en route to a neck victory in the $50,000 Wilhite Memorial S. Saturday at Louisiana Downs. The 2-year-old daughter of Bluegrass Cat is one of six stakes winners this year by her sire, who currently tops the New York General Sire list with […]