Tour de Force turned in his second straight commanding victory on Feb. 16 when the Tiznow colt tallied a 3 1/4-length victory in a one mile and 70 yard allowance at Fair Grounds. The versatile bay broke his maiden by a similar margin on the Fair Grounds lawn on Jan. 15. Tour de Force completed […]
[ Read More ]Gemologist’s latest winner Diamond Gem repelled a stiff challenge by Switzerland to win a Feb. 15 Gulfstream Park maiden special weight affair by a hard-fought length. Diamond Gem had the lead nearly the entire six-furlong trip, which went in 1:12 1/5. Switzerland, who tracked the leader most of the way, tried repeatedly to get to […]
[ Read More ]Johnny Hop got a stiff challenge from Honor the Fleet in Laurel Park stretch, with the 3-year-old son of Bodemeister holding off his foe to win his maiden special weight debut by a neck on Saturday afternoon. A top-five First Crop Sire last year, Bodemeister already has a trio of stakes horses in 2017, including […]
[ Read More ]Super Saver’s graded stakes-winning mare Super Majesty stole the spotlight during Monday’s session of the Feb.6-7 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale with a winning bid of $475,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock as agent for Baoma Corp. Consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent and cataloged as hip No. 238, the lively bidding for 5-year-old Super Majesty finally […]
[ Read More ]WinStar stallion Tourist is featured in the latest installment of Paulick Report’s “In the Stud,” a series put together by EquiSport Photos that features stallions who are standing their first season at stud in 2017 or have not yet had their first crop reach the racetrack. Tourist, a son of WinStar stallion Tiznow, stands his […]
[ Read More ]Hip Hop N Jazz used her natural speed to zip to a 1 1/2-length victory in the Houston Distaff S. on Saturday evening at Sam Houston Park. The victory was the first win for the newly-turned 5-year-old daughter of Speightstown, who finished third in the 2015 Delaware Oaks (G3). Making just her eighth lifetime start, […]
[ Read More ]Always Dreaming could be a new horse on the 2017 Triple Crown Trail after the 3-year-old Bodemeister colt came home an 11 1/2-length winner in a Tampa Bay Downs maiden special weight affair Wednesday in his 2017 debut. After a pair of sprint starts last summer, Always Dreaming got a break from the races and […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s sensational 2016 juvenile Classic Empire was named Champion 2-year-old Male at Saturday evening’s Eclipse Award ceremony at Gulfstream Park. The win marked the second time from his first four crops that Pioneerof the Nile was represented by the Juvenile Male champion. It will take some doing to match American Pharoah’s historic accomplishments […]
[ Read More ]Star Super, who was multiple stakes-placed last year as a 2-year-old, came away with her first added-money win on Saturday with a gutsy neck victory in the $75,000 Marshua S. at Laurel Park. Star Super is Super Saver’s first stakes winner of 2017. The WinStar stallion wrapped up 2016 as the leading Cumulative Third-Crop Sire […]
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