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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]Gemologist, last year’s winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, recently had his first mare confirmed in foal when Merry Me in Spring, a stakes winner of over $130,000 and dam of Grade 3-winning juvenile So Brilliant, recently scanned in foal at 15 days. The first-season stallion by Tiznow is a perfect 3 for 3 […]
[ Read More ]Summer Applause, a 4-year-old Harlan’s Holiday filly, captured the second graded stakes of her career in Saturday’s Grade 2 Top Flight H. at Aqueduct, rallying from third after six furlongs to win going away by 2 3/4-lengths. Summer Applause won the 2012 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) at Fair Grounds, her graded stakes debut. Summer Applause […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s General Election gave his sire Harlan’s Holiday his second stakes winner of the day in the $75,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. Saturday at Turfway Park. Earlier in the day, Summer Applause took the Grade 2 Top Flight H. at Aqueduct. The Battaglia was the first stakes win for 3-year-old Kentucky-bred colt. Today’s two […]
[ Read More ]Rhetorical, bred and prepped for racing by WinStar Farm, dueled his way to a half-length victory in the feature race on the Feb. 28 card at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old is by multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Any Given Saturday, who WinStar also owned throughout his racing career. In the six furlong contest for […]
[ Read More ]Fillies by WinStar stallions Colonel John and Harlan’s Holiday turned in two of the fastest times at the Barretts 2-year-old auction under tack preview show March 1 at the southern California auction house. The sale itself will be held March 4 at 3 pm PST. Both fillies are consigned by Wavertree Stables and breezed an […]
[ Read More ]Koh I Noor, a 4-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt, strolled to his fourth straight victory Thursday at Laurel Park, powering home to an 8 1/4-length win at a mile on the main track. The Maryland-bred has been nothing short of incredible since switching to the dirt following his career bow on the grass last September. Since […]
[ Read More ]G1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel became the first mare to check in foal from the debut book of Grade 1 winner Bodemeister, who’s standing his first season at stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles. Careless Jewel was confirmed 15 days in foal over the weekend. Owned by Mike Moreno’s Southern Equine Stables, Careless Jewel recently had […]
[ Read More ]With three straight wins, Stopshoppingmaria has found her niche as a turf sprint specialist, capping her recent run on Sunday with a 1 3/4-length score in the $60,000 Ladies Turf Sprint S. at Gulfstream Park. The victory was the first stakes win for Stopshoppingmaria, though the 4-year-old daughter of More Than Ready has plenty of […]
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