Constitution has risen to the number 2 spot on the 2019 First-Crop Sire list after he tallied his 11th freshman winner on Sept. 16, when Nurse Betty broke her maiden by nearly three lengths in her debut at Parx. The gray or roan filly came from several lengths off the pace to roll by early […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner Outwork’s first crop of yearlings have scored big returns during the middle portion of the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale, the latest coming on Monday when hip No. 1971 brought a winning bid of $270,000. After Monday’s session completed, six of Outwork’s eight yearlings to sell brought at least six figures, with […]
[ Read More ]Old Chestnut drew off in the Woodbine stretch to win the $100,000 Ontario Racing S. by nearly four lengths in front-running style on Sunday afternoon. The victory marked the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Speightstown colt. He is also the second stakes winner of the weekend for Speightstown at Woodbine, after Yorkton captured the […]
[ Read More ]Tourist’s first yearling to sell at the Keeneland September Yearling sale brought a top bid of $150,000 on Sunday afternoon at the central Kentucky auction, 15 times his advertised stud fee. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, hip No. 1535 sold to BSW Bloodstock, Liz Crow agent. The dark bay Kentucky-bred is the first foal out of […]
[ Read More ]Harris Bay turned in a very sharp debut effort Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park, zipping through six furlongs in 1:09.21 to defeat heavy favorite Dream Bigger by three parts of a length and give his sire Carpe Diem his eighth winner from his first crop. A top-10 Freshman sire, Carpe Diem also got his first […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop yearling sire Exaggerator had his best result to date at Keeneland September Yearling sale during the first Saturday session of the Sept. 9-22 auction when hip No. 1117 sold for $400,000. Consigned by Warrendale Sales for Sandra Sexton, the colt went to A. Warren. The chestnut colt is the second foal out of the […]
[ Read More ]Book 2 of the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale began Friday and the numbers continued to be very strong for Exaggerator’s first crop, with four individuals selling for an average of $210,000. Topping the day was hip No. 761, a colt consigned by Lane’s End, agent, and purchased by Taproot Bloodstock for $275,000. The colt’s […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 First-Crop sire Commissioner got his first stakes winner on Sept. 11 when Two Last Words scored by 1 1/4-lengths in the $100,000 Hillsdale S. for 2-year-olds at Indiana Downs. Two Last Words is Commissioner’s leading earner to this point and one of his nine individual winners to date. His four stakes horses ranks second […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown wrapped up the final day of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale with stellar results, capped by an $825,000 colt. Through the first three days of the Sept. 9-22 auctions, the WinStar stallion has an average of $375,455 from 11 lots sold. The $825,000 colt, which sold on Wednesday as hip No. […]
[ Read More ]Fresh off her Aug. 24 maiden win on the turf, Ledecka switched to the main track on Sept. 9 and came away with a victory in the $100,000 Malvern Rose S. at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO). Ledecka is Tiznow’s third stakes winner in the past three days, with Blue Chipper the highlight of the week […]
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