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Leading Fourth-Crop sire Paynter got his newest stakes winner on Sept. 5 when Harper’s First Ride swept past multiple stakes winner Cordmaker near the eighth pole and sprinted away to a 3 ¼-length win in the $100,000 Deputed Testamony at Laurel Park. Under a well-judged ride by Angel Cruz, Harper’s First Ride let a pair […]

Paynter, the leading Fourth-Crop sire of 2020, will be represented in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) by Winning Impression, who drew post 14 in the 18-horse field. Paynter leads his generation by black type winners, with five, black type horses (13), and progeny earnings of nearly $3.5 million. Winning Impression earned his Derby trip with […]

Positivity passed his first stakes test Sunday at Del Mar with a stirring half-length victory over Good With People in the $100,000 Graduation S.  The 2-year-old Paynter colt had won his May 22 debut by 3 1/4-lengths and has now earned $87,000 for C T R Stables.  In third on the outside for most of […]

Leading Fourth-Crop sire Paynter’s Queen of God tallied her second stakes win of the year Saturday when she scored by three-quarters of a length in the $150,000 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park. Queen of God had raced exclusively on the turf prior to the Bourbonette. Getting a rail trip for the first six furlongs, she […]

Sir Rick’s commanding four length win in Sunday’s $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park set the 3-year-old Paynter colt up as one of the favorites for the March 22 Sunland Derby, which is part of the Kentucky Derby championship series.  A win in next month’s race would virtually assure Sir Rick a spot […]

Paynter’s Grade 1 winner Knicks Go kicked off his 4-year-old campaign in very impressive style, with a 7 1/2-length win in a 1 1/16-mile allowance contest at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 22 (VIDEO). Making his first start for new trainer Brad Cox, Knicks Go had been away from the races for just over three months. […]

Ring Leader is now a perfect three-for-three following her stakes-record performance in the $125,000 Dixie Belle S. Feb. 15 at Oaklawn Park. The 3-year-old filly is Paynter’s second stakes winner this year and his fifth stakes horse overall in 2020. After finishing third on the 2019 Third-Crop sire list, Paynter leads all Fourth-Crop sires of […]

Ring Leader turned in a very impressive race on Jan. 24, her first start of 2020, rolling to a 5 1/4-length victory in a six-furlong allowance race for 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of Paynter hadn’t been seen since breaking her maiden in her debut last summer, but was primed for a big effort on Friday. […]

Ms Peintour stretched out to 1 1/2-miles for the first time in her career in Sunday’s $100,000 Astra S. (G3) and the 5-year-old Paynter mare came home a 2 1/2-length winner in the turf marathon at Santa Anita Park. Ms Peintour capped a big weekend for her sire that also saw Needs Supervision and Glennwood […]

Needs Supervision powered to the front in the final furlong of the seven-furlong Safely Kept S. at Laurel Park and drew off to a 3 1/4-length victory to give the 3-year-old Paynter filly her second stakes win of 2019. A winner of three of her first four starts, including the $150,000 Silverbulletday S. in January, […]