Category: General News

Congrats’ Last Judgment dominates Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park

Last Judgment became Congrats’ newest stakes winner on Jan. 16 with a commanding score in the Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park, drawing off in the stretch to win by 6 1/2-lengths. After several sprint races in the latter half of 2020, Last Judgment was stretching out to 1 1/8-miles for the first time on Saturday. […]

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More Than Ready’s Rushing Fall among finalists for Turf Female Eclipse

The brilliant 5-year-old mare Rushing Fall was named a finalist for the 2020 Turf Female Eclipse Award  when the year-end award nominees were announced Saturday on TVG.  Rushing Fall had another stellar campaign in 2020, kicking it off with a victory in the Beaugay S. (G3) in June at Belmont Park. She then took the […]

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Laoban filly bounds to double-digit win in career debut

Breakfastatbonnies scored a powerhouse 11 1/4-length victory in her first lifetime start on Jan. 2 at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old kicked off the year in style for her sire Laoban, who finished 2020 as the leading First-Crop sire by graded stakes winners and black type winners, and second by progeny earnings, with $1,559,748. Forwardly-placed under her […]

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Speightstown Leads 2020 General Sire List with Four Grade 1 winners

Speightstown had yet another banner year at stud in 2020, ranking among the leaders in several categories, most notably at the top by both Grade 1 winners and Grade 1 horses. In a testament to his worldwide influence, Speightstown’s Grade 1 winners came in three different countries. The first of the year came in Japan […]

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Stablemates’ Gulf Coast kicks off 2021 with a stakes win

Gulf Coast started 2021 in style for WinStar Stablemates Racing LLC on New Year’s Day at Gulfstream Park with a victory in the $75,000 Cash Run S.  After a pair of six-furlong starts rewarded her owners with a maiden debut win and a second in last month’s Sandpiper S. at Tampa Bay Downs, the newly-turned […]

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Speightster colt shows his mettle in Tampa maiden win

Always Special forged ahead of Good Boy Roy in the final strides to get his maiden-breaking win by a half-length Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. The chestnut 2-year-old is the 14th winner for top-10 First-Crop sire Speightster, who is one of only two freshman sires in the top 10 that stand for $10,000 or less. […]

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Charlatan returns with dominant Malibu S. (G1) performance

Speightstown’s brilliant 3-year-old colt Charlatan won Saturday’s $300,000 Malibu S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park in convincing style, coming back from a seven-month layoff to score by 4 1/2-lengths. Charlatan is Speightstown’s fourth Grade 1 winner of 2020, which is the most of any sire standing in North America, and is his 10th graded stakes […]

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R Working Girl wins on debut at Aqueduct for Outwork

Outwork is now the sire of the winners of 20 races from his first crop of runners after R Working Girl won her first lifetime start on Dec. 20 at Aqueduct (VIDEO). The 2-year-old filly was first at every call in the six furlong madien special weight race, taking the lead in the first eighth […]

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Tourist’s Cojo scores front-running win

Cojo took the lead in the first furlong of his maiden win on Dec. 17 at Los Alamitos, winning by 1 1/2-lengths to become Tourist 13th First-Crop winner and second of the week. Catbernay came away from the gate in the lead, but Cojo quickly collared him and took command. He cleared off from the […]

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Winners continue to mount for Outwork

Drewhustle gamely held off Race Craft to win a one mile maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds  Friday at Delta Downs to become the 18th winner for his sire. With two new winners this week, Outwork is now in the second spot on the First-Crop sire list. Drewhustle stalked the Shoulda Had It for most […]

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