Nemoralia, twice Grade 1-placed in the U. S. last year, secured her first stakes victory on Friday at York in Great Britain, cruising to a six-length score in the Irish Champions Weekend Fillies S. The 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready is the 159th lifetime black type winner for her sire. After the victory, where […]
[ Read More ]Joking left his connections all smiles after the son of Distorted Humor rallied from last to first in the stretch to take the $100,000 Diablo S. at Belmont Park. Along with Ironicus in Saturday’s $150,000 Fort Marcy S. (G3), Distorted Humor had a stakes double over the weekend at Belmont. With the field moving along […]
[ Read More ]Away from the races since last September, Ironicus was triumphant in his first 2016 outing with a 1 1/2-length score Saturday in the $150,000 Fort Marcy S. (G3) over the Belmont Park turf course. The gray 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor is now a 3-time graded stakes winner of $663,790. The Stuart Janney homebred is […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown tallied his latest graded stakes winner on Saturday when Passion for Action rallied in the stretch to take the seven furlong Vigil S. (G3) at Woodbine by one length. Speightstown is the sire of six stakes winners to date in 2016, with progeny earnings of more than $2.2 million. Passion for Action, 4, was […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s 3-year-old colt Tom’s Ready looks to make history in Saturday’s $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) when the colt breaks from post 12 in the field of 20 3-year-olds. Winner of a maiden special weight in September at Churchill Downs, Tom’s Ready placed in both the LeComte S. (G3) and Louisiana Derby (G2) […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s Grade 1-placed Majesto drew post 18 of 20 for Saturday 142nd Kentucky Derby (G1) when entries were drawn Wednesday afternoon at Churchill Downs. “I’d prefer a little more inside, but I cannot change it. But remember he’s a strong horse,” said trainer Gustavo Delgado. Majesto earned his way into the Kentucky Derby after running […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ graded stakes-winning filly Venus Valentine drew post 10 of 14 3-year-old fillies in Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. The filly is one of nine stakes winners, including three graded winners, sired by Congrats this year. Trained by Tom Amoss for owner/breeder Rosemont Farm, Venus Valentine earned her way into the Oaks […]
[ Read More ]Weekend Hideaway, already a five-time stakes-winning son of Speightstown, made it six black type wins on Friday at Belmont Park when the 6-year-old scored a handy 2 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Affirmed Success S. on opening day of the Spring/Summer meet. Off since an uncharacteristic performance in the Mr. Prospector S. (G3) in December, […]
[ Read More ]Led by a $550,000 colt, Gemologist topped all First-Crop sires at OBS April 19-22 Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training with an average price of $161,786. The WinStar stallion had a total of 14 lots sell for a gross of $2,265,000, which was the highest figure for all sires at the 4-day auction. Gemologist’s sales-best […]
[ Read More ]Colonel John had one of the top offerings during the final day of the OBS April 19-22 Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, a $375,000 filly purchased by East/West Stable. The filly, hip No. 1060, was consigned by Winners Circle Stable, agent and is out of the graded stakes-placed Chester House mare Listen, who is […]
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