Sonic Mule was a stubborn winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man S. at Gulfstream Park, winning a stretch-long duel by a head over State of Honor. The victory, coming on the heels of a win in the Buffalo Man S. last month, also at Gulfstream, was the second stakes in a row for the […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem, Giant’s Causeway’s Grade 1 winner at both two and three, sired his first reported foal on New Year’s Day when a colt was born Sunday at Ocala Stud in Ocala, FL. Bred by Centaur Farm, the colt is out of the seven-time stakes-winning Songandaprayer mare, Evelyn’s Dancer. “He’s a nice-sized colt with good […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile got his 75th winner of 2016 on New Year’s Eve at Gulfstream Park when Pagliacci split horses in deep stretch to win his maiden special weight debut by a neck in a four-horse photo. Pioneerof the Nile wrapped up 2016 as the leading Fourth-Crop North American sire with $6.6 million in progeny […]
[ Read More ]Dac, a 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor, captured his second straight running of Turfway Park’s $50,000 Prairie Bayou S. on Dec. 17. Dac has done most of his running on the turf while amassing $205,755 in earnings, but has shown his affinity for Turfway’s synthetic surface, winning three of his four starts over the northern […]
[ Read More ]Honorable Duty’s game run through the Fair Grounds’ stretch earned the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor his first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Tenacious S. Breaking alertly from the inside post in the field of nine, Honorable Duty had the lead going into the first turn, but jockey James Graham conceded the top spot to […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s turf specialist Cash Control won her second straight stakes on Saturday with a hard-fought head victory in the $75,000 Blushing KD Stakes at Fair Grounds. Cash Control, who had comfortably defeated Kitten’s Roar in the Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs last month, got a much sterner test from her nemesis on […]
[ Read More ]Neck of the Moon, a 6-year-old daughter of More Than Ready, saved her best for what may have been her final career start with a game neck victory in the $100,000 South Beach S. at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Chad Brown said after the win that Neck of the Moon could be retired and bred during […]
[ Read More ]Faja left a field of 2-year-olds in his wake with a powerful stretch run to come home an 8 3/4-length maiden special winner Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the debut for the son of Bodemeister. Following his excellent performance, Faja was named a TDN Rising Star, the first for freshman sire Bodemeister. With just two […]
[ Read More ]Kentucky Downs has renamed a major stakes event on its racing calendar to honor 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner Tourist. The formerly-named More Than Ready Mile Stakes will now be run as the Tourist Mile Stakes starting in 2017, and the one-mile event on turf will continue to carry a lucrative purse of $400,000. […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s stakes-placed son Storm Belt moved into the ranks of stakes winners with a comfortable 6 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Entisar S. at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Dec. 15. Held over 2000m (about 1 1/4-miles), The Entisar had a full field of 12 older runners.Ridden by Fernando Jara, Storm Belt stalked […]
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