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Progeny by perennial leading sire Speightstown were in demand during Book 1 the Keeneland September Sale, led by Hip 313, a colt out of the winning Posse mare Lawless Miss who sold to Mayberry Farm for $725,000 during the sale’s second session on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Ashview Farm (Bryan and Gray Lyster), agent, consigned the […]

Olympiad earned a trip to the Breeders’ Cup with a rousing victory in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga. The 4-year-old colt also became the 25th lifetime Grade 1 winner for Speightstown and at the same time proved he could handle the 1 ¼-mile distance of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). […]

Andiano a Firenze cruised to a 5 ½-length win in Friday’s $200,000 Funny Cide S. at Saratoga to give the well-related 2-year-old Speightstown colt his first stakes win. The winner, who was the odds-on favorite in the 6 ½-furlong race, is a half-brother to $2.8 million earner Firenze Fire. Andiamo a Firenze was widest of […]

Speightstown had one of the top five lots during the first night of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale, with hip No. 56 hammering for $950,000. Consigned by Summerfield, agent for breeder Stonestreet, the dark bay colt was secured by Donato Lanni on behalf of SF Racing, Starlight Racing and Madaket. The colt is the second […]

Lady Speightspeare was as game as a horse can be in Saturday’s $175,000 Nassau S. (G2) at Woodbine, losing the lead in upper stretch to Our Flash Drive, then retaking it and battling to a dead-heat victory with Crystal Cliffs (FR) in the one-mile turf race. The 4-year-old filly was one of two graded winners […]

Speightstown’s brilliant 4-year-old colt Olympiad delivered arguably his best performance to date in the $750,000 Stephen Foster S. (G2) on July 2 at Churchill Downs, dominating a classy field to win by 2 ¼-lengths. Olympiad has now won five straight races, the last four in graded stakes, dating back to January. His last loss came […]

CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm’s track record-setting Nashville, a son of perennial leading stallion Speightstown, has been retired from racing and will stand alongside his accomplished sire at WinStar, the farm announced today. Blessed with world-class speed, Nashville was a brilliant and undefeated winner of the six-furlong Perryville S. at Keeneland on the 2020 Breeders’ […]

Olympiad won his fourth consecutive race and third graded stakes score Friday at Churchill Downs with a 2 ½-length victory in the $500,000 Alysheba S. (G2). Speightstown, currently in the top five on the 2022 General Sire list, has three more Derby Day stakes entries on Saturday at Churchill Downs, including Shirl’s Speight, recent winner […]

Under Oath rallied strongly to break his maiden at Keeneland on Apr. 16 in his second lifetime start, earning the 3-year-old Speightstown colt a TDN Rising Star designation. He is the 22nd lifetime Rising Star for Speightstown, who kicked off the Easter weekend in spectacular fashion on Friday when Shirl’s Speight won the Maker’s Mark […]

Speightstown got his second new Grade 1 winner in less than a month when Shirl’s Speight roared down the stretch to win a nail-biting rendition of the $600,000 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) Friday at Keeneland. Speightstown now has 24 lifetime Grade 1 winners, with Shirl’s Speight and Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner Switzerland new additions […]