Top-five First-Crop sire Speightster is up to a half-dozen winners after That Kenney Kid drew off to a six-length victory in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race on Friday. The bay filly was prominent from the outset and increased her margin the entire trip, easing up late when the outcome was certain. That Kenney […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Breeders’ Cup-winning filly Sharing showed her class once again in Friday’s $300,000 Edgewood S. (G2), holding off a late bid by Hendy Woods to score by 1 ¼ lengths. With the winner’s share of $182,280, Sharing increased her earnings to $1,038,751 for owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable, with a record of 5-1-1 […]
[ Read More ]Paynter, the leading Fourth-Crop sire of 2020, will be represented in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) by Winning Impression, who drew post 14 in the 18-horse field. Paynter leads his generation by black type winners, with five, black type horses (13), and progeny earnings of nearly $3.5 million. Winning Impression earned his Derby trip with […]
[ Read More ]Nashville strutted to an 11 1/2-length maiden special weight win on Sept. 2 at Saratoga in his career debut. The bay colt covered the 6 1/2-furlongs in a lively 1:14.48, less than a second off the track record, earning a 91 Beyer Speed Figure and also named a TDN Rising Star. Trained by Steve Asmussen […]
[ Read More ]Let’s Workout got his debut win in a Sept. 1 maiden special weight to give his sire Outwork a total of six winners from his first crop, which is the third-most for any freshman sire. Outwork’s runners have really shone of late, with five of his winners coming in the past two weeks at distances […]
[ Read More ]Ry’s the Guy got his first stakes victory and also set the 1 1/2-mile track record in Tuesday’s $115,000 Champions Day Marathon S. at Churchill Downs to kick off Derby Week. The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Marathon in front-running style, drawing off in the lane to win by 4 3/4-lengths in 2:29.58 […]
[ Read More ]Fed Biz, the leading Third-Crop sire of stakes winners in 2020, got his latest on Aug. 31 at Presque Isle Downs when Inthemidstofbiz led virtually the entire way to win the $75,000 Satin and Lace S. by 1 1/2-lengths. The 4-year-old filly, owned by Contreras Stable and Andrew Knapczyk, set very fast fractions, covering the […]
[ Read More ]Varda’s dashing career unveiling in a Sunday maiden special weight race at Del Mar returned immediate dividends for her connections as the 2-year-old Distorted Humor filly ran up a 3 1/4-length victory at six furlongs. The bay speedster sold for $700,000 to the Baoma Corp. just a few months ago at the OBS Spring 2-year-olds […]
[ Read More ]Selflessly ran down Sweet Melania in the final strides of the $100,000 Lake George S. (G3) Friday at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready her second career graded stakes victory. The one-mile turf affair wasn’t decided until the top pair was separated by the placing judges. Selflessly was several lengths off […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s spectacular turf mare Rushing Fall avenged a loss in last year’s Diana S. (G1) with a well-earned neck victory over Mean Mary Sunday at Saratoga in the 2020 renewal of the $500,000 race for fillies and mares. Now a six-time Grade 1 winner, Rushing Fall has won 11 of 14 lifetime starts […]
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