Harlan’s Holiday’s 3-year-old colt Notacatbutallama continued his impressive summer run of stakes victories, this time in Friday’s Hall of Fame S. (G2) at Saratoga, earning his third straight stakes triumph. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Repole Stable, Notacatbutallama proved best in the 1 1/8-mile feature on Friday, which also marked as his second graded stakes […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor was the leading sire by average at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Sale, held August 5 and 6 in Saratoga Springs. Five yearlings by the Champion Sire sold during the venue, for an average price of $567,000, nearly double the overall sale average of $295,093. Leading the sales figures for Distorted Humor was Hip […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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. […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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