Blue Laser’s connections passed on the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and targeted Saturday’s Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot. The move is looking like a good one on paper as the horse was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite when entries for the 1 1/16-mile stakes were drawn Wednesday. The Jackpot will anchor a program of […]
[ Read More ]Grade II winner and multiple grade I-placed Hold Me Back will enter stud in 2011 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. “Unfortunately, a strained tendon has compromised Hold Me Back’s chances of recapturing the brilliance he showed us during his 2009 campaign,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar’s vice president and racing manager. The 4-year-old colt was […]
[ Read More ]Hold Me Back, 4, is a son of Giant’s Causeway who was bred in partnership, and is owned, by the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. Though he won the first two starts of his career, Willaford said he has come on in recent months. “The Giant’s Causeways, they take a long time,” […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Super Saver is looking to recapture the magic he had when winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) on May 1 in the slop at Churchill. The Maria’s Mon colt has tired badly in his last two starts, first when finishing eighth in the Preakness and also last out when […]
[ Read More ]Led by Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Super Saver and Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Lookin At Lucky, one of the deepest fields in the 43-year history of the IZOD Haskell Invitational (gr. I) was drawn July 29 at Monmouth Park. A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered for the $1 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Rule led at every call and further cemented himself as a legitimate Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) contender with a convincing three-length win in the $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 13 at Tampa Bay Downs. A 3-year-old son of Roman Ruler , Rule notched his fourth consecutive […]
[ Read More ]A solid group of 3-year-olds, led by Delta Jackpot (gr. III) winner Rule, is set to clash at Tampa Bay Downs in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 13. The 1 1/16-mile Sam Davis, a prep for the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III) March 13, drew a field of seven. Included […]
[ Read More ]It’s no secret that the New York Yankees hold a special place in trainer Eoin Harty’s heart. The conditioner has been spotted countless times wearing his beloved pinstripes, and not just on trips to the east coast. Well the Yankees were not in town back in July of 2008 when Bill Casner’s pride and joy […]
[ Read More ]Hot Triple Crown prospects American Lion and Tiz Chrome are among seven 3-year-olds ready to line up for the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 6, a key prep for the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I). The 1 1/16-mile Pro-Ride event is one of three graded stakes on the program, […]
[ Read More ]As the Kentucky Derby trail heads into February, the WinStar team has been as giddy as young Clara receiving the nutcracker from Uncle Drosselmeyer in the opening party scene of “The Nutcracker.” As if having graded stakes winners Super Saver and Rule in Florida with Todd Pletcher and graded stakes winner American Lion heading into […]
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