Category: General News

Notacatbutallama showed his affinity for the turf yet again on Nov. 23 as the 2-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt drew off to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $80,000 Super Mario S. at Aqueduct. A little less than a month ago the bay juvenile took the $85,000 Incurable Optimist S. over the Belmont Park lawn. Harlan’s […]

WinStar Farm’s Keenland November Sale selection during the Tuesday, Nov. 13 session includes 24 horses with ties to the Lexington, Ky. farm. The top-class group includes 2- and 3-year-old colts, geldings and fillies by WinStar stallions such as Distorted Humor, Bluegrass Cat, Harlan’s Holiday and Cowtown Cat. The Tuesday session begins at Keeneland at 10 […]

A weanling colt by 2012 leading juvenile sire Harlan’s Holiday was purchased for $400,000 by Shadwell during the second session of the Keeneland November sale on Nov. 7. Selling as Hip No. 364, the attractive bay colt out of the Mineshaft mare Breathtaking sold as the third highest weanling colt at Keeneland November, and continued […]

WinStar Farm announced fees for its 2013 stallion roster, led by leading sire Distorted Humor, who will stand for $100,000 S&N, as well as new Grade 1-winning additions for 2013: Bodemeister and Gemologist. Distorted Humor, the 2011 Leading General Sire, is enjoying another great year in 2012, both as a sire and sire of sires. […]

Leading sire Speightstown is recovering well after undergoing colic surgery for a nephrosplenic entrapment Saturday morning at Hagyard’s in Lexington. Dr. Nathan Slovis said: “Commonly enough, the large intestine can become hooked over the nephrosplenic ligament, but once on the table the problem was rectified in less than 15 minutes. We’re 24 hours post-surgery now […]

Boisterous scored an easy victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Red Smith H. at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, as the son of Distorted Humor wrapped up his season with back-to-back stakes wins. A repeat winner of last month’s Grade 3 Knickerbocker H. at Belmont Park, Boisterous  successfully defended his title in the 53rd edition of […]

Lighthouse Bay, a 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown, got up jut in time to win the $100,000 Smart Halo S. at Laurel Park Saturday afternoon. Speightstown now has 20 stakes winners in 2012, second-most of all North American stallions. His progeny have earned $8.85 million, one of only three sires to surpass the $8 million mark […]

Artie Schiller’s leading lifetime earner Mr. Commons will try to duplicate his sire’s feat when he goes postward Saturday in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Artie Schiller won his Breeders’ Cup at the end of a stellar 4-year-old season that also included wins in the Makers’ Mark Mile (G2T) […]

Shanghai Bobby will go postward as one of the favorites in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Indeed, the 2-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt is the 2-1 morning line choice in the field of nine in the 1 1/16-mile contest. Harlan’s Holiday sits atop the 2012 2-year-old sire list with $1,443,284 in progeny earnings and […]

Spring at Last, the leading first-crop sire in North America in 2012, will have two of his best progeny in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park. Spring in the Air (Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies) and Spring Venture (Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies Turf) will both shoot for glory on Friday, Nov. 2 in […]