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Spirituality was simply spectacular in her maiden special weight debut Aug. 4 at Delaware Park, rolling to a commanding eight-length victory in the colors of WinStar Farm, also the home to her sire Gemologist. Gemologist’s first crop of runners have hit the track in full force in the past few weeks, producing three winners, all […]

Theory rolled to a 5 1/2-length win in his maiden special weight debut Saturday at Saratoga to become First-Crop sire Gemologist’s to earn the coveted TDN Rising Star tag. Theory’s commanding score left little doubt who was the best in the field of 10 2-year-olds going six furlongs. Pressing the pace from his outside post […]

Making her debut Saturday at Del Mar, Morganite turned in a professional-looking performance to best a field of 10 2-year-old fillies by 1 1/2-lengths. The bay daughter of Gemologist won the five furlong contest in a very solid :58.13, stalking in second before surging to the front in the final quarter mile, easily holding off […]

The Under Tack show for the June 14-17 OBS June Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age sale has been a showcase for Gemologist’s first crop.  For the second time during the breeze show, Gemologist had the fastest worker of the day, the latest on Wednesday when hip No. 789 went a co-fastest :21 1/5 for […]

A colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Gemologist had the fastest time during the second Under Tack Show session for the upcoming OBS June Sale of Two Year Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age. Gemologist has a total of 14 2-year-olds cataloged in the sale, which runs June 14-17 at […]

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 […]

Through three days of the OBS April 19-22 Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, WinStar Farm’s Gemologist had the best sales average among all freshman sires represented, at $180,909. Perhaps as impressive is that 11 of the 12 lots through the ring were sold, for a gross of $1.99 million. Thursday’s results were particularly strong […]

First-Crop sire Gemologist set the high-water mark during Day 2 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training with a $550,000 colt secured by winning bidders David Ingordo and Peter Eurton’s L.E.B. Consigned by Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock and cataloged as hip No. 564, the colt’s :10 second-flat breeze during the Under Tack Show […]

A colt from the first-crop of Gemologist brought a winning bid of $170,000 during Day 1 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. The colt was consigned by Grassroots Training and Sales LLC, agent and cataloged as hip No. 41. The winning bidder for the bay juvenile was simply-named Team D. The colt […]

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 […]