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Georgie’s Angel turned in another impressive performance in the $100,000 Schuylerville S. (G3) July 22 at Saratoga, winning by a 1 1/2-lengths under a very confident ride by John Velazquez (VIDEO). Going off the 4-5 favorite, Georgie’s Angel was in third while going three wide around the turn for the first half mile. Coming even […]

Artie Schiller’s 3-year-old son Mr. Commons made a bold four-wide move coming into the stretch en route to a dominating 1 1/2-length victory in the $112,100 Oceanside S. on opening day at Del Mar. The Thoroughbred Daily News heralded this victory by proclaiming “Mr. Commons exudes class” in the feature story headline. Mr. Commons is […]

Bluegrass Cat’s Zayda proved best in the $50,000 Seattle Slew H. July 17 at Emerald Downs, his second consecutive stakes win at the Washington racetrack. The 3-year-old colt won the $50,000 Pepsi Cola H. on June 26. Bluegrass Cat is in the top 10 among all second-crop sires with progeny earnings of nearly $1.3 million. […]

Banker’s Buy, a 5-year-old mare by Distorted Humor, won the $60,000 Miss South Shore S. July 17 at Belmont Park, becoming the 15th stakes winner of 2011 for her sire, tops among all North American stallions. The WinStar stallion has accounted for a similar number of stakes wins this year, also tops on the sire […]

Speightstown’s sole offering at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale brought a hammer price of $150,000, three times the stallion’s stud fee, from high bidder Steve Young, agent. The chestnut Kentucky-bred filly, hip No. 167, is the second foal out of Acadiana, who is a direct descendent of Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee, the dam […]

Infinite Resource became the 14th stakes winner for Distorted Humor, tops among all North American stallions, on July 12 with his win in the $100,000 San Juan County Commissioners H. at SunRay Park in New Mexico. The 7-year-old chestnut horse came from seventh with three furlongs to go to get up by three-quarters of a […]

Harlan’s Holiday sired the sale topper at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale with hip No. 168 going for $310,000; the WinStar stallion also was represented by another colt that brought the fourth highest price of the auction, hip No. 103 went for $225,000 in the one day auction held on July 12. Harlan’s Holiday was […]

Willcox Inn set a stakes record en route to his four-length in the $200,000 American Derby (G2) July 9 at Arlington Park, getting the 1 3/16 miles on the firm turf in 1:54.56. The 3-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday has now won the first two legs of the Mid-America Triple; he won the $100,000 Arlington […]

With her latest stakes win in Japan, A Shin Cool D is closing in on the $1 million mark in career earnings; she would be the eighth runner by Distorted Humor to achieve the milestone. A Shin Cool D’s win, which came going seven furlongs on July 1 at Kasamatsu racecourse, was the third stakes […]

Two-year-old Big Blue Nation wore down a stubborn rival to prevail in his racing debut July 3 at Churchill Downs. The son of Bluegrass Cat was three-quarters of a length to the good on the wire, covering the six furlongs in a quick 1:10.48. The bay colt, bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm, is the […]