Category: General News

Zeewat ran away from his rivals down the stretch for a 3 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Gold Rush S. at Golden Gate Fields Saturday (VIDEO). The 2-year-old colt is one of five juvenile stakes winners by Harlan’s Holiday. The WinStar stallion is the nation’s leading sire of 2-year-olds, topped by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) […]

Chatfield Road took the field gate-to-wire in the $125,000 Illinois Futurity Saturday at Hawthorne to register the first stakes victory in the young career of the 2-year-old Bellamy Road juvenile (VIDEO). A top 20 third-crop sire, Bellamy Road’s progeny have earned in excess of $2.6 million this year, highlighted by All Squared Away, winner of […]

Fast Bullet, by 2012 North American leading sire Speightstown, dazzled on Dec. 6 at Hollywood Park with a brilliant 7 1/4-length win in the Thursday feature at the Inglewood, Ca. racetrack. The brilliant performance earned the talented colt a 109 Beyer Speed Figure, and stamps Fast Bullet as one of the top horses in the […]

Spring at Last’s winners list now stands at an even dozen after Swear Me In broke her maiden going six furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs on Dec. 1. Spring at Last is second on the Freshman Sire List and is one of only two first-crop sires with progeny earnings topping the $1 million mark. WinStar […]

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 […]