Artie Schiller’s always-consistent Sonny Inspired racked up career victory number six in Saturday’s $75,000 Ben’s Cat S. at Laurel Park. It was also the second stakes win for the 5-year-old, who has finished top-three in 19 of 29 lifetime outings. While patiently letting a trio of foes fight it out on the front end over […]
[ Read More ]The second day of the March 15-16 OBS March Sale of Selected 2-year-olds in Training concluded with a Pioneerof the Nile colt hammering for $450,000 and a filly for $270,000. The colt, consigned by Woodside Ranch as hip No. 524, went to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and is from the direct family as Champion Sprinter and […]
[ Read More ]The final day of the OBS March Sale of Selected 2-year-olds in Training saw a trio of Gemologist’s first crop go through the ring, with all three bringing a winning bid of at least $170,000. Topping the group was hip No. 486, a filly offered by Halcyon Hammock Farm and sold to L.E.B. The filly […]
[ Read More ]2016 top-five sire Congrats had a filly sell for $385,000 during the Wednesday session of the OBS March Sale of Selected 2-year-olds in Training. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. and cataloged as hip No. 332, the dark bay filly, named Overture, was purchased by WinStar Farm. Her dam, Toccet Over, is the dam of Mexikoma, […]
[ Read More ]Gemologist was represented by three six-figure horses during the first day of the March 15-16 OBS March Sale of Selected Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, including a colt that sold for $300,000 to L. E. B. Julie Davis, agent consigned hip No. 171, who had breezed a session-topping :09 4/5 seconds during the Under Tack […]
[ Read More ]Bodemeister led all first-crop sires with a sales average of $245,000 during the first day of the March 15-16 OBS March Sale of Selected Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. Leading the way was a $435,000 colt, hip No. 27, consigned by Hoppel’s Horses and Cattle Co. and sold to WinStar Farm and China Horse Club. […]
[ Read More ]Flashing enormous potential once again, Kinsley Kisses turned in another extraordinary performance Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs, rolling to a seven-length allowance victory, her second win in as many starts. The 3-year-old daughter of Congrats, who earned an 86 Beyer Speed Figure when breaking her maiden by 2 ¼-lengths at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 16, […]
[ Read More ]Dorsett captured the biggest race on the Barbados racing calendar on Saturday, winning the $214,000 Sandy Lane Gold Cup (G1-Bar) by three lengths. The 6-year-old son of Artie Schiller previously tasted stakes success with a win in the Mystic Lake Derby at Canterbury Park. Dorsett claimed the prestigious event with late move between horses, splitting […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ undefeated 3-year-old filly Polar River made it four straight victories on Thursday at Meydan with a deceptively easy three-quarter length victory in the $250,000 UAE Oaks (G3). Facing just two foes, perhaps due to Polar River dominating the division throughout the meet, Polar River broke in air but quickly recovered to race just outside […]
[ Read More ]A colt by last year’s leading Third-Crop sire Pioneerof the Nile brought a winning bid of $1 million at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale, one of only four offerings to reach the seven-figure mark. The 2-year-old colt, cataloged as hip No. 94 and consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, agent, was purchased by Jamie McCalmont on behalf […]
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