Category: General News

Mourinho bounded to a 4 1/2-length maiden special weight debut in a stylish performance Saturday at Santa Anita, winning in hand under Drayden Van Dyke (VIDEO). The Super Saver colt, a $625,000 buy at this year’s OBS March Sale, was named a TDN Rising Star after the sterling effort, while earning a very good 86 […]

Yes to the Dress rolled to a 5 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $60,000 Jamestown S. at Laurel Park, marking the stakes debut as well as the first start on the turf for the 2-year-old Congrats filly. The race was never really in doubt as Yes to the Dress, much like she did in her Sept. […]

Leading First-Crop sire Overanalyze got his second career stakes winner on Saturday when Analyze the Odds won a thrilling four-way photo by a neck in the $216,875 New York Breeders’ Futurity S. at Finger Lakes racetrack (VIDEO). Overanalyze has 20 first-crop winners and four stakes horses to date and is the only freshman sire with […]

Renaisance Frolic found his way through a narrow opening at the top of the stretch to capture Saturday’s $75,000 Armed Forces S. at Gulfstream Park to become freshman sire Paynter’s first stakes winner. Paynter has 75% stakes horses from starters this year, the highest percentage of any First-Crop Sire standing in Kentucky. Renaisance Frolic, who […]

Queen Mum flew past her foes in the stretch to win her debut by a widening length and a half Thursday afternoon at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). The filly is the latest September success for first-crop sire Paynter, who got his first stakes horse when the filly Dark Artist placed in the Sorority S. on Sept. […]

Fed Biz, a top-five First-Crop yearling average sire, was represented by one of the leading colts during Tuesday’s session of the Keeneland Yearling sale, with Bruno DeBerdt placing a winning bid of $175,000 for the dark bay colt. Taylor Made Sales Agency was the consignor of hip No. 2582, the first foal out of the […]

Leading sire Pioneerof the Nile had the session topper Saturday at the Keeneland September Yearling sale when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $525,000. Steven Young, agent, was the winning bidder for hip No. 1547, which was consigned by Gainesway Farm, agent on behalf of breeder Three Chimneys Farm.  “Everyone […]

Amy’s Challenge won a spirited stretch-long battle with Mr. Jagermeister to win Saturday’s $80,000 Shakopee Juvenile S. to give the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller her first stakes win (VIDEO). After breaking her maiden by a gaudy 16 1/2-lengths in her debut on Aug. 6., Amy’s Challenge was favored as she faced the colts on […]

Uni’s victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Sands Point S. (G2) made the 3-year-old filly the 80th lifetime graded stakes winner for More Than Ready. She is also his 10th North American stakes winner this year and pushed his progeny earnings to nearly $5 million Uni had been knocking on the graded stakes door since coming to […]

A $400,000 filly topped Bodemeister’s returns Thursday at the Keeneland September Yearling sale, the highest price paid for a filly by the WinStar stallion through the first four days of the auction.  Dromoland Farm, Inc. consigned hip No. 1068, which went to Mathis Stables.  The bay filly is the first foal out of Bryan’s Jewel, […]