Category: General News

Tourist’s Cojo scores front-running win

Cojo took the lead in the first furlong of his maiden win on Dec. 17 at Los Alamitos, winning by 1 1/2-lengths to become Tourist 13th First-Crop winner and second of the week. Catbernay came away from the gate in the lead, but Cojo quickly collared him and took command. He cleared off from the […]

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Winners continue to mount for Outwork

Drewhustle gamely held off Race Craft to win a one mile maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds  Friday at Delta Downs to become the 18th winner for his sire. With two new winners this week, Outwork is now in the second spot on the First-Crop sire list. Drewhustle stalked the Shoulda Had It for most […]

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Latest Exaggerator winner takes debut at Fair Grounds

Top-10 First-Crop sire Exaggerator’s winners total now stands at 14 after No Exaggeration’s Dec. 16 maiden win at Fair Grounds. The bay colt, owned by Charles Marquis, was able to rally from off the pace to win the 1 mile 70 yard contest by three-quarters of a length despite being at least three wide the […]

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Outwork’s Gone to Cabo rolls by 8 in Gulfstream Park maiden win

Top-five First-Crop sire Outwork chalked up his 17th winner Sunday at Gulfstream Park when Gone to Cabo ran up the score to win by eight widening lengths in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race for 2-year-old fillies. Gone to Cabo, in second early, went to the front easily with three furlongs to run and never looked […]

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Regally-bred Prime Factor exceeds expectations in Gulfstream Park debut

Prime Factor, owned by WinStar Farm and CHC Inc., sparkled in his first start Saturday at Gulfstream Park, rolling to a nine-length victory while being named a TDN Rising Star. The 2-year-old colt, is out of Haylie Brae, who herself is a half-sister to WinStar’s dynamic First-Crop sire Speightster, who was also a TDN Rising […]

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Laoban colt breaks maiden handily at Aqueduct

Laoban’s offspring have performed extremely well in the first 12 days of December, accounting for a stakes victory and four maiden wins to date, the latest coming Saturday at Aqueduct when Bowing Snowman emerged from the fog to win a six-furlong affair by 2 1/2-lengths. Shrouded from view for most of the race, Bowing Snowman […]

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Laoban’s red-hot week continues at Los Alamitos

Laoban, currently second on the First-Crop sire list, got his fourth winner of the past week on Thursday at Los Alamitos with Meetmeincali’s four-length maiden win at 5 1/2-furlongs. Laoban’s four recent winners were highlighted by Laobanonaprayer’s dominant score in the $250,000 NY Stallion Series S. at Aqueduct. Laoban, who will be new at WinStar […]

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O Dogg an easy winner at Fair Grounds for Speightster

Top-10 First-Crop sire Speightster is now up to 14 winners after O Dogg put away the field in the stretch to win a six-furlong maiden race at Fair Grounds by 5 1/4-lengths on Thursday afternoon. The dark bay juvenile, owned by J S. Stables LLC, took over the lead with a quarter-mile to run after […]

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Laoban fillies finish 1-2 in $250,000 Fifth Avenue S. at Aqueduct

Laobanonaprayer rolled to victory over Jill’s a Hot Mess in Sunday’s $250,000 NYSS Fifth Avenue S. at Aqueduct, giving Laoban the one-two finishers in the seven-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies. Sunday’s filly exacta pushed Laoban into second on the 2020 First-Crop sire list, with progeny earnings over $1.5 million. He is the only top-10 sire […]

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Outwork filly very sharp in seven-length MdSpWt win

Out First’s eye-catching move in the Aqueduct stretch carried the 2-year-old Outwork filly to a seven-length maiden special weight victory Saturday, making her the 16th First-Crop winner for her sire. Outwork is in the top five on this year’s First-Crop sire list in several categories, including winners, wins, progeny earnings and stakes winners. Out First […]

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