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Paynter’s multiple stakes-winning mare A Bit of Both tallied her fourth black type score Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the off-the-turf $75,000 Captiva Island S.  The 5-year-old is the second stakes winner and fourth stakes horse this year for Paynter, who is currently second on the 2021 General Sire list with the performance of his […]

Paynter’s brilliant 5-year-old Knicks Go took an early lead in Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Inv. (G1) and never looked back, rolling home a 2 3/4-length winner for his fourth consecutive victory.  The winning streak includes a win in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), with the quartet of wins coming by a combined […]

Paynter tallied a pair of stakes winners Saturday at Laurel Park, with Miss Leslie winning her stakes debut in the $100,000 Anne Arundel County, while Harper’s First Ride made it four stakes wins in 2020 with his victory in the $100,000 Native Dancer S.  Paynter, the sire of 2020 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner […]

Harpers First Ride rolled through the stretch to a three-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park, giving the 4-year-old son of Paynter three stakes wins in his last four starts. Winner of the Pimlico Special (G3) in early October, Harpers First Ride has an excellent 9-2-1 record in 16 lifetime starts […]

Paynter’s 3-year-old filly Merveilleux put herself in the spotlight for divisional honors after collecting her second consecutive stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel S. at Woodbine. Merveilleux won the $250,000 Wonder Where S. in late October and has won three of six overall in 2020, as well as an unlucky third after a very […]

Paynter got his first Breeders’ Cup winner as a sire in dramatic fashion Saturday when Knicks Go went gate-to-wire in a track record-setting performance in the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1). Popping out of the gate and going right to the front, Knicks Go blazed through a quarter-mile in :21.98 and a half in :44.40. […]

Paynter’s Knicks Go returns to the site of his greatest triumph to date when he goes postward in Saturday’s $1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1).  It was just over two years ago that the now 4-year-old won the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, and if recent form is any indication, he is at the top […]

Merveilleux added her name to Paynter’s impressive list of seven stakes winners in 2020 on Sunday with a commanding victory in the $250,000 Wonder Where S. on the Woodbine turf course. The 3-year-old filly previously had finished in the money in a trio of main track stakes starts before her breakthrough win on Sunday. She […]

WinStar Farm has set 2021 stud fees for its 22-stallion roster, headed by Speightstown who will stand for $90,000 S&N and leading Second-Crop Sire Constitution who will stand for $85,000 S&N. WinStar will further bolster its roster for the upcoming breeding season by welcoming new stallions Improbable, Laoban, Tom’s d’Etat, Global Campaign, and Promises Fulfilled. […]

Harpers First Ride turned back a stiff challenge from Owendale to win Friday’s $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) by two lengths, giving the 4-year-old son of Paynter his first graded stakes victory. The dark bay is one of six stakes winners this year by Paynter, who leads all Fourth-Crop sires with 15 stakes horses and 133 […]