Quick Flip, a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown, got her first career stakes win Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs with a 1 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Sandpiper S. View race replay here (select race #9). Speightstown, a top-10 sire of 2011, now has 14 stakes winners on the year. Owned by Klaravich Stables and […]
[ Read More ]Hammers Terror made it two in a row with a sharp-looking allowance win Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds. The 2-year-old son of Artie Schiller broke his maiden at Keeneland in October. Artie Schiller is a top-10 second crop sire, with progeny earnings topping $2.6 million and 52 winners to his credit. Hammers Terror attended the […]
[ Read More ]Dance to Bristol became Speightstown’s latest stakes winner on Dec. 7 with a hard-fought nose victory in the $60,000 Pandera S. at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old filly trained by Ollie Figgins III was making her first career start away from the mid-Atlantic base of Charles Town and Laurel Park. Prior to the Pandera, Dance to Bristol […]
[ Read More ]After a 10-year wait, the grand opening of Aqueduct’s racetrack casino came in October. The impact on racing and breeding in New York has been immediate and dramatic. Along with a projected increase of $44.8 million in additional purse money at NYRA tracks for 2012 and an extra $6.9 million to the Thoroughbred Breeding Fund […]
[ Read More ]The 4-year-old Tiznow filly Ellafitz sprang right to the front out of the gate and cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Bayakoa H. Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park. She is the tenth stakes winner of 2011 for her sire, whose leading earner this year is the two-time Grade 1 winner Tizway. Fourteen-year-old […]
[ Read More ]A Shin Cool D, Distorted Humor’s second leading earner of 2011, racked up her fourth added money score this year in Japan on Nov. 25 when the gray or roan 5-year-old took a seven furlong contest at Kasamatsu Racecourse over a track rated good. With three weeks left in the year, Distorted Humor sits atop […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Gemologist ran his record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a 1 3/4-length win in the $150,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs. The 2-year-old son of Tiznow was the second graded stakes winner of the day for his sire. Earlier at Aqueduct, Lovely Lil won the Grade 2 Go […]
[ Read More ]Blingo looked like another Artie Schiller runner with a promising turf future after flying home late to win his career bow by 2 1/4-lengths over the Hollywood Park turf course on Nov. 25. Artie Schiller is nearing the top 10 among all second-crop sires with progeny earnings of close to $2.5 million. Blingo, bred in […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s 4-year-old daughter Lovely Lil got her first career graded stakes win Nov. 25 in Aqueduct’s Grade 2, $150,000 Go for Wand H. Previously, she won the $75,000 Union Avenue S. Aug. 22 at Saratoga for her initial added money score. Tiznow’s runners have amassed in excess of $4.9 million this year, with 2-time Grade […]
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