Category: General News

Bluegrass Cat colt takes G3 Highlander S.

Go Blue Or Go Home wired his rivals in Sunday’s $200,000 Highlander S. (G3) at Woodbine to give the 3-year-old son of Bluegrass Cat his first graded stakes victory and fifth win in seven lifetime starts. Originally carded for the grass at six furlongs, the race was moved to the Polytrack because of heavy rains […]

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2nd winner for Kodiak Kowboy

First-crop sire Kodiak Kowboy got his second winner on Saturday when the 2-year-old filly I Will Be Free strode to a 2 1/2-length maiden special weight victory at Calder Race Course. Second in her first outing on three weeks ago, I Will Be Free picked up $21,100 for her owner Champion Equine LLC. Champion purchase […]

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First North American winner for freshman sire Pioneerof the Nile

Multiple Grade 1 winner Pioneerof the Nile got his first North American winner in thrilling style on July 5 when River Dancer debuted a one-length victor on the inner turf course at Belmont Park. The 2-year-old colt was last after a quarter mile, some ten lengths off the lead. Rajiv Maragh got River Dancer into […]

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Distorted Humor gets 17th SH of ’13

Regally bred Villanesca joined the ranks of 2013 stakes winners for her sire Distorted Humor with a come-from-behind, half-length triumph in Friday’s $100,000 Magnolia Jackson S. at Belmont Park. Distorted Humor now has 17 stakes horses, 7 stakes winners, and over $3 million in progeny earnings this year. His 2013 graded stakes winners include Boisterous […]

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2yo More Than Ready colt romps at Belmont

Leading for the majority of the five furlongs, 2-year-old colt All in Blue signaled the official beginning of juvenile season for More Than Ready with a 6 1/4-length romp at Belmont Park in a $70,000 maiden special weight contest on Independence Day. All in Blue battled with post-time favorite Patent for the first furlong and […]

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Speightstown filly wins G1 Estrella Gran Prix

She’s Happy (ARG), a 4-year-old Speightstown filly, showed tremendous heart in the late stages of the Group 1 Estrellas Sprint Grand Prix at San Isidro Racetrack in Argentina on Saturday evening, forging clear in the final 100 yards to win the prestigious race by about two lengths. The Carreras de las Estrellas card at San […]

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Weekend Hideaway notches 3rd career SW

A dual stakes winner in 2012, Speightstown’s 3-year-old colt Weekend Hideaway made it stakes win number three on Friday at Belmont Park with an impressive 4 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Gone Fishin S. Sent off the 7-5 favorite in the six furlong turf contest, Weekend Hideaway asserted his authority right from the start. He […]

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Street Hero’s Azarenka takes G1 Peru Classic

Street Hero got his first Grade 1 winner of 2013 on June 23, when Azarenka rolled to a 2 3/4-length score over colts in the Jockey Club del Peru Classic (G1) at the Hippodrome of Monterrico. Second-crop sire Street Hero, who stands at WinStar Farm for $5,000 LFS&N, is represented by six stakes horses in […]

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Hold Me Back yearlings hit the sales

Hold Me Back, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Giant’s Causeway, will be represented with five yearlings from his first crop to hit the market at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July Sale on July 15th in Lexington, KY. The imposing dark bay horse was bought as a yearling by WinStar before going on to earn over […]

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Burban romps in CD’s Roxelana S.

Burban, a 5-year-old Speightstown mare, galloped to her second stakes win of 2013 on Saturday night with a front-running 3 1/4-length score in the $65,111 Roxelana S. at Churchill Downs. With $5.46 million in progeny earnings this year, Speightstown ranks third on the General Sire list. His runners have accounted for 89 wins and 13 […]

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