Boisterous became stakes winner number 101 for Distorted Humor with a three-quarter length victory in the $60,000 Three Coins Up at Belmont Park on May 22. Distorted Humor has 10 stakes winners this year, tops among all North American stallions. In the 1 1/4-mile turf marathon, Boisterous came from third place to reel in front-runner […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s 3-year-old son Rush Now controlled the pace from the outset on the way to a 4 1/4-length win in the $75,900 Spend A Buck S. May 22 at Monmouth Park. This was the first stakes win of 2011 for the bay sophomore, who won the $75,000 Dover S. at Delaware Park as a juvenile. […]
[ Read More ]Paddy O’Prado made up nearly 10 lengths in the last three furlongs to capture the $200,000 Dixie S. (G2) over the Pimlico turf course on May 21. Paddy O’Prado is owned by Donegal Racing. (Watch Race) The Dixie was the first start of the year for the 4-year-old son of El Prado (IRE), who was […]
[ Read More ]Embellished, the 2-year-old filly from the first crop of Bellamy Road, was named champion juvenile of 2010 at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society awards banquet held May 14th at Northlands Park in Alberta, Canada. Embellished made four starts last year at Northlands, with a pair of wins and a two third-place finishes. After a running […]
[ Read More ]Tiz Miz Sue registered a 1 1/4-length win in the $50,000 Winter Melody S. at Delaware Park on May 14, the second stakes win in the career of the 4-year-old daughter of Tiznow. She won the Polly’s Jet, also at Delaware, last October. Sent off the 6-5 favorite in the 1 1/16 mile Winter […]
[ Read More ]WinStar’s 2010 Belmont S. (G1) champion Drosselmeyer returned to the scene of his greatest triumph to win the $60,000 One Count S. on May 15, a little less than a year since the son of Distorted Humor took the third leg of the Triple Crown. The Bill Mott trainee was making his third start of […]
[ Read More ]Alternation gave his sire Distorted Humor his second stakes winner at Belmont Park in two days with a thrilling come-from-behind win in the $200,000 Peter Pan S. (G2) on May 14. And like Much Rejoicing, who won the Glia S. the previous day, the Peter Pan marked the first stakes win for 3-year-old dark bay […]
[ Read More ]Too Shy Shy, a 3-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor, galloped home a 12 1/2-length winner May 9 at Delaware Park to break her maiden in her second career start, covering the six furlongs in 1:10.61 with plenty left in reserve. The chestnut filly is a half-sister to Eclipse champion older horse Lawyer Ron, who won […]
[ Read More ]Bellamy Road’s Victoria’s Wildcat ran down dueling leaders to win the $118,800 Eight Belles S. (G3) for 3-year-old fillies by 2-1/4 lengths on Friday, May 6 at Churchill Downs. The winner’s share of the purse moved Bellamy Road into the top spot among second crop sires. Besides Victoria’s Wildcat, Bellamy Road is also represented by […]
[ Read More ]Twinspired, the aptly-named son of Harlan’s Holiday, will make his run at history in Kentucky Derby 137 (G1) from post position 10, right in the middle of the 20 horse field. The gray or roan colt will try to become the second straight Derby winner to have connections to WinStar, following last year’s victory by […]
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