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With a winning bid of $350,000, a filly from the first crop of Pioneerof the Nile was the top-selling distaffer during the first day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in central Florida. The filly, hip No. 148, had breezed a co-fastest time of :09 4/5 seconds for an eighth mile […]

A bay colt from the first crop of Colonel John brought a top bid of $200,000 during the first day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in central Florida. The Kentucky bred colt, hip No. 31, was consigned by Eddie Woods, agent. The winning bidder was WinStar Farm LLC. The colt […]

The daughters of Spring At Last ran one-two in the $100,000 OBS Championship S. for 3-year-old fillies as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company hosted its annual Day of Champions race card on March 11. In the 1 1/16-mile test, Spring Venture tracked the early pace in second before taking command going to the far turn. […]

Michael With Us, bred by WinStar Farm and sired by Bluegrass Cat, was a maiden going into the 100,000 OBS Championship S. for colts and geldings, but the three-year-old came out a stakes winner after a half-length triumph in the 1 1/16-mile contest. Michael With Us came from fifth after three-quarter of a mile, going […]

Verrazano’s stakes debut in Saturday’s $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby had his competition raving after the dominating win by the 3-year-old More Than Ready colt, who is undefeated in three starts. “Todd’s (trainer Pletcher) horse is a freak,” said Ken McPeek, trainer of Tampa Bay Derby runner-up Java’s War. Verrazano is More Than Ready’s leading earner […]

Red Rifle fired off a winning salvo in his career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park, as the WinStar Farms LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC 3-year-old colt sped to a two-length victory in his first lifetime start. Going seven furlongs in a full field of 12, Red Rifle battled with Bob and the Gang […]

Speightstown’s brilliant 3-year-old filly Calistoga turned in another stellar performance Thursday at Gulfstream Park, rolling to a 4 3/4-length victory at 6 1/2-furlongs. The Bill Mott trainee was tabbed a TDN Rising Star following her 5 1/2-length win in her debut on Jan. 12. Calistoga’s race on Thursday was very similar to her first start. […]

A pair of fillies by WinStar first-crop stallions Colonel John and Pioneerof the Nile breezed an eighth of a mile in :09 4/5 March 7, the fastest time of the day, in the first of two under tack previews for the Ocala Breeders’ Sale Co.’s March selected sale of 2-year-olds in training March 12-13 in […]

The March 4 Barretts Select 2-year-old sale started off strong for WinStar stallion U S Ranger when hip No. 2, a bay colt, brought a winning bid of $160,000, thirty-two times his 2013 stud fee. Undefeated at two and a two-time champion in Europe, U S Ranger entered stud in 2010; his first foals are […]

Harlan’s Holiday got a strong reception from buyers at the March 4 Barretts Select Sale of 2-year-olds, with a pair of juveniles bringing a winning bid of a quarter million dollars. Hip No. 116, a filly consigned by Clare Dunn’s Wavertree Stables, Inc., was bought by Narvick International Inc. for $325,000. The bay Kentuky bred […]