More Than Ready’s brilliant mare Rushing Fall earned her first Eclipse Award during Thursday’s virtual ceremony when she was named Champion Turf Female over worthy finalists Audarya and Tarnawa. The now-retired 6-year-old was in peak form once again in 2020, winning the Diana S. (G1), Jenny Wiley S. (G1) for the second straight year, and […]
[ Read More ]A yearling filly by Laoban brought winning bid of $175,000 as the final horse in the ring during Wednesday’s closing session of the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, making her the top-priced horse during the two-day auction. Consigned by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, agent, hip No. 805 went to Sand Hill Stables. Bred by the late […]
[ Read More ]Abrogate backed up her stellar maiden debut win at Churchill Downs with another stylish outing Jan. 24 at Oaklawn Park, winning a six-furlong allowance by 1 1/2-lengths. The 3-year-old daughter of Outwork is the fourth winner this year for her, who is the early leader on the Second-Crop Sire list. Outwork already has three stakes […]
[ Read More ]Outasite led start to finish in his maiden special weight win Jan. 23 at Oaklawn Park, drawing off late to win the six-furlong contest by 2 ¼-lengths. The 3-year-old colt is the third winner this year for his sire, who finished 2020 ranked fourth on the First-Crop Sire list with 19 winners and more than […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s brilliant 5-year-old Knicks Go took an early lead in Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Inv. (G1) and never looked back, rolling home a 2 3/4-length winner for his fourth consecutive victory. The winning streak includes a win in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), with the quartet of wins coming by a combined […]
[ Read More ]Switzerland came back form a 10-month layoff looking like a horse to be reckoned with in 2021 after his victory in the Jan. 21 Dubawi S. (G3) at Meydan Racecourse. A two-time Grade 3 winner in the United States in 2018, the 7-year-old son of Speightstown has competed exclusively at Meydan since early 2019, where […]
[ Read More ]Sososubtle’s 4 1/4-length maiden special weight win Jan. 20 at Gulfstream Park was the third winner in four days for Speightster. With a total of five for the year, Speightster is tied with fellow WinStar stallion Laoban atop the Second-Crop Sire list by both wins and winners. After tracking in third for the better part […]
[ Read More ]Bella Aurora got 2021 off to a great start with come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Interborough S. Jan. 18 at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old filly topped a great weekend for Carpe Diem that included a pair of maiden special weight winners and Monforte placing in the Sunshine Turf S. at Gulfstream Park. Bella Aurora, who had […]
[ Read More ]Cristiano’s Dream rallied from far off the pace to score a 3 1/2-length maiden special weight win Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. Making his debut in the 5 1/2-furlong contest for 3-year-olds, Cristiano’s Dream had some six lengths to make up with three furlongs to run, but was in full flight as he came five-wide […]
[ Read More ]Midnight Bourbon’s front-running score in Saturday’s $200,000 LeComte S. (G3) at Fair Grounds put the 3-year-old Tiznow colt on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) and earned him 10 points toward a spot in the starting gate in the Run for the Roses. Away from the races since finishing third in the Champagne S. […]
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