Category: General News

Summer House first stakes winner of 2018 for Tiznow

WinStar Farm’s champion sire Tiznow got his first stakes winner of the new year on Jan. 12 when Summer House took the El Dorado S. at Delta Downs on Jan. 12 by just over a length. Stakes-placed three times last year, Summer House earned her first black type with a 1 1/4-length win in the […]

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Paynter filly scores by six in 2018 debut

Salt Bae was much the best in her six-length maiden special weight victory Jan. 12 at Fair Grounds, leading all the way to win in hand and earn a very solid Beyer Speed Figure of 83. The 3-year-old daughter of Paynter, out of the Distorted Humor mare Agatha, was bred by Fred Hertrich III and […]

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First foal is a filly for Breeders’ Cup (G1) winner Tourist

WinStar Farm’s Tourist, Tiznow’s multiple Grade 1 winner who closed his racing career with a record-setting victory in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), sired his first reported foal on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 11th when a bay filly was born at Endeavor Farm in Versailles, KY. Bred by Corey and CJ Johnsen’s CJ […]

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First foal is a filly for Speightster

WinStar Farm’s Speightster, the Graded stakes-winning son of Speightstown, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 4th when a chestnut filly was born at Brandywine Farm in Paris, KY. Bred by Jim and Pam Robinson of Brandywine, the filly is out of the Malibu Moon mare Moonshine Bertie, a daughter of the Graded stakes-winning debutante […]

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Affluential latest eye-catching winner for Paynter

Affluential made a powerful four-wide move at the top of the Gulfstream Park stretch en route to a 5 3/4-length maiden win on Dec. 28 to become Paynter’s 13th winner from his first crop of runners. As 2017 draws to a close, Paynter’s excellent first crop of runners rank in the top 10 on the […]

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Speightstown 2yo dazzles in Gulfstream Park unveiling

Strike Power turned in a stellar performance in his Dec. 23 debut at Gulfstream Park, rolling to an eight-length score in the 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds. Leading the entire trip, the Courtlandt Farms homebred covered the distance in 1:02.67, less than a half-second off the track record and earning a Beyer […]

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More Than Ready filly earns first black type win

Ready to Confess struck the front in upper stretch and pulled away to a 2 3/4-length win in the $100,000 She’s All In S. Sunday at Remington Park, the first stakes victory for the 4-year-old More Than Ready filly. After a pair of one turn races, Ready to Confess stretched out to a mile and […]

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Front-running maiden special weight score for Paynter filly

Clearwater led nearly every step of the way in her one-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. The gray or roan filly is the 12th winner from Paynter’s first crop, which includes the stakes winner Renaisance Frolic and three additional stakes-placed winners. Clearwater made the […]

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Paynter filly scores easily at first asking

Acquainted got the best of her foes in her debut race on Thursday afternoon, rolling by 3 1/2-lengths in the one-mile maiden contest for 2-year-old fillies. The bay daughter of Paynter is the 11th overall winner from the first crop of her sire. Paynter, who will stand the 2018 season for a fee of $12,500 […]

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