Category: General News

Family Biz rallies to take Aqueduct maiden special weight

Fed Biz tallied his ninth first-crop winner on Saturday at Aqueduct when Family Biz finished very strongly to break his maiden by a neck at seven furlongs (VIDEO). Top-ten Freshman Sire Fed Biz has three stakes horses among his nine winners. In 2018 he bred 159 mares, the most of his four seasons standing at […]

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Congrats Gal romps in Smart Halo S. for first stakes win

Congrats Gal scored her third blowout win in five lifetime starts on Saturday when the 2-year-old Congrats filly powered her way to a 6 3/4-length score in the $100,000 Smart Halo S. at Laurel Park. Coming into the race off a huge 14-length allowance win on Sept. 14, the bay filly turned in another top-class […]

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Piedi Bianchi goes last to first in $150,000 Frances Slocum S.

Piedi Bianchi became Overanalyze’s latest stakes winner on Nov. 6 when the 3-year-old filly rallied to win the $150,000 Frances Slocum S. at Indiana Downs by 2 1/2-lengths. Shipping in from her New York base for trainer Todd Pletcher, Piedi Bianchi was in the back of the pack early in the 1 1/16-mile contest. She […]

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Speightstown filly sparkles in $225,000 Princess Elizabeth S.

Bold Script ran away to a 7 1/2-length victory in the Nov. 4 Princess Elizabeth S. at Woodbine, the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Speightstown filly. The Chiefswood Stable homebred had placed in three previous stakes starts, including the Natalma S. (G1), all on the turf, is now 2-1-2 in five starts and has […]

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Roy H repeats in $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1)

Roy H’s scintillating performance in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) gave the son of More Than Ready his second straight victory in the race and made him the likely favorite to repeat as the Eclipse Champion Male Sprinter as well. Roy H is only the second repeat winner of the Sprint in its […]

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Breeders’ Cup: Roy H, Catholic Boy in spotlight for More Than Ready

More Than Ready, the sire of five previous Breeders’ Cup winners, has three chances to improve that number over the Nov. 2-3 championships at Churchill Downs. Leading the way is Roy H, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner, who returns for that same event on Saturday. The Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), also on Saturday, […]

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Battle of Midway cruises in Comma to the Top S.

Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Battle of Midway was an easy winner of Sunday’s $78,845 Comma to the Top S. at Santa Anita in what was just his second start of 2018. Owned by WinStar Farm and Don Alberto Stable, the 4-year-old colt had a brief career at stud earlier this year […]

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Pioneerof the Nile filly gets first stakes win in Rags to Riches S.

Pioneerof the Nile’s Del Mar Debutante (G1) runner-up Mother Mother led nearly every step of the way in Sunday’s $103,116 Rags to Riches S. to win by 1 ¾ lengths on the opening day of Churchill Downs Fall Meet. Pioneerof the Nile has more than 10 stakes horses this year, including Insta Erma, who will […]

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Super Saver colt debuts at Keeneland as a TDN Rising Star

So Alive closed with an incredible flourish in the final sixteenth of a mile to win his maiden special weight debut Saturday at Keeneland, coming from ten lengths back at the top of the stretch to win by a neck in remarkable fashion [WATCH RACE]. The 2-year-old Super Saver colt was named a TDN Rising […]

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Multiple Grade 2 winner Good Samaritan officially retired, available for inspection

Good Samaritan, a versatile millionaire son of Harlan’s Holiday and a Grade 2 winner at two, three, and four, has been retired and will stand the 2019 breeding season at WinStar Farm. He is currently available for inspection and will stand for $12,500 S&N. “He is the last great son of Harlan’s Holiday, one of […]

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