Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28. The 7-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday was a $375,000 purchase by Zayat Stables at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton summer yearling sale for $375,000. Riley Tucker broke sharply from post 1, but locked […]
[ Read More ]Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich’s Watercress Farm in Paris, KY. The dark bay or brown colt is out of the Bluegrass Cat mare She Cat, a half-sister to multiple stakes winners including Grade 3 winner […]
[ Read More ]Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver. Bred in partnership by WinStar Farm LLC and MR Capital, the filly is out of the High Yield mare Yield to Faith. The […]
[ Read More ]When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds. Drosselmeyer carried the colors of WinStar Farm to victory in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in Nov. at Churchill Downs. The victory propelled his […]
[ Read More ]Tizway was named a finalist for the 2011 Eclipse Award in the older male category on the strength of his Grade 1 wins in the $750,000 Whitney H. and $500,000 Metropolitan H. over two of the better stakes fields assembled in the entire year. The now 7-year-old was the leading earner of 2011 for his […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor, the nation’s leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3 with Pedrolino’s victory in the $50,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse S. at Fair Grounds. Pedrolino is the 18th stakes winner of 2011 for his sire, which also puts the WinStar Farm stallion […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s homebred 2-year-old filly Lisa T., a half-sister to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) champ Super Saver, joined the winners’ ranks with a game head victory Dec. 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Super Saver stood his first season at WinStar in 2011, with a book of 145 mares. He will stand the 2012 season for $20,000, […]
[ Read More ]Al Muhtasib scored a 3 1/4-length, gate to wire victory in the $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial H. Dec. 26 to give Distorted Humor his 19th stakes winner of 2011, best among all North American sires. The WinStar stallion also leads the way with $10.3 million in progeny earnings. Al Muhtasib set the tone right out […]
[ Read More ]Toby’s Corner, the 3-year-old son of Bellamy Road who won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial this spring, had his first workout in several months as he prepares to return to the races, possibly this winter at Gulfstream Park. For the complete article on the workout and trainer Graham Motion’s upcoming plans for the chestnut colt, […]
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