Haveyougoneaway punched her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) this November after charging down the Saratoga stretch on Saturday to capture the prestigious $500,000 Ballerina S. (G1), becoming her sire Congrats’ newest Grade 1 winner. Ridden by John Velazquez, the late-running chestnut mare put in her patented rally, swinging to the […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 Second Crop Sire Drosselmeyer chalked up his latest stakes winner on Aug. 26 when the 2-year-old filly Yukon Belle won the $50,000 CTHS Sales S. in her first lifetime start. The bay filly, racing in the colors of R. N. H. Stable, came from off the pace to capture the 6 1/2-furlong contest by […]
[ Read More ]Ingrid lived up to her advanced billing with an eye-catching six-length victory in a Saratoga maiden special weight contest Wednesday. The 2-year-old daughter of Gemologist is the fifth maiden special weight winner for her freshman sire, who ranks in the top-10 on the First-Crop Sire list by both progeny earnings and winners. Ingrid didn’t give […]
[ Read More ]Paynter, whose first crop are yearlings of 2016, had one of the top-five selling lots during the first day, the Selected session, of the Aug. 23-25 OBS August Yearlings sale. Paynter’s yearlings have sold for up to $335,000 this year, and with an average of $147,777 to date, he ranks in the top five of […]
[ Read More ]Gemologist, the leading freshman sire at the OBS April Sale, was again at the top of the list for first crop sires for the Select session of the OBS August Yearling sale, with three lots bringing at least six figures on Tuesday, the first day of the Aug. 23-25 sale. Leading the way was a […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s top turf star Midnight Storm scored his third consecutive stakes victory on Sunday with a game half-length tally in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile H. (G2) to become racing’s newest millionaire With just a field of five, Rafael Bejarano sent Midnight Storm straight to the front, zipping through a half-mile in :46.66 […]
[ Read More ]O Dionysus powered through the Laurel Park stretch, rallying strongly from seventh with a quarter-mile to run to take his debut by a widening 2 3/4-lengths (VIDEO). The bay son of Bodemeister is the third winner from his sire’s first crop, a group that includes $200, 000 Astoria S. winner Bode’s Dream. With his latest […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s top-class 3-year-old filly Nemoralia earned her first graded stakes win on Aug. 19 at York with a nearly two-length win in the $200,000 City of York S. (G3). Nemoralia is More Than Ready’s 72nd lifetime graded stakes winner. The WinStar stallion once again has double-digit stakes winners in 2016, with progeny earnings […]
[ Read More ]Beat the Benchmark delivered on her pre-race promise with a gutsy maiden special weight victory over the Saratoga turf on Monday, wearing down Love and Lemons late to take her debut by a neck (VIDEO). The 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown was a $300,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale a year ago for […]
[ Read More ]Gemologist’s latest sales offering brought a winning bid of $235,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale on Aug. 14 at the upstate auction house. Gemologist, whose first crop of runners have won four maiden special weight contests to date, was the leading freshman sire at the OBS April 2-year-old sale, and is […]
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