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Historically tallied his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Cleveland Gold Cup, drawing off in the stretch to come home a three-length winner in the 1 1/8-mile contest at Thistledown. Historically, a 3-year-old son of top-10 Third-Crop sire Carpe Diem, is owned and bred by WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows Farm.  Historically broke very well […]

Wait for Nairobi made her stakes debut a winning one Friday evening at Turfway Park, winning the $65,000 Cincinnati Trophy S. by two lengths for the owner/breeder duo of Hartwell Fam and SF Racing LLC. Wait for Nairobi is the fourth stakes horse this year for Carpe Diem, which ranks third among all Third-Crop sires […]

Bella Aurora got 2021 off to a great start with come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Interborough S. Jan. 18 at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old filly topped a great weekend for Carpe Diem that included a pair of maiden special weight winners and Monforte placing in the Sunshine Turf S. at Gulfstream Park. Bella Aurora, who had […]

Thissmytime’s crushing victory in Sunday’s Millions Filly and Mare Turf Preview S. at Gulfstream Park not only marked the first stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Carpe Diem,  but also was track record- setting performance as she covered the seven furlongs in 1:21.40. After heavy rains forced the race from the turf to the […]

Monforte racked up his third stakes win of the year Saturday at Gulfstream Park West with a 1 3/4-length win in the Showing Up S.  The 3-year-old Carpe Diem colt has carved out a nice career while racing in south Florida; his record now stands at 7-1-1 in 12 starts, with earnings of $249,813 for […]

Monforte streaked to a front-running victory in the $75,000 Bear’s Den S. Sept. 5 at Gulfstream Park, the second stakes win of the year for the 3-year-old Carpe Diem colt. Carpe Diem is a top-ten Second-Crop sire with five stakes horses an nearly $2 million in progeny earnings to date. Monforte came out of the […]

Scolding powered her way to a six-length maiden special weight debut win Saturday at Oaklawn Park, earning the 3-year-old Carpe Diem filly a “TDN Rising Star” tag (VIDEO). The chestnut filly is the 15th winner this year for her sire, who is in the top five in several categories on the Second-Crop sire list. Scolding […]

Carpe Diem, a top-10 First-Crop sire of 2019, had a pair of sharp winners over the past weekend, including maiden special weight winner Morning Addiction and the colt Monforte, who is two-for-two this year. Morning Addiction, a $180,000 Keeneland September Yearling, was making just her second career start and first on the dirt. Trained by […]

Life On Top, making just his second lifetime start, scored a dramatic maiden special weight win over Gulfstream Park’s turf course on Saturday, winning a three-way photo by a neck in the one-mile race for 3-year-olds. Off since sprinting in his main track debut in October, Life On Top had been training on the grass […]

Carpe Vinum powered to a one-length maiden special weight win on the turf Dec. 29 at Santa Anita to give top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem his 16th winner this year. The win came just one day after Bella Aurora won the $100,000 Gin Talking S., one of Carpe Diem’s five winners in the last month […]