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Good Samaritan filly zips to MdSpWt victory at Churchill Downs

Good Samaritan was represented by his second winner from his first crop on Friday at Churchill Downs when the filly Holiday Decision scored a front-running victory in a $110,605 maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds (WATCH RACE). The flashy chestnut sped to the lead right at the break and led the field around the turn as […]

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Miss Leslie closes with a flourish for her sixth career stakes win

Paynter’s 4-year-old filly and veteran stakes performer has now won a half-dozen added-money races after a dramatic victory in the June 8 Obeah S. at Delaware Park. Miss Leslie was last in the field of six fillies and mares for the first five furlongs of the 1 1/16-mile trip. She switched to the outside on […]

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First Constitution leads all the way in Flat Out S. victory

Chilean-bred First Constitution was a gate-to-wire winner of the $100,000 Flat Out S. on May 6 at a rainy Belmont Park, taking the 1 3/8-mile race by four lengths. The 5-year-old son of Constitution, owned by Don Alberto Stable (also his breeder_, WinStar Farm LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC, is now a two-time […]

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Constitution filly wins California Oaks in impressive stakes debut

Anthonys Cleopatra took over the lead with a little less than a half-mile to run in Saturday’s California Oaks and never looked back, drawing away in the stretch to win by nearly four lengths in the stakes debut for the 3-year-old Constitution filly. Anthonys Cleopatra is one of 12 stakes horses and seven graded horses […]

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More Than Ready filly takes the Memories of Silver S. in 3-year-old debut

Consumer Spending, last seen in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), a race won by Pizza Bianca, turned the tables on her foe in Sunday’s $100,000 Memories of Silver S. at Aqueduct. Consumer Spending and Pizza Bianca, hooked up at the top of the Aqueduct turf stretch and tussled most of the way, with […]

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Always Dreaming making his mark at the OBS Spring 2yo sale

Thursday’s session of OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training saw two more colts from the first crop of Always Dreaming bring in excess of $200,000, giving the WinStar stallion a total of six lots to bring at least six figures through the first three days of the auction. Hip No. 835, consigned by Top […]

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$245,000 colt leads First Always Dreaming 2yos at OBS Spring sale

A colt from the first crop of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming sold for $245,000 during the second session of the April 19-22 OBS Spring 2-year-old sale, one of two six-figure juveniles for the WinStar stallion. After posting a quick furlong of :10 1/5 seconds during the Under Tack show, the colt from the […]

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Speightstown colt earns TDN Rising Star tag after Keeneland MdSpWt tally

Under Oath rallied strongly to break his maiden at Keeneland on Apr. 16 in his second lifetime start, earning the 3-year-old Speightstown colt a TDN Rising Star designation. He is the 22nd lifetime Rising Star for Speightstown, who kicked off the Easter weekend in spectacular fashion on Friday when Shirl’s Speight won the Maker’s Mark […]

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Slipstream gets the trip to win Keeneland’s Palisades S.

Slipstream came through a narrow opening in upper stretch to defeat Twilight Gleaming in Sunday’s $200,000 Palisades S. at Keeneland. The victory was the second stakes win and third overall for the 3-year-old More Than Ready colt, who could potentially make his next start at the historic Royal Ascot meet in Great Britain. Slipstream, trained […]

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Glass Ceiling makes it four in a row with dominating Distaff H. (G3) win

Constitution’s streaking 5-year-old daughter Glass Ceiling won her fourth straight race Saturday at Aqueduct, cruising to a five-length victory on the $150,000 Distaff H. (G3). Constitution, the leading Third-Crop Sire of 2021, is off to a terrific start this year, leading all Fourth-Crop sires with nine stakes horses and six graded horses to date. Glass […]

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