Category: General News

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) […]

WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the return of its hugely popular interactive contest centered on the two top class days of racing offered by this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park, Nov. 2 and 3. The WinStar World Championship Challenge promises once again to be the most fun, challenging and interactive contest in […]

Speightstown will have six runners in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park, with all six running on Saturday in three different races. Already the nation’s second-leading sire with progeny earnings of $8,734,797, Speightstown could wind up in the top spot after the Breeders’ Cup wraps up on Nov. 3. The WinStar stallion […]

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 […]

Distorted Humor will have four chances to add to his Breeder’s Cup winners’ resume when this year’s event is contested at Santa Anita Park. Last year’s leading sire in North America, Distorted Humor capped off a fantastic 2011 when Drosselmeyer took the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. The year’s quartet by the WinStar stallion include […]

Notacatbutallama rallied in the stretch of the Belmont Park turf to tally a length and a quarter victory in the $85,000 Incurable Optimist S. The 2-year-old is one of five stakes-winning juveniles by Harlan’s Holiday in 2012. The quintet includes Shanghai Bobby, a leading contender for the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Harlan’s Holiday […]