Top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem tallied his eighth 2-year-old winner on Aug. 28 when Carpe Victoriam scored a come-from-behind victory in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race at Indiana Downs. Tucked along the inside behind horse until the field hit upper stretch, Carpe Victoriam swung to the middle of the racetrack and rallied strongly […]
[ Read More ]Viv surged to the lead on the final turn en-route to a six-length maiden special weight win on the Retama Park turf course on Wednesday evening (VIDEO). Already twice stakes-placed in her young career, Viv is the eighth winner from Commissioner’s first crop, ranking him in the top five by winners for all Kentucky-based Freshman […]
[ Read More ]Last December’s Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) winner Improbable returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday with a comfortable with a classy victory in the $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. Improbable now has four wins and two seconds in eight starts and has earned $829,520 for WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and Starlight Racing. […]
[ Read More ]Leading First-Crop sire Constitution scored his second maiden special weight winner in as many days on Saturday when Mandamus rallied to win a five-furlong main track affair by a length at Gulfstream Park. Coupled with Strongconstitution’s win Friday at Del Mar, Constitution now has nine First-Crop winners, second most of any Freshman sire. Mandamus took […]
[ Read More ]Constitution chalked up his eighth winner from his first crop on Friday evening at Del Mar when Strongconstitution led nearly all the way in a five-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds on the turf. Constitution’s freshman class ranks in the top five by earnings, winners and black type horses, and he is the only […]
[ Read More ]Green Destiny won her stakes debut in the $100,000 Ellis Park Debutante on Sunday, drawing off in the final furlong to win by four lengths over Monedas de Oro (VIDEO). The victory comes on the heels of the filly’s maiden win on July 14. The Clearsky Farms homebred is now 2-0-0 in three starts and […]
[ Read More ]Sharing drew off powerfully in the stretch en route to a 6 1/4-length maiden special weight win Sunday at Saratoga, a performance that earned a the 2-year-old Speightstown filly a TDN Rising Star tag. In a three-way duel for the lead for the first half-mile, Sharing began to edge clear midway on the turn, then […]
[ Read More ]Bella Aurora and Rule the Day both got their initial victories on Aug. 16 to give top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem a total of six winners to date. Kicking off her sire’s daily double was Bella Aurora, who won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on the turf by two lengths in a performance that […]
[ Read More ]Deviant became the first stakes winner for Freshman Sire Daredevil on Aug. 14 with a commanding 7 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 El Joven S. at Retama Park in Houston. After a trio of main track starts, Deviant switched to the grass for the El Joven, as well as stretching out to two turns for […]
[ Read More ]Outwork set the record for the highest price ever paid for a filly by a freshman sire Monday at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale when the team of All About the Girls/JCS Racing Travis Durr went to $500,000 for a filly by the Wood Memorial S. (G1) winner. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent, […]
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