Category: General News

Dance to Bristol sped to a new stakes record today, winning her first Graded stakes in the $150,000 Bed o’ Roses S. (G3) at Belmont. In winning her fifth straight race and fifth career stakes, Dance to Bristol flashed under the finish line in 1:20.81, not only a new stakes record, but just 4/5 off […]

Repole Stables Notacatbutallama battled his way to his first Graded stakes victory today, in the $150,000 Hill Prince S. (G3) at Belmont Park. The 3-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday, a multiple New York stakes winner as a juvenile, became the 7th stakes winner of the year for his sire, who has current Graded stakes winners […]

Sagamore Farm’s homebred Tell a Great Story provided a fairytale finish to her stakes debut, winning the $75,000 Go For Wand Stakes on June 15th at Delaware Park in the final stride. With the stirring victory, she became the fifth stakes winner of 2013 for New York’s Leading Sire Bluegrass Cat. The 3-year-old Maryland-bred was […]

Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver will be represented by his first crop to hit the yearling sales market next month, as five yearlings are cataloged to sell at the Fasig-Tipton July Sale on July 15 in Lexington, KY. Super Saver has gotten off to a great start at stud, breeding over 270 mares in his […]

Colonel John sired another impressive maiden special winner, when his son Here’s Johnny won his career debut at Churchill Downs today. A $220,000 OBS sale-topping yearling, Here’s Johnny is among the arsenal of famed juvenile trainer Wesley Ward, who had him primed and ready for combat. Breaking from post 5, Here’s Johnny laid close to […]

Speightstown’s 4-year-old filly Munnings Sister, a full sister to the talented Munnings, earned her second straight stakes victory at Belmont Park with a front-running win in the $85,000 Smart and Fancy S. on Thursday. The chestnut filly flashed her usual early speed before drawing clear in the stretch to hit the wire 1 ½ lengths […]

Multiple Group winner Slow Pace added the Group 3 La Coupe S. at Longchamp to his accomplished resume on June 10, giving his sire Distorted Humor his fourth Graded or Group stakes winner of 2013. Campaigned by breeders Wertheimer & Frere, the 5-year-old proved best in Monday’s 1 ¼-mile event on turf, finishing a neck […]

Go Blue Or Go Home, a talented 4-year-old son of Bluegrass Cat, stepped up and earned his first career stakes victory on Monday, putting his impressive speed on display to score a handy, two-length win in the $100,000 Karl Boyes Memorial H. at Presque Isle Downs. The win marked leading New York sire Bluegrass Cat’s […]

Purely Hot was pure class, drawing off to a 5-length victory and spearheading an exacta for her sire in the $60,000 Satin and Lace S. on June 9th at Presque Isle Downs. With the commanding win, Purely Hot became the 50th stakes winner for her sire, WinStar stallion Pure Prize, who also sired the runner-up, […]

Going off as the even-money favorite, Boisterous proved much the best as he pulled away from a talented Monmouth Stakes (G2) field. With a purse of $200,000, the multiple graded stakes winner brought home the $200,000 purse for trainer Shug McGaughey and owner Phipps Stable. “That sure worked out how we hoped,” said assistant trainer […]