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With a top-priced $285,000 colt leading the way, freshman sire Speightster saw excellent results Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton July Sale. With six lots total selling, Speightster’s average of $140,833 was nearly 15 times his stud fee.  Speightster’s sales-best colt was hip No. 169 consigned by Denali Stud, Agent and sold to Robert and Lawana Low. […]

Romped withstood a stiff challenge by Deacon in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight 2-year-old affair to defeat his foe by a neck July 3 at Indiana Downs. The dark bay colt is Commissioner’s fourth first-crop winner, tying him for third-most to date by any freshman sire, with all four coming in maiden special weights. […]

Powerfulattraction, a 2-year-old bay filly by first-crop stallion Commissioner, became her sire’s newest winner with a 1 ¼-length triumph in a maiden special weight at Los Alamitos on Saturday. The $225,000 OBS March graduate stalked the early pace three deep and rallied strongly through the stretch under Joe Talamo to post the victory in her […]

More Than Ready’s Grade 1 stakes winner Uni (GB) rallied from last to easily take down top prize in Saturday’s $100,000 Perfect Sting Stakes at Belmont Park, cruising to a measured one-length victory under Joel Rosario in her first start since capturing last year’s Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. The win in the Perfect […]

Best of Me was the best of the field in Sunday’s Washington State Legislators S. at Emerald Downs, pulling away to a three-length victory for the 4-year-old’s first stakes win (VIDEO). A good fourth in last year’s Great Lady M Stakes (G2), Best of Me is 4-0-1 in nine starts and has earned $136,130 for […]

Tiznow’s multiple stakes winner Tiz a Slam scored his fifth career graded stakes win in the $125,000 Singspiel S. (G3) Saturday at Woodbine, taking the 1 1/2-mile turf affair by two lengths. A winner of six stakes overall, the Chiefswood Stables homebred is now 8-3-1 in 25 starts and upped his earnings to $874,159. Tiz […]

Compelling Smile became the third winner for Constitution on Sunday, using a dynamic finishing kick to rally from far back to win a five-furlong maiden special weight by 1 ½-lengths at Emerald Downs (VIDEO). Far back from the front for the first half-mile or so, Compelling Smile split horses in mid-stretch and was in full […]

A Bit of Both is now a stakes winner on turf and dirt after a 2 1/2-length win in Saturday’s $75,000 Honey Bee S. at Monmouth Park. The 3-year-old Paynter filly has won five of six lifetime starts by an average margin of just over six lengths. After taking the Game Face S. at Gulfstream […]

By Your Side nosed out Basin by the narrowest of margins to win his career debut on June 14 at Churchill Downs, giving First-Crop sire Constitution his second winner. Constitution ranks second on the First-Crop Sires list, an impressive feat considering he has had only four starters compared to leader Khozan’s 15 runners to date. […]

First-Crop sire Carpe Diem’s OBS June Sale of 2-year-old in Training results were topped by a filly that went for $200,000 during Thursday’s session of the June 12-14 central Florida auction. The filly, cataloged as hip No. 634 and consigned by Mayberry Farm, agent, went to Batchelor Family Trust. The chestnut juvenile is out of […]