It had been a long time since AMBITIEUSE posed for a win photo. She broke her maiden as a 2-year-old in her second start on December 29, 2021 at Gulfstream Park. She ran three times in 2022 – all in stakes, with her best performance on February 5 in Gulfstream’s Sweetest Chant Stakes-G3 where she […]
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A Graded Stake and a Garland of Flowers for Affirmative Lady
AMO Racing USA’s AFFIRMATIVE LADY has been knocking on the door of her first stakes win, and she earned upper-case black type today in the Gulfstream Park Oaks Presented by FanDuel TV-G2. Luis Saez gave the 3-year-old daughter of Arrogate a stellar ride on the way to their 2-length score in the 8.5 furlong test […]
Grand Oak (IRE) Blooms at Tampa
It was a “beautiful ride up the rail” from Angel Suarez that earned GRAND OAK (IRE) the win in a 5-furlong sprint at Tampa Bay Downs this afternoon. Six 3-year-old fillies went to post in the optional allowance on the turf, and they meant business – setting sharp fractions of 21.58 and 44.84. Angel sat […]
Joy In The Afternoon
MISSION OF JOY (ON) is proving to be a tremendous purchase – and a great bargain – for owners RyZan Sun Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables LLC. The partners purchased the now 3-year-old daughter of Kitten’s Joy at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky’s Fall Yearling Sale in 2021 for $32,000. Today she became a graded stakes winner in […]
First Win for Affirmative Lady
In just five career starts, she’s already earned upper case black type with her second-place finish (by a neck) to Julia Shining in Aqueduct’s Demoiselle Stakes-G2 last November. And in her last race on January 14, she was third in the Busanda Stakes over the same surface. But AFFIRMATIVE LADY had her breakout performance this […]
Show Me The Money!
They went off as one of the longest shots on the board at 13-1, but MONEY’S WORTH and Angel Suarez got to the wire first in a 7-furlong allowance at Tampa Bay Downs this afternoon, rewarding their backers with $29 to win. Sitting just off the leaders in third down the back side, the pair […]
A Little California Magic
There were two magicians at work on the Santa Anita turf course this evening when John Velazquez piloted THE GREY WIZARD (IRE) to an impressive win in a 10-furlong allowance. We end up sounding like a broken record, but it’s the truth – when Johnny V is riding, you just sit back and watch the master […]
Mission Accomplished
She broke her maiden at the same track last month, and today MISSION OF JOY (ON) made it back-to-back scores with an allowance win at Tampa Bay Downs. She was sent off as the 4/5 favorite, and the 3-year-old daughter of Kitten’s Joy and the Smart Strike mare Smart Mission ran like one. With Antonio […]
First Win for the New Year to English Bee
He’s been with us for his entire career, and today ENGLISH BEE earned Herringswell’s first win for 2023. Now 7, Calumet Farm’s homebred son of English Channel – Evil Kitten (by Kitten’s Joy) is an accomplished veteran with earnings of over $550,000. He won at first asking as a 2-year-old in 2018, and counts among […]
Diamondsifyoudo Makes It A Double
Closer to home, DIAMONDSIFYOUDO gave us our second win of the afternoon with her own maiden-breaker at Laurel Park. She debuted at Keeneland in October, finishing second in a maiden special. Next out was Laurel’s Smart Halo Stakes on November 12, where she was fourth. Sent off today as the 1-5 favorite, she gave jockey […]