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 […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s first offering through the ring at the Keeneland September Yearling sale brought a winning bid of $575,000 during Monday’s opening session of the marathon auction. Shadwell Estate Company was the winning bidder on hip No. 52, consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent. The chestnut colt is the first foal out of the Broken Vow mare […]
[ Read More ]Five Star General became Distorted Humor’s latest graded stakes winner with a very courageous victory in the $250,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) Saturday at Hastings Park (VIDEO). Distorted Humor now has 56 career graded winners and in just the past week has accounted for Virginia Oaks winner Carnival Colors and the stakes-placed 2-year-old filly Champagne […]
[ Read More ]Bear ran down pacesetter Here’s Hannah in the final strides of the $50,000 Delta Colleen S. to give the 4-year-old Super Saver filly her initial stakes victory in the 1 1/8-mile contest. Bear, who was already stakes-placed this year, is one of Super Saver’s 10 stakes horses in 2019. Here’s Hannah had things her own […]
[ Read More ]Bob Baffert gave Flor de La Mar a cut back in distance in Saturday’s $75,000 Beverly Lewis S. and the 3-year-old Tiznow filly responded with a handy come-from-behind victory in the six-furlong affair. Flor de La Mar, who finished second in the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) in April, is Tiznow’s 77th lifetime stakes winner. Last […]
[ Read More ]Deviant’s two-length victory in the $60,000 Sunday Silence S. at Louisiana Downs made the 2-year-old Daredevil filly two-for-two in stakes company. Both of her wins have come on the grass after a trio of dirt tries to start her 2019 campaign. Daredevil already has three stakes horses from his first crop, including Shedaresthedevil, who placed […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s undefeated 2-year-old filly beat the boys in Saturday $500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint, her first stakes start after two wins on the main track at Presque Isle Downs. Speightstown is once again a top-10 sire in 2019, with eight stakes winners and progeny earnings topping $7.5 million. Cambria, in post position 1, was […]
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