Top-10 First-Crop sire Speightster now has a dozen freshman winners after Western Rule and Etu Babou both broke their maidens at Los Alamitos and Turfway Park, respectively. Western Rule, who was making his first start, took the lead about half way through the 5 1/2-furlong affair, holding off Pizza Charlie by a neck. Bred in […]
[ Read More ]Varda rallied from last at the top of the stretch to win Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos Racetrack by 1 1/2-lengths, the first graded stakes win for the 2-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert for the Baoma Corp. The bay daughter of Distorted Humor is the 20th lifetime Grade 1 winner for […]
[ Read More ]Laoban, who is the leading First-Crop sire of black type winners, got his latest maiden winner in dramatic fashion on Dec. 4 at Aqueduct when Make It in Ny unleashed a huge rally to snatch victory by a nose in the final strides of his one-mile race. Well off the pace in the early stages, […]
[ Read More ]Cardiologist was very keen in his first lifetime start on Dec. 3, drawing off by as much as eight lengths before being eased up late while winning a six-furlong maiden special weight by 3 1/2-lengths. The bay 2-year-old colt is Speightster’s 10th winner from his first crop of runners and the first of three in […]
[ Read More ]Jane’s Gold Tour forged through the falling snow to a blowout 19-length maiden special weight win on Dec. 1 at Mountaineer Park to become Tourist’s 11th First-Crop winner. The gray or roan filly was under a hand ride for the entire one-mile trip, pulling away from the field after five furlongs as she relished the […]
[ Read More ]Harpers First Ride rolled through the stretch to a three-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park, giving the 4-year-old son of Paynter three stakes wins in his last four starts. Winner of the Pimlico Special (G3) in early October, Harpers First Ride has an excellent 9-2-1 record in 16 lifetime starts […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s 2-year-old colt Never Surprised broke on top and never looked back in his 1 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Central Park S. on the Aqueduct turf course. The Repole Stable runner is the eighth stakes winner this year for his sire, who leads the Second-Crop sire list with progeny earnings topping $6.7 million and […]
[ Read More ]Return the Ring led from start to finish in his career bow Saturday at Aqueduct, winning the six-furlong contest by 1 3/4-lengths. The 2-year-old colt gave Speightster is 10th First-Crop winner. Speightster is one of four WinStar freshman sires in the top 10 on the First-Crop sire list, along with Laoban, Exaggerator and Outwork. Return […]
[ Read More ]Lightly-race Forza Di Oro powered past Monday Morning Qb in mid-stretch en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Discovery S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old son of Speightstown was making his fifth lifetime start and just his second this year after his Oct. 9 return in an allowance victory. The Don Alberto […]
[ Read More ]Re Created became top-three First-Crop sire Laoban’s ninth overall winner on Nov. 27 when he won a one-mile maiden special weight race at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old colt faced just two foes and was head-to-head for the lead with Reunion Tour for the first six furlongs, when Reunion Tour began to fade and Blurt immediately took […]
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