Fiesta gave Speightstown a Saturday stakes double when the 4-year-old filly rolled to a 2 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Jill Jellison Memorial Dash at Suffolk Downs. With Warleigh getting his first stakes win in the West Virginia Legislature S., Speightstown now has 13 stakes winners this year, tying him for the most of any […]
[ Read More ]Warleigh found his best stride in the final furlong of the $75,000 West Virginia Legislature Chairman Cup to give the son of Speightstown his first stake win [WATCH RACE]. Last of seven in the early stages of the 4 1/2-furlong sprint, Warleigh was still four lengths back of Strong Like Bull with a furlong to […]
[ Read More ]Wyatt’s Town scored a front-running, one-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 King Corrie S. at Woodbine in the first stakes start for the 3-year-old Speightstown colt. Wyatt’s Town broke like a shot in the six-furlong affair restricted to 3-year-olds, quickly opening up by three lengths in the first furlong. Settling down under Eurico Da Silva, Wyatt’s […]
[ Read More ]Princess of the Nyl scored her first stakes victory in style on July 22 when she rolled to an eight-length victory in the $50,000 Washington Oaks at Emerald Downs (VIDEO). Joining Mike Puhich’s barn two starts back, the 3-year-old filly was a close third in the Irish Day S. on July 1 before Sunday’s win. […]
[ Read More ]Mother Mother was named the latest TDN Rising Star following her 6 1/2-length maiden special weight score at Del Mar on July 22 (VIDEO). The 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile filly earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 87 after covering the six furlongs in 1:10.78 for trainer Bob Baffert and an ownership group led by George […]
[ Read More ]Like he did in the Dominion Day S. (G3) on July 1, Tiz a Slam led gate-to-wire in Sunday’s Nijinsky S. (G2) at Woodbine. The Chiefswood Stable homebred has now won three graded stakes, four stakes overall, and $655,990. Tiz a Slam is one of Tiznow’s six stakes winners and 13 stakes horses overall this […]
[ Read More ]Sphene’s determined effort in the $70,000 Charles Taylor Derby at Albuquerque Downs earned the 3-year-old Bodemeister colt his first stakes victory. The one-length win came at the expense of Secular Nation, the stakes-winning son of Distorted Humor, who had the lead the majority of the 1 1/16-mile race. It was 14 lengths back to the […]
[ Read More ]Lyrical Lady 5 3/4-length maiden special weight victory on opening day of the Saratoga meet earned the 2-year-old More Than Ready filly a a TDN Rising Star tag in her career debut. Sent to the lead by Rafael Santana, Jr., Lyrical Lady rolled through a half-mile in :45.49 seconds, then poured it on in the […]
[ Read More ]Sirenusa chalked up her second stakes win in her young career on July 19 when she took the $100,000 TaWee S. at Indiana Downs by 1 1/2-lengths. The 3-year-old Tiznow filly has won four of five career outings, Including the Northbound Pride Oaks at Canterbury Downs on May 28, and has banked $178,400 for owners […]
[ Read More ]Once On Whiskey used every bit of the long Los Alamitos stretch to catch Draft Pick in the final strides of the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3). Saturday’s win was the stakes debut for the 3-year-old Bodemeister colt trained by Bob Baffert. Once On Whiskey was the less-heralded of the two Baffert Derby entrants, with […]
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