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Speightstown was in the spotlight Wednesday at the Keeneland September Yearling sale when a pair of juveniles sold for more than a half-million dollars. Topping the session for her sire was hip No. 784, a filly consigned by Select Sales, agent for Machmer Hall. Shadwell Estate was the winning bidder at $550,000 for the daughter […]

Speightstown’s $900,000 colt was one of the stars of Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale. With six lots sold during the term for an average of $458,333, the results upped his overall 2017 yearling average to $351,576. Glenwood Farm consigned the $900,000 colt, hip No. 157, which went to Shadwell Estate Company. […]

Yorkton, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, racked up his third straight stakes win at Woodbine on Labor Day with a 4 1/2-length victory in the $113,200 King Corrie S. The Chiefswood Stable has really come into his own this summer, and is now 4-0-2 in 10 lifetime starts  and has earned $215,220. Prior to Monday’s win, […]

Defiant Honor rolled past Cherry Lodge at the top of the stretch to capture Thursday’s $100,000 Riskaverse S. at Saratoga by a length over Fizzy Friday (GB). The victory was the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Speightstown filly, who has more than 20 black type horses and over $6 million in progeny earnings to […]

Red-hot sire Speightstown got his third 2-year-old maiden special weight winner of the prestigious Saratoga meet on Aug. 5 when National Flag overcame a rough trip to win his six-furlong contest by 1 ¼-lengths (VIDEO). Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing Group, National Flag got the victory despite a three-wide trip […]

Mayas Queen Neetee won her fourth straight start with a three-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Vivacious H. at Belterra Park, the first stakes win for the daughter of Speightstown. She is Speightstown’s 11th stakes winner and 18th stakes horse this year. Drawing post 1 for the Vivacious, Mayas Queen Neetee broke well and set just […]

It takes a superlative performance to earn a TDN Rising Star tag, but for the second time in just three days a daughter of Speightstown was awarded the designation. Sly Roxy, a 2-year-old filly, made her debut Thursday at Saratoga and came away a 5 ½-length winner in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight race […]

Covenant rolled to a 6 ¾-length maiden special weight victory over a sloppy Saratoga racetrack on Monday afternoon in the second lifetime start for the 3-year-old daughter of Speightstown. Bred and owned by WinStar Farm, Covenant earned a sparkling 89 Beyer Speed Figure and was named a TDN Rising Star following the stellar effort. The […]

Frostmourne unleashed a furious kick in the stretch on the Delaware Park turf course to power to a six-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Kent S. (G3) for 3-year-olds (VIDEO).  The son of Speightstown, who won the Penn Mile (G2) in early June, has emerged as one of the top turf males of the year. The […]

Yorkton, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, held of Conquest Lemonraid by a neck to win the $119,000 Charlie Barley S. July 2 at Woodbine. Yorkton, who won the $125,000 Queenston S. on Woodbine’s synthetic main track in May in his previous start, upped his record to 3-0-2 in eight starts and has earned $156,388 for his […]