Category: General News

Speightstown added Island Bound to his impressive roster of stakes winners when the 5-year-old mare rallied late to win the Grade 3, $110,100 Winning Colors S. by 1 ¼ lengths over Beat the Blues at Churchill Downs. The winner is one of eight stakes winners in 2012 by his sire, who ranks fifth on this […]

Champion Speightstown sired three new stakes winners at three tracks and in two countries on June 2nd. These three brought Speightsown’s 2012 totals to 10 stakes winners and 18 stakes horses, among the top two in each category this year among all North American sires. First to strike blacktype on the day was two-year-old Freetown, […]

WinStar Farm’s top 3-year-old Gemologist, winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, has returned to trainer Todd Pletcher’s primary stable at Belmont Park to prepare for a return to the races. Winner of five of six lifetime starts, Gemologist has recovered well from a bruised foot suffered in the Kentucky Derby on May 5. He […]

After superlative runner-up efforts in both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1), Zayat Stables’ Bodemeister will skip the third leg of the Triple Crown and instead point for the Haskell I. (G1), July 29 at Monmouth Park, for his next start. Shortly after the Preakness, trainer Bob Baffert knew that the Belmont S. (G1) […]

A filly by Distorted Humor brought plenty of interest at the May 21-22 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, bringing a final bid of $310,000 from Steve Young, agent. The price was the fifth-highest overall, and second-best for a filly, at the sale. Cataloged as hip No. 417 and consigned by Kings Equine agent, […]

Spirited bidding drove a Tiznow colt up to a final price of $470,000 during day 2 of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds held May 21-22. The winning bid by the partnership of Zayat Stables and Mike Moreno wound up being the second-highest of the sale. Tiznow currently ranks sixth on this year’s General Sire list, […]

A filly by Harlan’s Holiday brought $200,000 during day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, the top price for a distaffer during the session. For 2012, the Harlan’s Holiday juveniles have averaged $108,421 at auction, more than four times his stud fee. Hip No. 156 was consigned by Niall Brennan Sales, […]

When Kentucky Derby (G1) winner I’ll Have Another got up in the final strides of Saturday’s Preakness (G1), the influence of Distorted Humor’s sire line on the 2012 Triple Crown series will be one of the headlines as I’ll Have Another goes for the Belmont S. (G1) and racing immortality on June 9. Distorted Humor, […]

Alternation chased down a loose on the lead Endorsement then held off the late charge of Nehro for a thrilling nose victory in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3), the feature race on the May 18 card (VIDEO). In the process, the 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt remained undefeated in 2012, with wins in the Grade 2 […]

Speightstown sired his third stakes winner in 10 days, when Sum of the Parts earned a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Tom Ridge S. at Presque Isle Downs on May 15. Sum of the Parts was the 30th career stakes winner for Speightstown, following major stakes wins in the past 10 days by Going to Kukaro (at Belmont May […]