Category: General News

Spring at Last, the leading first-crop sire in North America in 2012, will have two of his best progeny in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park. Spring in the Air (Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies) and Spring Venture (Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies Turf) will both shoot for glory on Friday, Nov. 2 in […]

Distorted Humor will have four chances to add to his Breeder’s Cup winners’ resume when this year’s event is contested at Santa Anita Park. Last year’s leading sire in North America, Distorted Humor capped off a fantastic 2011 when Drosselmeyer took the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. The year’s quartet by the WinStar stallion include […]

Notacatbutallama rallied in the stretch of the Belmont Park turf to tally a length and a quarter victory in the $85,000 Incurable Optimist S. The 2-year-old is one of five stakes-winning juveniles by Harlan’s Holiday in 2012. The quintet includes Shanghai Bobby, a leading contender for the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Harlan’s Holiday […]

Speightstown and Distorted Humor lead all sires by number of pre-entries for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup World Championship races on November 2nd and 3rd. Speightstown has six runners pre-entered, and all are targeting Grade 1 races: Bridgetown in the $1,000,000 Turf Sprint (G1), Delegation and Jersey Town in the $1,000,000 Dirt Mile (G1), and […]

Four-year-old Rush Now outgamed Ponzi Scheme in Saturday’s $75,000 First Responder S. at Parx Racing to give the son Tiznow his third career stakes win. Tiznow has nine stakes winners in 2012, including Wood Memorial (G1) winner Gemologist, who will join his sire to begin his stud career at WinStar in 2013. Rush Now was […]

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 […]

Winner of the 2011 Knickerbocker H. (G3), Distorted Humor’s 5-year-old son Boisterous repeated his feat with a two-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile contest Oct. 13 over Belmont Park’s inner turf course. Besides his pair of Knickerbockers, Boisterous also has laid claim to the Grade 2 Red Smith H., Grade 3 Fort Marcy S., and […]

WinStar Farm  and Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ could have a star in the making with their 2-year-old colt Delhomme, who broke his maiden in front-running style Oct. 13 at Belmont Park. Named after former Carolina Panthers starting quarterback Jake Delhomme and trained by Todd Pletcher, the bay son of Dixie Union was second first time […]

Fury Kapcori pulled away to a 1 1/4-length win in Fresno’s $75,000 Charlie Palmer Futurity S. on Saturday, giving Tiznow his eighth stakes winner of 2012. Tiznow has had another banner year at stud in 2012, with $5,534,396 in progeny earnings. Fury Kapcori, who broke his maiden last time out at Golden Gate on Aug. […]