Pianist captured her first graded stakes in Saturday’s $150,000 Gallorette H. (G3) at Pimlico Race Course (VIDEO). The 4-year-old filly is one of nine stakes winners in 2013 by her sire More Than Ready, whose $2.76 million in progeny earnings this year ranks in the top 10 on the General Sire list. Ridden by Mike […]
[ Read More ]Under a heady ride from John Velazquez, Summer Applause cleared off in the final furlong to win the $150,000 Allaire Dupont Distaff (G3) by a widening two lengths on Saturday at Pimlico (VIDEO). The win was the third graded stakes victory for the 4-year-old daughter of Harlan’s Holiday, who has now earned $587,406. Summer Applause […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s speedy 4-year-old filly Dance to Bristol was an easy winner in Friday’s $100,000 Skipat S. at Pimlico Race Course. The 4 3/4-length victory was her fourth straight and also her fourth lifetime stakes score. The prohibitive 3-5 favorite, Dance to Bristol tracked the leaders in third for the better part of a half mile, […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready now has graded stakes winners on three continents after Dalwari scored in the Group 3 Prix de Guiche Tuesday at Chantilly Racecourse in France. More Than Ready is also the sire of Wood Memorial (G1) winner Verrazano and New Zealand Oaks (G1) winner More Than Sacred. Three-year-old Dalwari, an Aga Khan homebred […]
[ Read More ]Bluegrass Cat got his ninth stakes horse and third stakes winner of 2013 on Sunday with Percussion battling his way to a nose victory in the $90,000 Albert the Great S. at Belmont Park. Bluegrass Cat currently tops the New York General Sire list with more than $1.7 million in progeny earnings. Percussion, a 5-year-old […]
[ Read More ]More Than Beauty made short work of a field of maiden special weight 2-year-old fillies Thursday at Churchill Downs, romping to a 5 1/4-length victory at 4 1/2-furlongs on a fast main track. The More Than Ready filly, a Clifford Grum homebred, left little doubt who was best as she broke very well, opened up […]
[ Read More ]Courtesy TDN 5/7 Breeding expert Bill Oppenheim opined: “Take Charge Indy, the 4-year-old colt by A.P. Indy out of the top racemare Take Charge Lady, dual Grade 1 winner of $2.4-million for trainer Kenny McPeek. He won the Florida Derby (G1) wire-to-wire last year, but until Friday he had never run a Beyer above 101. […]
[ Read More ]Spring in the Air, Canada’s reigning Champion Two-Year-Old filly, picked up her second stakes victory with a prolonged stretch run in Saturday’s $150,000 Fury S. at Woodbine. The 3-year-old Spring at Last filly won the Grade 1 Alcibiades S. at Keeneland last autumn. Bred in Ontario by WinStar Farm LLC, proved the best in the […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Grade 1 winner Golden Ticket scored a sharp victory in the May 2 feature race at Churchill Downs, covering the one-mile in a lively 1:34.56 to win by 2 ½ lengths. A dead-heat winner of last year’s $1 million Travers S. (G1), Golden Ticket took Thursday’s money allowance race with a three-wide move on […]
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