Pat On the Back, a sharp Saratoga maiden special weight winner two weeks ago, backed up that performance on Saturday when the 2-year-old Congrats colt rallied to win the $120,950 Aspirant S. at Finger Lakes. Pat On the Back is Congrats’ ninth stakes winner 2016, led top distaff sprinter Grade 1 Ballerina S. winner Haveyougoneaway. […]
[ Read More ]Conjuring sped to a 2 3/4-length maiden special weight victory on Thursday at Belterra Park in southern Ohio to become the sixth winner for first-crop sire Gemologist. All six of the WinStar stallion’s winners have come in maiden special weight company, including TDN Rising Star Theory as one of two at Saratoga, and one at […]
[ Read More ]Bowies Hero entered Saturday’s Del Mar Juvenile Turf following a maiden win six weeks ago and came up with a huge effort to give the 2-year-old Artie Schiller colt a one-length win to run his record to an unblemished 2-for-2. Making his first start for his new connections and breaking from post 11, Rafael Bejarano […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s stakes-winning son Hathal earned his second added-money victory with a hard-fought victory in the Superior Mile S. (G3) Saturday at Haydock Racecourse in Great Britain. Run in a driving rainstorm, Hathal was well-positioned in fourth for most of the contest until Frankie Detorri set the 4-year-old down for the final two furlongs. He caught […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s classy distaffer Pink Poppy tallied her third lifetime stakes victory on Saturday at Gulfstream Park with a three-quarter length win in the $75,000 Wasted Tears S. The win was the second stakes score of the year for the 5-year-old daughter of Tiznow, who joins Grade 1 winner Tourist as one of Tiznow’s 10 black-type […]
[ Read More ]C B Bodemester easily handled his foes in a one-mile maiden special weight contest Friday at Timonium, winning by 2 1/2-lengths after taking over the lead about half-way through the race. C B Bodemester is the fourth maiden special weight winner for Bodemeister, a group that includes the $200,000 Astoria S. winner Bode’s Dream. Bodemeister […]
[ Read More ]Made You Look’s daring move in the stretch earned the 2-year-old son of More Than Ready his second straight victory and first graded stakes win in just his third lifetime start. The regally-bred colt, whose second dam is the immortal Serena’s Song, is owned by Let’s Go Stable and Three Chimneys Farm. He was a […]
[ Read More ]A pair of 2-year-olds by champion sire Tiznow turned in splendid performances on Sunday, with the filly Sky Gesture taking her maiden special weight debut at Saratoga, while Tiz a Slam moved to a perfect 2-for-2 with a turf allowance score at Woodbine. Sky Gesture, a My Meadowview Farm homebred trained by Rick Violette, was […]
[ Read More ]Majestic Pride, a 4-year-old colt by Artie Schiller, ran his win streak to three on Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $75,000 Brooks Fields S. at Canterbury Park. Bred by St George Farm, Majestic Pride reached the winner’s circle for the sixth time in 16 starts for trainer McLean Robertson and owners Hugh Robertson, […]
[ Read More ]