Category: General News

Storm Belt surges to victory at Meydan

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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Miss Mo Kelly weaves her to first stakes victory

Miss Mo Kelly, a 4-year-old Congrats filly, turned in a dynamic stretch run Dec. 11 at Remington Park, coming from eighth at the top of the lane to win the $100,000 She’s All In S. by two lengths. The bay filly was making her first start and thus became the 25th lifetime black type winner […]

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Sonic Mule rockets to victory in Gulftream’s Buffalo Man S.

Sonic Mule sped out of the gate and never looked back in his victory in the $75,000 Buffalo Man S. Saturday at Gulfstream Park, the first stakes win for the promising 2-year-old son of Distorted Humor. Sonic Mule, bred by WinStar Farm and owned by Calumet Farm, has been in the top three in all […]

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Hail to the Nile gets accolades in $100K Champions Day Turf

Hail to the Nile prevailed by three-quarters of a length over Fort Pulaski after a race-long duel in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf S. at Fair Grounds. The win was the second stakes victory for the 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, who started off his 2016 stakes skien with a win in Fair […]

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In The Stud Feature: Paynter

WinStar stallion Paynter was featured recently in Paulick Report’s “In the Stud,” a series put together by EquiSport Photos that features stallions who entered stud in 2016 or have not yet had their first crop reach the racetrack. Paynter, a son of Awesome Again, was represented by his first yearlings in 2016 and will have […]

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Mr. Meister sparkles on Gulfstream Park turf

Top-five First-Crop sire Bodemeister chalked up his second maiden special weight winner in two days on Sunday when the regally-bred Mr. Meister scored by 1 1/2-lengths over Gorgeous Kitten on the Gulfstream Park turf course. Owned by his breeder Irving Cowan, Mr. Meister looked like a winner throughout the 7 1/2-furlong affair for 2-year-olds, racing […]

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Bodemeister moves into Top Five on Freshman Sire list

American Anthem surged in the final furlong of his maiden special weight debut Saturday at Del Mar to win the six-furlong contest by a neck after making up four lengths from mid-stretch to the wire. The 2-year-old colt is the 12th overall winner for his sire Bodemeister and moved the WinStar stallion to fifth on […]

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Midnight Storm adds Native Diver S. (G3) to sparkling resume

Three weeks after a very game performance in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), Midnight Storm easily won his first main track graded stakes in Sunday’s $100,000 Native Diver S. (G3) at Del Mar. The 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile now has six graded wins to his credit, with three coming in 2016, his best […]

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Bodemeister filly tallies sharp score in FG turf MdSpWt

Rickey’s Girl unleashed a strong kick in the final furlong of a one-mile maiden special weight turf affair Saturday at Fair Grounds, with the 2-year-old Bodemeister filly coming away with a widening three-length victory in her first grass start and second overall. She is the 11th winner this year for her sire, who currently sits […]

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