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Speightstown’s power as one of the world’s leading sires was on full display Tuesday at the March 12-13 OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale when his lone offering brought a top bid of $650,000. The price represented the second-highest paid for a filly during the session, and was in the top five for all lots. Niall […]

Victim of Love, who broke her maiden by nearly a dozen lengths a month ago, turned in another top-notch performance in Sunday’s $75,000 Island Fashion S. at Sunland Park, drawing off late to win the one-mile affair by about two lengths [WATCH RACE]. The 3-year-old Speightstown town filly was making her stakes debut after the […]

Speightstown became just the sixth active North American sire to get 100 black type stakes winners on Jan. 25 when Dawn the Destroyer captured the $100,000 Interborough S. at Aqueduct. Speightstown joins the likes of fellow WinStar stallions Distorted Humor and More Than Ready on the illustrious list.  Dawn the Destroyer, 5, placed in the […]

Competitionofideas’s brilliant stretch run carried the 3-year-old Speightstown filly to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $300,000 American Oaks on Dec. 29 at Santa Anita Park. She is Speightstown 99th lifetime black type winner and the 15th Grade 1 winner for the WinStar stallion, while his progeny are approaching the $94 million earnings mark worldwide.  […]

Bold Script ran away to a 7 1/2-length victory in the Nov. 4 Princess Elizabeth S. at Woodbine, the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Speightstown filly. The Chiefswood Stable homebred had placed in three previous stakes starts, including the Natalma S. (G1), all on the turf, is now 2-1-2 in five starts and has […]

Scottish Jig did her best running the final quarter-mile to win the 10-furlong Pride S. over the straight Newmarket turf course, giving the 3-year-old Speightstown filly her first stakes win in her seventh lifetime start. The filly, who is a full sister to Grade 1 winner Seek Again, upped her record to 3-0-3 for owner/breeder […]

Speightstown’s up-and-coming sprinter Switzerland won for the fifth time in six 2018 starts with a front-running score in the Frank De Francis Dash (G3) Saturday at Laurel Park. The 4-year-old colt has been nearly unstoppable this year for trainer Steve Asmussen, going from a maiden to a now multiple graded stakes winner with $389,000 in […]

Speightstown got his second graded stakes winner of the month on Saturday when Yorkton cruised to a 5 1/4-length win in the $143,000 Bold Venture S. (G3) at Woodbine. Yorkton, who had a trio of listed stakes victories prior to Saturday, upped his earnings to $364,724 for owner/breeder Chiefswood Stable. Yorkton was off just a […]

Book One of the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale has been very good for Speightstown, none better than on Thursday, when a colt by the WinStar stallion garnered a final bid of $750,000, his top result during the auction’s first week. From the Warrendale Sales consignment, hip No. 915 went to China Horse Club and […]

Speightstown had his best result to date Wednesday at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale when SF Bloodstock and Starlight West reached to $700,000 for a flashy colt by the WinStar stallion. Hip No. 669, consigned by Denali Stud, is the second foal out of La Troienne S. (G2) and Shuvee S. (G3) winner Authenticity, […]