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Bridgetown led at every stride to win the $100,000 Troy S. by a half-length [VIDEO] Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course. The 5-year-old is the 14th stakes winner of 2012 for Speightstown, second best among all North American stallions. Speightstown’s progeny earnings of over $5.6 million ranks third on the General Sire list. His leading earner […]

Poseidon’s Warrior found the sloppy going to his liking Sunday at Saratoga as the 4-year-old Speightstown colt claimed a hard-fought neck victory in the $400,000 Alfred Vanderbilt H. (G1).   The dark bay colt is the first Grade 1 winner of 2012 for Speightstown and his 13th black-type earner on the year, second-best among all […]

Lunar Victory galloped to a 2 1/2-length score in the $100,000 Evan Shipman S. Monday at Saratoga to become the 12th stakes winner of the year for Speightstown. The dozen stakes winners ranks third among all North American sires, and Speightstown’s progeny earnings of nearly $4.8 million puts him fourth on the list. Sent off […]

Essence Hit Man fired to the front as usual to capture Wednesday’s $174,900 Bold Venture S. (G3) at Woodbine [VIDEO]. The chestnut son of Speightstown notched his third graded win, and tenth victory overall. Speightstown is enjoying a stellar year at stud. The 14-year-old stallion is ranked fourth nationally with $4,623,173 in progeny earnings. His […]

Sum of the Parts led every step of the way to take the rich $400,000 Red Legend S. (VIDEO) at West Virginia’s Charles Town Races on June 30, the second straight black-type win for the 3-year-old son of Speightstown. With progeny earnings of more than $4 million in 2012, Speightstown is in the top 5 […]

Speightstown added Island Bound to his impressive roster of stakes winners when the 5-year-old mare rallied late to win the Grade 3, $110,100 Winning Colors S. by 1 ¼ lengths over Beat the Blues at Churchill Downs. The winner is one of eight stakes winners in 2012 by his sire, who ranks fifth on this […]

Champion Speightstown sired three new stakes winners at three tracks and in two countries on June 2nd. These three brought Speightsown’s 2012 totals to 10 stakes winners and 18 stakes horses, among the top two in each category this year among all North American sires. First to strike blacktype on the day was two-year-old Freetown, […]

Speightstown sired his third stakes winner in 10 days, when Sum of the Parts earned a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Tom Ridge S. at Presque Isle Downs on May 15. Sum of the Parts was the 30th career stakes winner for Speightstown, following major stakes wins in the past 10 days by Going to Kukaro (at Belmont May […]

Going to Kukaro battled her way to a nose victory in the $85,000 Genuine Devotion S. May 12 at Belmont Park to become the newest stakes winner for Speightstown. The 14-year-old WinStar stallion is enjoying another banner year this season, with over $2.7 million in progeny earnings to date, putting him in seventh on the […]

Essence Hit Man’s front-running style proved too much once again for his foes as he rolled to a 3/4-length victory in Woodbine’s $168,000 Vigil S. (G3) on Sunday afternoon. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown is undefeated in two starts this year and has won three stakes in as many starts. His go-for-it style is no […]