Two year old CLEVER GIRL swung 4 wide and split horses to clear the field for a dramatic 3 1/2 length win at Churchill in her first start at the end of October. Making her second start, we won again this time at the Fair Grounds shortening to about 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf. She pressed the pace and then wore down her rival in deep stretch for the win. CLEVER GIRL is owned by Tracy Farmer and is trained by Brad H. Cox.
2 yo RED CORVETTE breaks his maiden in his second start
2 yo RED CORVETTE (Warrior’s Reward) figured it out after one race. Racing at a mile on the turf, he went right to the lead, rated there and then responded well in the stretch to wire the field. He is owned by Carolyn Friedberg, Carolyn and Jeff Tl Larson and was bred by Hunter Valley Farm & Bourque Goldstein Thoroughbreds, LLC. His trainer is Richard R. Scherer.
DUVAL wins his 8th and ups his earnings to $358,311
Five year old gelding DUVAL has traveled around the country and earned over $358,311 with a wonderfully consistent record now of 30: 8-5-8. He is now owned by Ten Strike Racing and trained by Juan Carlos Guerrero. He grabbed the lead and motored to a 5 1/4 length win sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on the dirt at PARX.
Westpoint’s The Walk adds a stakes placing in the Kings Swan at Aqueduct
2 yo THE WALK (Hansen) was second last out in the CHRISTOPHER ELSER MEMORIAL S at PARX. Trained by Thomas Albertrani. and owned by West Point Thoroughbreds, THE WALK, added another stakes placing to his name, running third in the KINGS SWAN S. at Aqueduct despite being in a bumper car scenario at the start. He has earned over $80,000.
ONLY YOU graduates at Aqueduct
Going 7 furlongs on a muddy Aqueduct dirt track, 3 yo gelding ONLY YOU (Belong to Me) vied outside and got his nose on the wire in front to break his maiden. He is a homebred for Merrylegs Farm North, LLC.
Var Filly Tops Sale Well-related good-looker grabs the limelight
The Emperors Palace Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale came to a close on Friday after evening after two solid sessions of spirited bidding
Courtesy of Sporting Post
Highest price of R1,2 million was paid by Mayfair Speculators for a beautiful Var filly consigned by Balmoral Stud. (This filly was selected for resale last January by a Doyle / Kirkwood partnership.)
Ice Queen is out of Baltic Beauty, a full sister to champion racemare, Mother Russia, who won 13 of her 27 starts, including four Gr 1’s.
Var – top class racers produced over many seasonsSuper sire Var is a noted producer of high-class fillies – his best daughters including Gr1 winning champions as Val De Ra and Via Africa, as well as the top class graded winners Princess Of Light, A Womens Way, Valdivia, and the Gr1 filly Schiffer.
Var’s daughters are also showing promise at stud, and he already features as broodmare sire of smart stakes winner Mambonick (by Mambo In Seattle) and the leading Fillies Guineas hope, and Gr3 Starling Stakes winner She’s A Giver (by Philanthropist).
We saw another smart Var on the up at Kenilworth on Wednesday when Sommerlied, a Maine Chance Farms bred and owned filly, won her second start on the trot for Dennis Drier. She is rumoured to be very good and has done little to dispel that so far!
SARDINIA (Tapit) breaks her maiden in a MSW at Churchill
SARDINIA (Tapit) found 1 1/16 on the dirt to her liking at Churchill Downs and broke her maiden for owner Tracy Farmer. She was bred in KY by Avalon Farms Inc. and is trained by Mike Maker. SARDINIA has been on the board several times and her earnings already stand close to $100,000.
Great graded stakes day for Kirkwood
Started at Kirkwood and now trained by James J. Toner, 2 year old filly Defiant Honor (Speighstown) broke her maiden last out. Stepping up into graded stakes company in her third start, she overcame debris on the turf course to run an excellent second in the G3 Jimmy Durante S at Del Mar. She is owned by the Phillips Racing Partnership and Pam Gartin and was bred by John W. Phillips, Hank Snowden & Lynn Snowden.
On the other coast, Realm (Haynesfield) moved up from a allowance win and ran third in the G1 Cigar Mile, to add a graded stakes placing to his credentials. He is owned by his trainer Barclay Tagg , Eric Dattner and Harry Astarita
ROSE OF THE NILE breaks her maiden at Churchill
2 yo ROSE OF THE NILE (Pioneerof the Nile) broke slowly and was allowed to settle before sweeping wide and engulfing the field to run off with the win. She raced 7 1/2 furlongs. ROSE OF THE NILE is owned by Jake Van Oort and was bred by Dr. J. K. Griggs & Linda Griggs. Her trainer is Kelly R. Van Hemel.
SCHOLAR ATHLETE runs third in the G3- Commonwealth Turf S at Churchill
West Point’s well named Einstein gelding, SCHOLAR ATHLETE, broke his maiden and was stakes placed at Woodbine as a 2 year old. In his third 2016 start, he wired the field going 1 1/16 on the turf at Belmont. Stepping up into graded stakes company today, he ran third in the G3- Commonwealth Turf S at Churchill – beaten just 3/4 length for it all. He has earned over $177,130.