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Boerne, who started the year with three straight victories, got her fourth win of 2020 with a front-running score in the $75,000 Azalea S. on Independence Day at Gulfstream Park. The win was the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old Fed Biz filly, who was second in last month’s Game Face S. at Gulfstream. Fed […]

WinStar Farm’s Tourist, a multiple Grade 1 winner by Tiznow, sired his first winner when Kactus Kate kicked off her racing career with a decisive two-length victory in a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight at Emerald Downs on Wednesday, July 1. Kactus Kate broke sharply and vied for command early. She took over the lead […]

Led by a $350,000 colt, Constitution was one of the leading sires during Monday’s session of the June 29-30 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale of 2-year-olds. The colt topped off a terrific June for his sire, who was represented by his first classic winner when Tiz the Law triumphed in the Belmont S. (G1). Constitution is easily […]

Victim of Love earned her first graded stakes win in the Vagrancy H. (G3) at Belmont Park, forging her way through a driving rainstorm to defeat Come Dancing by 1 3/4-lengths. The 4-year-old filly was a two-time listed winner before Saturday’s score. She is Speightstown’s 55th lifetime graded winner and one of his five graded […]

Fabricate became Speightster’s second winner on June 26 with a determined half-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight at Churchill Downs. Getting a good stalking trip along the rail under Brian Hernandez, Jr., Fabricate came around the leader in upper stretch and eventually took the top spot, then held Bahama Mischief at bay in […]

Celtic Striker drew away from Sonneman in upper stretch en route to a 19 3/4-length victory in the Easy Goer S. at Belmont Park, giving the 3-year-old Congrats colt his first stakes victory. After the original field of six scratched down to just two horses, jockey Manny Franco sent Celtic Striker right to the lead […]

Colts from WinStar first-crop stallions Outwork and Speightster shared the fastest time for a furlong during the June 24 Under Tack show for next week’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training sale. The sale will be held June 29-30.  Both colts covered the distance in 10 seconds flat. Hip No. 106, a bay son of Outwork, […]

Perfect Mistake gave top-five First-Crop sire Exaggerator his second winner on June 18 with his three-quarter length victory in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race at Indiana Downs. Perfect Mistake, who was making his racing debut, got a wide trip while well off the pace early on. He kicked into gear in the stretch […]

San Huberto (IRE) added to Speightstown’s stellar list of 2020 graded stakes winners with a half-length victory in the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (G2) June 14 at Chantilly Racecourse in France. The 4-year-old colt joins the likes of Charlatan, Mozu Superflare and Flagstaff, who have all collected graded wins this year. In addition, last year’s Breeders’ […]

Tomlin led throughout Saturday’s $77,250 Camilla Urso S. at Golden Gate Fields, winning the five-furlong turf contest for fillies and mares by 1 1/4-lengths. Tomlin, a 4-year-old by Distorted Humor, has won 5 of 15 starts and earned $204,700 for owner Tom Bachman’s Fairview LLC. Her prior stakes win came in the Golden Gate Debutante.  […]