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Gemologist got his third and most impressive maiden winner of the week on Saturday at Fair Grounds when the 3-year-old filly Daria’s Angel soared to an eight-length victory in an one mile and 70 yard maiden special weight race. Making her first start beyond six furlongs, Daria’s Angel wasted little time going to the front […]

Gemologist’s latest winner Diamond Gem repelled a stiff challenge by Switzerland to win a Feb. 15 Gulfstream Park maiden special weight affair by a hard-fought length. Diamond Gem had the lead nearly the entire six-furlong trip, which went in 1:12 1/5. Switzerland, who tracked the leader most of the way, tried repeatedly to get to […]

Following a solid series of workouts over the past two months, Gemologist’s Aquamarine came away a two-length maiden special weight debut winner Friday at Santa Anita Park. The Bob Baffert trainee hustled out of the gate in hot pursuit of Aristocratic, who zipped through a quarter in :21.55 and a half-mile in :44.81. The pacesetter […]

Gemologist is enjoying a sensational year with his first crop of 2-year-olds on the track, and on Day 1 at Keeneland November his popularity showed with a weanling colt selling for $260,000 to Cavalier Bloodstock. The handsome gray weanling, ringed as Hip 199, is out of the Grade 2-winning mare Frolic’s Dream, whose 2-year-old filly […]

First-year sire Gemologist racked up his 12th winner of 2016 on Nov. 7 when first-time starter Tighten Up broke his maiden by 1 1/4-lengths at Parx. Gemologist’s dozen winners include Yellow Agate, winner of the Frizette S. (G1) and Futurity S. (G3) winner Theory. Gemologist will stand at WinStar Farm in 2017 for $25,000 stands […]

Leading First-Crop sire Gemologist will be represented by a pair of juveniles in this year’s Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. Currently ranked second on the Freshman Sire list, Gemologist will have Yellow Agate in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), while Theory is slated for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Yellow […]

A $290,000 colt by Gemologist topped the returns mid-way through the Tuesday session of the Oct. 24-26 Fasig-Tipton Yearling sale at the central Kentucky auction house. Four Star Sales, agent, consigned hip No. 561, which went to prominent buyer Mike Ryan, agent. The Kentucky-bred colt, the third foal out of Starlicious, is a half-brother to […]

Gemologist, currently the #2 sire on the 2016 Freshman Sire list, added a pair of winners to his first crop of runners on Oct. 21 when Gorrito and Lil Miss Sapphire both earned their initial victories. Gorrito, a first-time starter, was a two-length winner going one mile and 70 yards at Hawthorne Race Course. The […]

Coronado Again took the lead early and kept finding more as he splashed his way to a 3 1/4-length win over the very sloppy going at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday afternoon. Despite setting a rapid pace of :45.55 for the half-mile, the gray/roan juvenile had plenty left for the stretch run, drawing clear to […]

China Horse Club’s and WinStar Farm’s 2-year-old colt Theory was much the best in Saturday’s Futurity S. (G3) at Belmont Park, setting the Gemologist colt up for a possible start in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park. “Today, with the way he ran, the way he galloped out and came back, […]