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Needs Supervision made the jump into stakes company in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds and came away with a three-quarter length victory that could put the 3-year-old Paynter filly on the road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) Needs Supervision is the first stakes winner this year and sixth overall for her sire, who […]

Nanoosh scored his third straight win with a thrilling score in the Nov. 21 Zia Park Derby, running down Air Strike in the final furlong to give the 3-year-old Paynter colt his first stakes victory. Nanoosh, a Zayat Stables homebred, is undefeated in 2018 and is 4-0-0 in seven lifetime starts, with earnings of $217,696. […]

Diamond Dust took the lead in the first furlong and never looked back en route to a four-length win in the $150,000 Juvenile S. on Saturday at Thistledown.  The 2-year-old Paynter filly won the Hoover S. earlier this summer and is now 3-2-0 in five starts for her owner/breeder tandem of Blazing Meadows Farm and […]

Knicks Go earned a ticket to next month’s Breeders’ Cup with a dominant victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1) at Keeneland, leading all the way to score by 5 1/2-lengths. The stylish gray colt is the first Grade 1 winner for Paynter, who is a top-five Second-Crop sire by earnings and black type […]

Paynter’s stakes-winning 3-year-old son Renaisance Frolic returned from his summer vacation on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, and responded with a powerful-looking score in the Bear’s Den S. The win was the second career added money score for Renaisance Frolic, who won the Armed Forces S. as a 2-year-old, also at Gulfstream. Paynter has 11 stakes […]

Diamond Dust improved his record to 2-for-2 with a decisive victory in the $75,000 Hoover S. at Belterra Park on July 7 (VIDEO). The 2-year-old son of Paynter won by 4 1/2-lengths on Saturday; he had won his debut on June 3 over the same course. Bred and owned by WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows […]

Paynter’s up-and-coming 3-year-old filly Dark Artist tallied her second stakes win in a month in the $60,000 Open Mind S. at Monmouth Park, defeating Too Charming by a neck in a hard-fought victory. The bay filly captured the Boiling Springs last month on the same turf course and is now 4-0-1 in eight starts with […]

Mr Paytience’s victory in a maiden special weight contest Sunday at Santa Anita Park was one of the most dynamic wins for a 2-year-old thus far this year.  The bay son of Paynter had to work for the lead in the first three furlongs, but once he hit the top of the stretch, he quickly […]

Dark Artist, a 3-year-old Paynter filly, earned her first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Boiling Springs S. at Monmouth Park, defeating favored Reversethedecision by three-quarters of a length under a heady ride by Trevor McCarthy. The bay filly, who was bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds and WinStar Farm, is the seventh stakes horse this year for […]

Bootsy’s Hadenough overcame a tough trip in a six-furlong allowance contest for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Keeneland to best Smart Response by a neck in a very game effort (VIDEO). The bay filly, owned by Lynn and Lola Cash and William Helwig, broke her maiden by nearly 10 lengths last autumn at Churchill Downs. After […]