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Hold Me Back, a top-five Freshman Sire of winners, collected his fifth on Saturday as Kutuzov prevailed in a maiden special weight contest on the grass at Gulfstream Park. Well-placed early, Kutuzov loomed largely coming three wide into the stretch, ultimately striking the front inside the final furlong to win by a length in :56.85 […]

My Miss Venezuela went gate-to-wire in her career debut Thursday at Gulfstream Park, the fourth winner for top-10 freshman sire Hold Me Back. Bred and owned by Orlyana Farm, My Miss Valenzuela won the five furlong affair by 3 1/4-lengths in a snappy :59.59 seconds.  My Miss Valenzuela is the first foal out of Multipass, […]

Something Nice strolled to a comfortable three length win Sunday in the career bow for the 2-year-old daughter of Hold Me Back. She is the eighth winner for the freshman sire, who is in the top ten on the First-Crop Sire list. Going 5 1/2-furlongs in maiden special weight company at Thistledown, Something Nice broke […]

Iknowsheknowsiknow gave Top-5 freshman sire Hold Me Back his second winner from his first crop on Friday evening at Canterbury, with an impressive stretch run to win the maiden special weight contest by a widening 4 1/4-lengths (VIDEO). The winner is the first foal out of the Glitteman mare Miami Bling, who is a half-sister […]

William Schettine was the high bidder, at $90,000 on a filly from the first crop of Hold Me Back at the Aug. 10-11 Saratoga New York Bred Preferred Yearling sale. The winning bid was 15 times the 2013 stud fee of $6,000 for the WinStar stallion. Consigned by Saratoga Glen Farm LLC, agent, as hip […]

Hold Me Back, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Giant’s Causeway, will be represented with five yearlings from his first crop to hit the market at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July Sale on July 15th in Lexington, KY. The imposing dark bay horse was bought as a yearling by WinStar before going on to earn over […]

Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. WinStar, which stands Hold Me Back, bred the filly from the A.P. Indy mare All Sevens, a daughter of a stakes-winning sister to Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando. […]