WinStar Farm has announced the hiring of Ben Hanley as the newest member of its Stallion Season Sales team. With a degree in equine science from the University of Kentucky and a degree from the Irish National Stud course, Hanley begins his new position following stints with Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in Saratoga, […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Good Samaritan’s latest winner came in front-running fashion Aug. 31 at Delaware Park when Secret Angel scored by two lengths in a one-mile maiden race for 2-year-old fillies. Secret Angel, who was making her second lifetime start and first around two turns, took the lead right away from her inside post. April Luck […]
[ Read More ]I Can Run gave Tourist his second stakes winner in the past six days on Sunday when the 3-year-old filly captured the $100,000 Eleven North H. at Monmouth Park. I Can Run was making her stakes debut in the six-furlong Eleven North. Breaking from post 7 she was three-wide while several lengths off the pace […]
[ Read More ]Few stallions in the world have attained the heights of WinStar Farm’s remarkable More Than Ready. A Champion Sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a world-renowned stallion who has made an indelible mark on the breed, More Than Ready was euthanized this morning due to the cumulative effects of old age, the […]
[ Read More ]Andiano a Firenze cruised to a 5 ½-length win in Friday’s $200,000 Funny Cide S. at Saratoga to give the well-related 2-year-old Speightstown colt his first stakes win. The winner, who was the odds-on favorite in the 6 ½-furlong race, is a half-brother to $2.8 million earner Firenze Fire. Andiamo a Firenze was widest of […]
[ Read More ]Carpenters Call turned in a dynamic performance to get his first stakes win in Monday’s $100,000 Peach Street S. at Presque Isle Downs, setting a track record for the 1 mile and 70 yard event while winning by 1 ¼-lengths. The 4-year-old Tourist colt has had a very productive year in 2022, with four wins […]
[ Read More ]Love in the Air rolled to a front-running six-length victory in Monday’s $100,000 Mrs. Penny S. at Parx to become the fourth stakes winner this month for leading Fourth-Crop sire Constitution. She is her sire’s ninth stakes winner and one of 26 black type horses in 2022, both of which lead all Fourth-Crop sires. Love […]
[ Read More ]O Shaughesey repelled a late challenge to earn her first victory Saturday in a five-furlong maiden special weight affair at Laurel Park. The 2-year-old filly is the third winner from Good Samaritan’s first crop of runners, with all three coming in maiden special weight races. The WinStar stallion has four MdSpWt entries over the next […]
[ Read More ]Four weeks after winning her first start, Showgirl Lynne B ran her record to 2-for-2 with a daring move in Saturday’s Sharp Susan S. at Gulfstream Park. The 2-year-old daughter of Constitution is the eighth stakes winner and 26th stakes horse for her sire in 2022, which leads all Fourth-Crop sires. Showgirl Lynne B faced […]
[ Read More ]Steal Sunshine weaved his way through traffic to come away with a rousing 3 ¼-length win in Sunday’s $200,000 Ellis Park Derby. The 3-year-old Constitution colt now has a three-race winning streak, the latest two coming in stakes, and has now earned $233,910 for Carrie Brogden and Little Red Feather Racing. Constitution leads the 2022 […]
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