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 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has initiated the process to return Take Charge Indy to the United States for the 2020 breeding season. The 10-year-old regally-bred son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady is the No. 1-ranked Third-Crop Sire with more than $4.4 million […]
[ Read More ]The 2-year-old filly Mandy gave her all to win a six-furlong maiden special weight on Labor Day at Del Mar, besting Sofi’s Gold by a neck after battling her for nearly the entire race. Mandy’s victory gave Commissioner nine winners from his first crop and capped off an excellent week for the top-10 Freshman sire, […]
[ Read More ]Qurbaan scored his second straight win in the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch H. during the Labor Day card at Saratoga, giving his top-10 sire Speightstown his ninth stakes winner of the year. Qurbaan, who hadn’t won since taking the 2018 Baruch in his first U. S. start in last year, found the soft turf course […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor get his newest stakes winner Saturday night at Colonial Downs in the $150,000 Virginia Oaks when Carnival Colors (GB) split horses in upper stretch and held sway in the final furlong to best Mercilla by 1 1/4-lengths (VIDEO). A close second in last year’s Mazarine S. (G3) at Woodbine, Carnival Colors is now […]
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