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Lady Speightspeare, who was undefeated in 2020, was named Champion 2-year-old Filly of 2020 at the 46th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony hosted virtually by the Jockey Club of Canada on Thursday evening, April 15, 2021.  Lady Speightspeare, a Charles Fipke homebred, showed her brilliance right from her Aug. 22 debut at Woodbine, winning a seven-furlong […]

Flagstaff moved from the rail path to the middle of the track in upper stretch to start his winning rally in Saturday’s $200,000 Commonwealth S. (G3) at Keeneland. The victory was Flagstaff’s first stakes win since taking the San Carlos S. (G2) 13 months ago at Santa Anita Park. Overall the dark bay has won […]

In just her second lifetime start My Generation became Speightstown’s newest stakes winner March 5 at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland with a commanding victory in the Patton S.  The 3-year-old filly, who had debuted just three weeks ago when third in a maiden race, proved she was up to the task in Friday’s seven-furlong contest. […]

Carribean Caper left her foes far behind in the Fair Grounds stretch as she rolled to an eight-length maiden special weight win in her racing debut Saturday at Fair Grounds. The 3-year-old Speightstown filly was named a TDN Rising Star following the blowout win, the first this year and 21st to garner the distinction in […]

Performer started off the new year with a determined victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Fred W. Hooper S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park, holding off a stiff challenge from Eye of a Jedi to win the one-mile contest by a neck. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown is is the second graded stakes winner of the week for […]

Switzerland came back form a 10-month layoff looking like a horse to be reckoned with in 2021 after his victory in the Jan. 21 Dubawi S. (G3) at Meydan Racecourse. A two-time Grade 3 winner in the United States in 2018, the 7-year-old son of Speightstown has competed exclusively at Meydan since early 2019, where […]

Speightstown had yet another banner year at stud in 2020, ranking among the leaders in several categories, most notably at the top by both Grade 1 winners and Grade 1 horses. In a testament to his worldwide influence, Speightstown’s Grade 1 winners came in three different countries. The first of the year came in Japan […]

Speightstown’s brilliant 3-year-old colt Charlatan won Saturday’s $300,000 Malibu S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park in convincing style, coming back from a seven-month layoff to score by 4 1/2-lengths. Charlatan is Speightstown’s fourth Grade 1 winner of 2020, which is the most of any sire standing in North America, and is his 10th graded stakes […]

Lightly-race Forza Di Oro powered past Monday Morning Qb in mid-stretch en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Discovery S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old son of Speightstown was making his fifth lifetime start and just his second this year after his Oct. 9 return in an allowance victory. The Don Alberto […]

Speightstown’s brilliantly fast 3-year-old colt turned in a track-record performance in winning Saturday’s $125,000 Perrryville S. at Keeneland, blazing through six furlongs in 1:07.89. Despite setting very fast fractions of :21.54 and :43.87, the bay colt continued to pull away from the field in upper stretch. Though he was under no urging at any point […]