Gemologist, currently the #2 sire on the 2016 Freshman Sire list, added a pair of winners to his first crop of runners on Oct. 21 when Gorrito and Lil Miss Sapphire both earned their initial victories. Gorrito, a first-time starter, was a two-length winner going one mile and 70 yards at Hawthorne Race Course. The […]
[ Read More ]Coronado Again took the lead early and kept finding more as he splashed his way to a 3 1/4-length win over the very sloppy going at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday afternoon. Despite setting a rapid pace of :45.55 for the half-mile, the gray/roan juvenile had plenty left for the stretch run, drawing clear to […]
[ Read More ]Obvious One has been a conspicuous winner of both his starts, the latest tally for the 2-year-old son of Bodemeister coming by 5 3/4-lengths in a six-furlong allowance race Oct. 14 at Thistledown. A 6 1/2-furlong maiden winner in his debut on Sept. 19, Obvious One ran a carbon copy of that win on Friday, […]
[ Read More ]Yukon Belle, who won her debut in a stakes in late August, rang up her second black type win on Oct. 10 with a 2 1/2-length score in the $75,000 Fantasy S. at Hastings Park. The Drosselmeyer filly was making her first start beyond 6 1/2-furlongs, but handled the task with ease, leading all the […]
[ Read More ]Graded stakes performer Miss Southern Miss was much the best in the $100,000 Surfer Girl S. Oct. 10 at Santa Anita Park on a special Columbus Day card. The 2-year-old More Than Ready filly placed in both the Sorrento S. (G2) and Landaluce S. this summer. Making her first start on the grass and around […]
[ Read More ]Speedmeister, a 2-year-old Bodemeister colt, found the Keeneland winner’s circle in his debut Oct. 9, winning a seven-furlong maiden special weight affair by a widening 4 1/2-lengths. Speedmeister is Bodemeister’s seventh winner for the top-10 Freshman Sire, and in a testament to the quality of his first crop of runners, all have come in maiden […]
[ Read More ]Pioneer of the Nile’s top 2-year-old colt Classic Empire asserted himself in the Keeneland stretch en route to a three-length win in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). The victory was a vindication of sorts for his connections after the colt wheeled and lost his rider at the start of the Hopeful S. (G1), a race […]
[ Read More ]Joking’s stirring stretch run carried the son of Distorted Humor to victory in Saturday’s $350,000 Vosburgh S. (G1) at Belmont Park, his second graded victory and third stakes win overall. In addition to earning a guaranteed spot in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 5 at Santa Anita, Joking became Distorted Humor’s 18th lifetime Grade […]
[ Read More ]Silent Decree, making his first start around two turns, battled his way to a half-length win in a 1 1/16-mile Churchill Downs maiden special weight affair for 2-year-olds on Oct. 1 (VIDEO). The gray/roan is the sixth winner this year for first-year sire Bodemeister, who is solidly entrenched in the top 10 on the 2016 […]
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