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Hours after Speightstown’s Switzerland won the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), his day got even better when Olympiad won the $500,000 New Orleans Classic (G2) at Fair Grounds.  The 4-year-old colt scored his third straight win while just missing the track record in the 1 1/8-race. Fresh off a 1 1/16-mile record-setting performance in […]

Switzerland stormed to the lead at the top of the Meydan Racecourse on his way to victory in Saturday’s $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), giving the 8-year-old son of Speightstown his first Grade 1 win and his sire his 23rd lifetime Grade 1 winner. Switzerland, who is owned by RRR Racing, won the Maryland […]

CHC Inc.’s and WinStar Farm’s Nashville, a 5-year-old son of Speightstown, blazed his way to a 4 ¾-length allowance win Friday at Fair Grounds (WATCH RACE). His time of 1:08.61 for the six furlongs was the fastest of the meet and earned him a Beyer Speed Figure of 102, the third triple-digit number in his […]

The OBS March 2-year-old sale got off to a very strong start Tuesday for First-Crop sire Good Samaritan when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a winning bid of $300,000. Pick View LLC, agent, was the consignor of hip No. 177, while the winning bidder was Tropical Racing, Inc. Pick View acquired the gray […]

A colt from the first crop of WinStar stallion Good Samaritan posted the fastest quarter-mile of the day during Thursday’s breeze show for next week’s OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale (WATCH BREEZE). Bred by St. Elias Stable, the gray youngster is out of the Speightstown mare Sweat and Saddle, whose dam Well Monied was a […]

Olympiad turned in a gold-medal worthy performance in Saturday’s $250,000 Mineshaft S. (G3) at Fair Grounds, pulling away late to win the 1 1/16-mile contest by 2 ¼-lengths, breaking a 28-year-old track record with a time of 1:42.01 on the fast track. The 4-year-old son of Speightstown is the 63rd lifetime graded stakes winner for […]

Shirl’s Speight got his second career graded stakes win in Saturday’s $175,000 Tampa Bay S. (G3) over the Tampa Bay Downs turf, coming from off the pace to run down Get Smokin in the final furlong. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown was making just his eighth lifetime start and was coming off an impressive Jan. […]

Halo Again fought off Pixelate in the Dec. 26 Buddy Diliberto Memorial S. at Fair Grounds to give the 4-year-old son of Speightstown his third stakes win and fourth overall victory from 10 career starts (WATCH RACE). Halo Again is Speightstown’s 14th stakes winner of the year, joining the likes of Grade 1 winners Lexitonian […]

Speightstown’s dynamic 3-year-old filly Lady Speightspeare rolled to a four-length win in Saturday’s $175,000 Bessarabian S. (G2) at Woodbine, making the Charles Fipke homebred a perfect four-for-four lifetime. Lady Speightspeare always looked like she had the field measured in Saturday’s seven-furlong contest, her first start on the main track. She tracked in second just behind […]

WinStar Farm has set 2022 stud fees for its 18-stallion roster, headed by Speightstown who will once again stand for $90,000 S&N, and Constitution, who will remain at $85,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season. Stallions will be available for inspection by appointment from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. during the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, Oct. 25-28. […]