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Lunar Victory outgamed Saratoga Snacks to take Saturday’s $250,000 Empire Classic, the centerpiece of New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown drew alongside his foe on the turn and and after a prolonged stretch duel, Lunar Victory prevailed by 1 1/4-lengths. Lunar Victory, who has hit the board in 13 […]

Delegation, a three-year-old bay son of Speightstown, became the latest stakes winner for his sire in Sunday’s $150,300 Durham Cup S. (G3) at Woodbine. Speightstown is America’s second-leading sire in progeny earnings, more than $8.3 million, and by stakes winners, with 19. Ridden by Patrick Husbands, Delegation took charge at the outset, getting the half-mile […]

Munnings Sister took the $80,000 Dream Supreme S. Sunday at Belmont Park for her second stakes win of 2012 and at the same time putting her sire over the $8 million mark in progeny earnings on the year. Speightstown is one of only two sires to pass that milestone in 2012. The WinStar stallion has […]

Eugene Melnyk’s homebred Bridgetown scored a come-from-behind victory in the $150,000 Woodford S. (G3) Saturday at Keeneland, giving the 5-year-old son of Speightstown his seventh career stakes victory. Speightstown now has two graded stakes winners in the first two days of the Keeneland meet; Sum of the Parts won the Grade 3 Phoenix S. on […]

Julien Leparoux sent Sum of the Parts to the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old son of Speightstown led the entire six furlongs to take the Grade 3 Phoenix S. by 1 1/4-lengths Friday at Keeneland, earning his first graded stakes win of his career. Speightstown is the nation’s […]

Jersey Town stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a come-from-behind, 3 ½-length victory in the $400,000 Kelso H. (G2) on Saturday at Belmont Park. The son of Speightstown is one of 18 stakes winners in 2012 by the WinStar stallion. With $7,674,406 in progeny earnings, Speightstown ranks second on this year’s General Sire […]

Speightstown now has a remarkable 17 stakes winners in 2012 after Cougarstown came through with a three-quarter length victory in the $50,000 Harvest S. Sept. 22 at Stockton Fair in California. Speightstown is one of only two stallions this year to have more than $7 million in progeny earnings. Four-year-old Cougarstown was making her stakes […]

Weekend Hideaway’s victory in the $100,000 David S. [VIDEO] on Aug. 29 at Saratoga put Speightstown atop the 2012 General Sire list with 16 stakes winners this year. Speightstown’s black-type winners have accounted for 19 stakes wins in 2012, including Grade 1 winners Golden Ticket (last weekend’s Travers S.) and Poseidon’s Warrior (Aug. 5 Alfred […]

Golden Ticket rode the inside rail to battle to finish on even terms with favorite Alpha in the Grade 1 Travers S. Saturday at Saratoga, the first dead heat finish since 1874 in the “Midsummer Derby”. For the 3-year-old Speightstown colt bred by WinStar Farm, the victory was the first marked the first stakes win […]

Lunar Victory continued his torrid streak with his fifth consecutive win [VIDEO] this year Aug. 23 at Saratoga. The son of Speightstown, who won the Evan Shipman S. in his last start, is one of 14 stakes winners by his in 2012. Speightstown’s progeny earnings of $5.73 million ranks third on the North American General […]