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Speightstown will have six runners in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park, with all six running on Saturday in three different races. Already the nation’s second-leading sire with progeny earnings of $8,734,797, Speightstown could wind up in the top spot after the Breeders’ Cup wraps up on Nov. 3. The WinStar stallion […]

Shanghai Bobby will go postward as one of the favorites in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Indeed, the 2-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt is the 2-1 morning line choice in the field of nine in the 1 1/16-mile contest. Harlan’s Holiday sits atop the 2012 2-year-old sire list with $1,443,284 in progeny earnings and […]

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. […]