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Hargeisa scored a two-length victory in the Premio Primi Passi (G3) at Milan Racecourse in Italy on June 26 to run her record to a perfect 2-for-2. The 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown is one of nine stakes winners this year by her sire, who now has a total of 73 lifetime black type winners. Hargeisa, […]

Full Salute took to the Monmouth Park turf course Sunday and came away with a one-length victory in the $60,000 Select S., the third added-money victory for the 3-year-old Speightstown colt. The chestnut speedster sat just off the early pace before assuming command with a furlong to run, holding off Easy River to complete the […]

Weekend Hideaway, one of Speightstown’s most prolific stakes performers over the past few years, racked up his seventh added-money victory on Memorial Day with a flawless 3 3/4-length score in the $200,000 Commentator S. at Belmont Park. After a very alert break, the 6-year-old was in front early, then got some pressure in mid-race from […]

Speightstown had the second-highest priced colt at the May 23-24 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training Sale, with I.B.S. Placing the winning bid for the McKathan Brothers consignment. Listed as hip No. 463, the dark bay Kentucky bred is out of the multiple stakes winning Indian Charlie mare Czechers.  Speightstown’s other offering through the ring was […]

Speightstown tallied his latest graded stakes winner on Saturday when Passion for Action rallied in the stretch to take the seven furlong Vigil S. (G3) at Woodbine by one length. Speightstown is the sire of six stakes winners to date in 2016, with progeny earnings of more than $2.2 million.  Passion for Action, 4, was […]

Weekend Hideaway, already a five-time stakes-winning son of Speightstown, made it six black type wins on Friday at Belmont Park when the 6-year-old scored a handy 2 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Affirmed Success S. on opening day of the Spring/Summer meet. Off since an uncharacteristic performance in the Mr. Prospector S. (G3) in December, […]

Perennial top-10 sire Speightstown’s Day 2 offerings at the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training included a $440,000 filly to leading trainer Linda Rice. The filly is the top-priced lot of her sex and third-highest overall through the first two days of the auction. Consigned by Wavertree Stables Inc. and cataloged as hip No. […]

Speightstown’s Passion for Action last-to-first rally carried the 4-year-old to his second career stakes win in Saturday’s $125,000 Jacques Cartier S. at Woodbine. Speightstown, a perennial top-10 sire, has five stakes winners and 10 black-type horses in 2016. Trailing the field of six sprinters for the first half-mile, Passion for Action unleashed a five-wide rally […]

Speightstown’s Grade 3 winner Barbados kicked off his 2016 campaign on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, and responded with a one-length victory in the $100,000 Pelican S. Sent away the 7-5 favorite, Barbados responded strongly in the final furlong, closing from fifth to win going away under Victor Lebron. The 4-year-old covered the six furlongs […]

Speightstown’s talented and consistent son Coastline notched the second stakes win of his career Sunday in Santa Anita Park’s $75,000 Clocker’s Corner S., winning the downhill, about 6 ½-furlong turf contest by 1 ¼-lengths with a big surge in the final furlong. The final time of 1:06.25 earned the big gray a lifetime best Beyer […]