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Heart Stealer out-classed her competition in Gulfstream Park’s $75,000 Paseana S. on Saturday, as the multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Speightstown rallied to to take the 6 1/2-furlong affair by 2 1/4-lengths. Speightstown’s runners have now eclipsed the $4.6 million mark this year, ranking second on the 2014 General Sire list. After entering Heart Stealer […]

Sam-Son Farm’s home-bred Speightsong zipped to a front-running victory in the $150,000 Queenston S. for 3-year-olds Saturday at Woodbine to become the fifth stakes winner of 2014 for his sire Speightstown. The WinStar stallion has ascended to third on the 2014 General Sire list, with 20 stakes horses and $3.16 in progeny earnings.   Speightsong, […]

Speightstown’s Central Banker gamely held off Shakin It Up in a scintillating stretch duel to win the $464,800 Churchill Downs S. (Grade 2) by a head on Derby Day at the historic Kentucky racetrack. This was the first graded stakes win for the 4-year-old bred by WinStar Farm and upped his record to 4-3-2 in […]

A son of Speightstown breezed a quarter mile in :20 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the fourth and final session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2014 Spring Sale of Two Year Olds in Training. The sale runs April 21-24, and the colt will sell […]

A colt by leading sire Speightstown hammered for slightly over $408,000 in U.S. dollars ($320,000 Guineas) during the first session of the April 15-17 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale, the second-highest price of the prestigious European 2-year-old auction The juvenile is out of the Royal Academy mare Sleepytime, a Group 1 winner of the 1,000 […]

Munnings Sister launched her 2014 campaign with a front-running victory in the $75,000 Awesome Feather S. Thursday at Gulfstream Park, giving the 5-year-old daughter of Speightstown her fifth career stakes win. Speightstown already has 25 winners this year, most of any stallion in 2014. He finished 2013 in the top or second spot on the […]

Speightstown’s veteran sprinter Sum of the Parts kicked off his 2014 campaign with a track record performance in Saturday night’s $75,000 Champion Energy Services S. at Sam Houston Race Park (VIDEO). Five-year-old Sum of the Parts now has six stakes wins to his credit, including back-to-back victories in the Grade 3 Phoenix S. at Keeneland […]

Speightstown’s top-class mare Dance to Bristol was named a finalist in the Female Sprinter category for the 43rd annual Eclipse Awards, which will take place Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Speightstown finished 2013 as the nation’s second-leading sire, with progeny earnings of $11.25 million. His offspring, led by […]

Sum of the Parts’ front-running victory in the $75,000 Bonapaw S. Saturday at Fair Grounds gave his sire Speightstown a nation’s best 37 stakes wins (VIDEO). Speightstown’s 84 repeat winners in 2013 also tops the General Sire list. Sum of the Parts, who captured the Phoenix H. (G3) at Keeneland in October, set all the […]

Heart Stealer became Speightstown’s 11th graded stakes winner of 2013 on Saturday, with a come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl S. (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park. The Peachtree Stable colorbearer is Speightstown’s 24th stakes winner of the year, ranking him co-first among all North American stallions. After a remarkable 2012 that saw […]