An excerpt of Bill Oppenheim’s “In My Opinion” column in BloodHorse Daily, posted on March 22. — Under the RADAR: Fourth-Crop Sire Paynter It’s not easy for sires to keep their spots on the Kentucky stallion roster. The top 10 North American sires who went to stud in 2014 (first foals in 2015, first 5-year-olds […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop sire Tourist wrapped up the 2020 OBS March Sale of 2-year-olds in Training on Wednesday with a $145,000 colt consigned by de Meric Sales, agent. The winning bidder for hip No. 620 was stalwart buyer Steve Young, agent. The bay colt is just the second foal from the War Front mare Cara Dura and […]
[ Read More ]In the latter half of Wednesday’s session of the OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale, a colt by Constitution that sold for $550,000 represented the top price paid for a male juvenile to that point of the two-day sale. Wavertree Stables, Inc. consigned hip No. 386, which went to Dennis O’Neill. The colt is out of […]
[ Read More ]Among Speightster’s first 2-year-olds offered at auction Tuesday at the OBS March Sale was a colt that went for $200,000. Steve Young, agent, was the winning bidder of hip No. 21, who was consigned by Eddie Woods, agent. The colt had worked a solid quarter-mile in :21 2/5 during the Under Tack Show. Out of […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s dynamic 3-year-old colt Charlatan turned in another stunning performance Saturday at Santa Anita Park in what was just the Bob Baffert trainee’s second lifetime start (VIDEO). A graded stakes, perhaps the April 4 Santa Anita Derby (G1), is on the horizon for the flashy chestnut, who won Saturday’s one-mile contest by 10 1/4-lengths without […]
[ Read More ]Leading Fourth-Crop sire Paynter’s Queen of God tallied her second stakes win of the year Saturday when she scored by three-quarters of a length in the $150,000 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park. Queen of God had raced exclusively on the turf prior to the Bourbonette. Getting a rail trip for the first six furlongs, she […]
[ Read More ]Bango turned in the best race of his young career Saturday with a track record performance in the Animal Kingdom S. at Turfway Park. Going back to sprinting after testing two turns in the LeComte S. (G3), the 3-year-old son of Congrats was stellar in the 6 1/2-furlong Animal Kingdom. A couple lengths off the […]
[ Read More ]Flagstaff struck the front in the final furlong of Saturday’s $200,000 San Carlos S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park en route to a 1 1/4-length victory in the seven furlong contest. Second in the Palos Verdes S. (G2) in late January, Flagstaff is Speightstown’s 52nd lifetime graded stakes winner. The venerable WinStar stallion is once […]
[ Read More ]Sir Rick’s commanding four length win in Sunday’s $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park set the 3-year-old Paynter colt up as one of the favorites for the March 22 Sunland Derby, which is part of the Kentucky Derby championship series. A win in next month’s race would virtually assure Sir Rick a spot […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s Grade 1 winner Knicks Go kicked off his 4-year-old campaign in very impressive style, with a 7 1/2-length win in a 1 1/16-mile allowance contest at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 22 (VIDEO). Making his first start for new trainer Brad Cox, Knicks Go had been away from the races for just over three months. […]
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