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Old Chestnut drew off in the Woodbine stretch to win the $100,000 Ontario Racing S. by nearly four lengths in front-running style on Sunday afternoon. The victory marked the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Speightstown colt. He is also the second stakes winner of the weekend for Speightstown at Woodbine, after Yorkton captured the […]

Yorkton captured the second straight running of the Bold Venture S. (G3) Saturday at Woodbine, giving the 5-year-old son of Speightstown his second career graded stakes win. As he did in the 2018 running of the 6 1/2-furlong contest, Yorkton went straight to the front as pre-race favorite stood in the gate at the break, […]

After finishing Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale with his usual strong results, Speightstown picked right up when Book 2 started on Friday with a $700,000 colt, one of the top 10 individuals during the session. The bay colt, hip No. 679, was consigned by Gainesway, agent, and went to the big-name duo […]

Speightstown wrapped up the final day of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale with stellar results, capped by an $825,000 colt. Through the first three days of the Sept. 9-22 auctions, the WinStar stallion has an average of $375,455 from 11 lots sold. The $825,000 colt, which sold on Wednesday as hip No. […]

Speightstown’s first offering through the ring at the Keeneland September Yearling sale brought a winning bid of $575,000 during Monday’s opening session of the marathon auction. Shadwell Estate Company was the winning bidder on hip No. 52, consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent. The chestnut colt is the first foal out of the Broken Vow mare […]

Speightstown’s undefeated 2-year-old filly beat the boys in Saturday $500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint, her first stakes start after two wins on the main track at Presque Isle Downs.  Speightstown is once again a top-10 sire in 2019, with eight stakes winners and progeny earnings topping $7.5 million.  Cambria, in post position 1, was […]

Qurbaan scored his second straight win in the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch H. during the Labor Day card at Saratoga, giving his top-10 sire Speightstown his ninth stakes winner of the year. Qurbaan, who hadn’t won since taking the 2018 Baruch in his first U. S. start in last year, found the soft turf course […]

Sharing drew off powerfully in the stretch en route to a 6 1/4-length maiden special weight win Sunday at Saratoga, a performance that earned a the 2-year-old Speightstown filly a TDN Rising Star tag. In a three-way duel for the lead for the first half-mile, Sharing began to edge clear midway on the turn, then […]

Lexitonian became Speightstown’s fifth stakes winner of 2019 on Preakness Day at Pimlico when the 3-year-old colt won the $200,000 Chick Lang S. (G3) by a head over Gladiator King. Speightstown, a top-10 sire of 2019, now has progeny earnings of over $4 million this year. Lexitonian broke in front from his inside post, but […]

Bobby’s Wicked One used his speed and tenacity to capture Saturday’s $250,000 Commonwealth S. (G3) at Keeneland by 1 1/4-lengths over an all-star field of male sprinters. The victory in the seven-furlong affair was the first graded stakes win for the 4-year-old Speightstown colt, who had scored two easy allowance wins over the winter at […]