Category: General News

Harlan’s Holiday colts top OBS Day 1

WinStar Farm stallion Harlan’s Holiday had two of the top five priced horses sold at the first day of the OBS April Select 2-year-old sale, including the highest figure colt at $285,000. The central Florida sale runs from April 23-26. The top colt, cataloged as hip No. 50 and consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree sales […]

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Blingo shines in Santa Anita’s La Puente S.

Three-year-old Blingo became Artie Schiller’s newest stakes winner on April 20 with a half-length score in the $76,500 La Puente S. on the turf course at Santa Anita Park. With his maiden debut win last November over Hollywood Park lawn, the bay Kentucky bred is now 2-for-2 on the grass. In a compact field of […]

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Town Prize crushes field in $150K Woodstock

Town Prize dismissed his foes with a runaway 5 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Woodstock S. April 15 at Woodbine, marking the second time in eight days that a son of Speightstown won a six furlong stakes at the Ontario, Canada track. Essence Hit Man, the 2011 Canadian champion sprinter, was a sharp winner of […]

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Alternation scores Oaklawn Park stakes trifecta with Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap win

Alternation continued his dominance of the older male category at Oaklawn Park in the biggest race of the meet with front-running, 2 1/2-length victory in the $400,000 Oaklawn H.(G2). The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Feb. 4 $100,000 Essex H. and the Grade 3 Razorback H. on March 10 earlier  this meet. Alternation […]

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Artie Schiller adds to growing black-type list

Sadir, a 4-year-old colt by Artie Schiller, emerged victorious in the Classic Augusto Maggiolo Cavenecia S. at Peru’s leading racetrack, Monterrico on April 8. Artie Schiller currently ranks in the top 15 among North American third-crop sires, with Mr. Commons, winner of the Grade 2 Arcadia H., his leading earner this year. Going 1,500 meters, […]

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Gavel falls at Kee for $270K Tiznow juvenile

A Tiznow colt went for $270,000 at the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds, one of the top 12 sale prices at the one-day auction at the historic central Kentucky track. Going early in the auction as hip No. 11, the dark bay colt already named Pacific Blue, was consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc. […]

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Speightstown colt brings $560K at Keeneland

The Keeneland 2-year-old sale always showcases some top juveniles on the cusp of their careers, and the, and one-day event on April 9 was no exception. A dark bay colt by Speightstown was one of the evening’s highlights, selling for the $560,000, the second-highest price of the sale. The colt, cataloged as hip No. 144, […]

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Essence Hit Man repeats in Cartier S.

Essence Hit Man, fresh off being named Canada’s 2011 champion sprinter earlier in the week, captured the $168,300 Jacques Cartier S. for the second year in a row, once again in front-running fashion (VIDEO). The Audre Cappuccitti trainee, who established a track record of 1:08.16 while winning the 2011 edition of the event, went to […]

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Laurie’s Rocket takes off in $75K Bachelor S.

Bluegrass Cat’s 3-year-old colt Laurie’s Rocket kicked into high gear in the Oaklawn Park stretch to win the $75,000 Bachelor S. by a length over 3-5 favorite Apprehender. This was the first stakes win for Laurie’s Rocket, who was bred in Kentucky by Gulf Coast Farms LLC. Bluegrass Cat, with three stakes horses and 23 […]

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