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Grade 1 millionaire Reynaldothewizard remained undefeated on the dirt at Meydan, with a hard-fought victory in the $200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint (G3) today in the UAE.   The all-time leading earner by Speightstown, Reynaldothewizard is one of four stakes winners already this year for his sire, who reigns as North America’s second leading sire of […]

Speightstown sired his fourth stakes winner of 2015 when Bright Town wired her field in the 6 1/2-furlong El Diario S. on Feb. 7 at Sunland Park.   The victory is especially noteworthy as the 66th career stakes winner and 64th blacktype winner for Speightstown, who leads all stallions in his siring crop – including […]

Barbados became Speightstown’s latest graded stakes winner on Saturday with a thrilling half-length victory in the $150,000 Hutcheson S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Barbados is Speightown’s 25th lifetime graded stakes winner and is the first multiple stakes winner of 2015 following his victory in the Jan. 3 Spectacular Bid S., also at Gulfstream. The seven-furlong […]

Weekend Hideaway surpassed the half-million dollar earnings mark with a four-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint S. at Gulfstream Park, the fifth lifetime stakes win for the newly-turned 5-year-old son of Speightstown. Weekend Hideaway chased the Sprint’s heavy favorite Happy My Way through the first half-mile, which went in a very quick :44.96, […]

Speightstown’s venerable sprinter Reynaldothewizard rolled to an emphatic 3 ¾-length win in the $150,000 Dubawi S. Jan. 15 at Meydan Racecourse.  Winner of the 2013 Golden Shaheen (G1), Reynaldothewizard has bankrolled over $1.7 million as is Speightstown’s leading lifetime earner. The Dubawi, run at 1,200 meters (about six furlongs), was Reynaldothewizard’s first step on what […]

Speightstown, who finished in the top 10 on the 2014 General Sire list with 16 stakes winners, started off the new year with splash when Barbados sped to a three-length score in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid S. Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Breaking very alertly from post 8, Luis Saez got Barbados in a good spot […]

Bayerd battled to a game victory in the $250,000 Springboard Mile S. to give the 2-year-old Speightstown colt his second stakes victory in just five lifetime starts (VIDEO). With 16 stakes winners amassing 21 added-money victories in 2014, Speightstown is once again in the top 10 on the General Sire list with $8.4 million in […]

Who’s in Town garnered the first stakes win of her career Saturday at Laurel Park when she came out on top in a field of 14 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Safely Kept S. Speightstown now has 17 stakes winners and more than $7.9 million in progeny earnings, both top 10 numbers on the 2014 […]

Wine Police collected his second stakes win of 2014, and fourth lifetime, with a half-length victory in Tuesday’s Lea County S. at Zia Park. The 6-year-old has now collected $475,607 in his 21 career starts.  Wine Police is one of Speightstown’s 15 stakes winners that have amassed 19 stakes victories in 2014. A well-travelled horse, […]

Farmah blitzed through 1,200 meters in a track record 1:08.20 in Capannelle’s Premio Carlo E Francesco Aloisi S. (G3) on Sunday, winning by six lengths to give the 3-year-old daughter of Speightstown her first second stakes victory of 2014. Going over “heavy” ground on the straight turf course, Farmah was too much for her competition, […]