Nayibeth, a 2-year-old filly by WinStar Farm stallion Carpe Diem, won at first asking at Keeneland on Wednesday, becoming her sire’s first starter and first winner and also a TDN Rising Star. Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and owned by Ramon Tallaj, Nayibeth raced to the lead at the start of the 4 […]
[ Read More ]A filly from the first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Commissioner worked a quarter-mile in :20 1/5 Tuesday at the Under Tack show in preparation for the April 23-26 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, sharing the fastest time at the distance. The bay Kentucky bred, hip No. 365, is scheduled to sell […]
[ Read More ]Diamond Dust collected his third straight win and third lifetime stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Howard B. Noonan S. at Mahoning Valley. The 3-year-old son of Paynter has never been worse than second in seven lifetime starts, with five wins, and earnings of $238,100 for the owner/breeder tandem of WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows Farm. […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s super-filly Rushing Fall remained undefeated at Keeneland with a front-running score in Saturday’s $350,000 Jenny Wiley S. (G1) and is just a neck away from having a perfect record in eight lifetime starts, all graded stakes except for her maiden debut victory. With wins during the 2017 Fall Meet in the Jessamine […]
[ Read More ]Bobby’s Wicked One used his speed and tenacity to capture Saturday’s $250,000 Commonwealth S. (G3) at Keeneland by 1 1/4-lengths over an all-star field of male sprinters. The victory in the seven-furlong affair was the first graded stakes win for the 4-year-old Speightstown colt, who had scored two easy allowance wins over the winter at […]
[ Read More ]Bulletin, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint champion, return to action April 4 at Keeneland with a gate-to-wire victory in the Palisades Turf Sprint S. in what was the inaugural running of the race at the historic Kentucky track. The 3-year-old colt, owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing, has now […]
[ Read More ]The fireworks started early for Carpe Diem at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds when hip No. 5 sold for $650,000 to Katsumi Yoshida after a spirited bidding battle. The muscular chestnut had worked a lively eighth-mile in :10 1/5 seconds during last week’s Under Tack show. Consigned by Cary Frommer, agent and bred by […]
[ Read More ]Perennial leading sire Tiznow’s top offering at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds on Wednesday brought a winning bid of $550,000 from the team of West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Stable, agent. Consigned by Bobby Dodd, agent, hip No. 93 had breezed a lively eighth-mile in :10 1/5 seconds during the Under Tack show. The […]
[ Read More ]Brunette Princess and Miss Marcela were three lengths ahead of the field when they hit the wire on even terms to share the win in Saturday’s Any Limit S. at Gulfstream Park. A dead heat is a rare enough event, even more so when two horses by the same sire accomplish the feat. Making the […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm stallion Pioneerof the Nile died suddenly today, the farm announced. The 13-year-old son of Empire Maker—Star of Goshen, by Lord at War (ARG), bred a mare this morning and started acting uncomfortable once he was back in his stall. He was en route to the clinic when he died. “We are all extremely […]
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