Speightstown’s lone offering at the March 28th Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2-year-old sale got plenty of attention in the auction ring, ultimately bringing a winning bid of $650,000 from China Horse Club International. The price was one of the top 10 colts at Wednesday’s auction, and raised Speightstown’s 2018 2-year-old sales average to $403,333. SVG Thoroughbreds consigned […]
[ Read More ]Elevenses notched her first career stakes victory Saturday, coming home with a powerful run in the stretch to win the $75,000 Any Limit S. at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old More Than Ready filly has now won three of four starts and earned $109,650 for owner Joseph Shields. Sent off a heavy favorite, Elevenses did not […]
[ Read More ]Once On Whiskey, who was a fast-closing second in his Feb. 3 debut, graduated to the winners’ ranks on Saturday with a sparkling effort in a seven-furlong maiden special weight affair for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita Park. The dark bay colt, trained by Bob Baffert, is the third TDN Rising Star for Bodemeister, who leads […]
[ Read More ]Alternative Route made the most of his first start in stakes company in Saturday’s Rushaway S. at Turfway Park, taking the 1 1/16-mile contest for 3-year-olds by nearly two lengths. The Tiznow colt has now won two of his four starts and is the third stakes winner and seventh stakes horse this year for his […]
[ Read More ]Zayat Stables LLC’s Dontmesswithjoanne made a huge move in the final furlong to take the $60,000 Red Camelia S. on the Fair Grounds’ turf course on St. Patrick’s Day to give the daugther of Pioneerof the Nile her first stakes win (VIDEO). Pioneerof the Nile now has five stakes horses this year and was also […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s hip No. 420 drew a spirited round of bidding during Wednesday’s closing session of the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale, ultimately bringing a winning bid of $625,000 from Phoenix Thoroughbreds III. The filly was one of the top five prices of both the Wednesday session and of all fillies offered during […]
[ Read More ]Wednesday’s results at the March 13-14 OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale included the lone filly by Speightstown in the two-day auction. Fiona Shaw, agent for Marc Keller, came away the winning bidder, at $410,000, for hip No. 428, consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent. The chestnut filly is out of the A. P. Indy mare […]
[ Read More ]Leading Third-Crop Sire Bodemeister had one of the top-priced lots during Tuesday’s session of the March 13-14 OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale. Tom McGreevy, agent for Michael Stinson, signed the winning ticket on the $725,000 colt, hip No. 108 consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds. The bay colt had breezed an eighth-mile in 10 seconds flat during last […]
[ Read More ]Leading international sire Distorted Humor now has a major player on the 2018 Triple Crown trail following Quip’s electrifying victory in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) on Saturday afternoon (VIDEO). The winner was bred by WinStar Farm, who co-owns the 3-year-old colt with China Horse Club and SF Racing LLC. Quip is Distorted Humor’s […]
[ Read More ]Mrs. Rembrandt was masterful in her March 10 maiden win at Laurel Park, sauntering home by 10 lengths on the one-mile affair for 3-year-old fillies. Paynter was a top-10 First-Crop Sire last year and is once again among the leaders of this year’s Second-Crop Sire list. In the sales ring, his 2-year-olds have brought up […]
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