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The nation’s leading Third-Crop sire Constitution got his 12th stakes winner of the year on Friday afternoon at Aqueduct when Never Surprised rolled to a 6 ¼-length victory in the $150,000 Gio Ponti S. The outcome was never really in doubt for the 3-year-old colt, who cut out solid fractions of :47.37 for the half-mile […]

Breeze Rider became Paynter’s 21st lifetime stakes winner with a gallant victory in the $75,000 Joseph R. Peluso Memorial S. on Thanksgiving Day at Fair Grounds (WATCH RACE). The 4-year-old filly took the “about” 1 1/16-mile turf race by a neck over Alms after leading at every point of call. She covered the distance on […]

Speightstown’s dynamic 3-year-old filly Lady Speightspeare rolled to a four-length win in Saturday’s $175,000 Bessarabian S. (G2) at Woodbine, making the Charles Fipke homebred a perfect four-for-four lifetime. Lady Speightspeare always looked like she had the field measured in Saturday’s seven-furlong contest, her first start on the main track. She tracked in second just behind […]

Miss Leslie made a sustained run from three furlongs out all the way to the wire to win Saturday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go S. at Laurel Park. The 3-year-old Paynter filly, who won the Weber City Miss S. at Pimlico in April and Laurel’s Ann Arundel County S. last year, is now 6-2-1 in […]

Knicks Go wrapped up his 2021 campaign in fantastic style in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), going gate-to-wire for a 2 ¾-length victory in the 1 ¼-mile race. This was the final race for the 5-year-old son of Paynter, who is scheduled to begin stud duty next year. He went out in spectacular […]

Take Charge Indy now has 11 stakes horses in 2021 after A G Indy made her way between horses at the top of the Del Mar turf stretch to win the $200,000 Ken Maddy S. Friday. The 5-year-old hadn’t made a stakes start in nearly two years, but rewarded her connections with a sparkling effort […]

Speightster’s promising two-year-old filly Aubrieta joined the ranks of stakes winners on Oct. 30 with a facile two-length score in the $125,000 Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine. Earlier in the day, his 2-year-old gelding Tantrum captured the Best of Ohio Juvenile Stakes at Mahoning Valley, giving him a pair of new stakes winners on the […]

Constitution’s Americanrevolution, owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm and trained by Todd Pletcher, defeated older horses by a visually impressive 11 ¾ lengths in the $300,000 Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 30. With Luis Saez aboard, Americanrevolution pursued the early pace four wide before taking over command nearing the quarter […]

Constitution’s Americanrevolution, owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm and trained by Todd Pletcher, defeated older horses by a visually impressive 11 ¾ lengths in the $300,000 Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 30. With Luis Saez aboard, Americanrevolution pursued the early pace four wide before taking over command nearing the quarter […]

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables, WinStar Farm, and Robert and Kathleen Verratti’s Independence Hall, a son of leading Third-Crop Sire Constitution, proved uncatchable in the $200,000 Fayette Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Oct. 30, winning the 1 1/8-mile test by a romping 7 ¼ lengths. Ridden by Javier Castellano for trainer Michael McCarthy, […]