First time ‘outer’ Be Counted seemed to do a bit of bumping and boring to get his foes out of his path but it worked! By Gio Ponti out of a Sadler’s Wells mare (not too many of them still around) he is bred for the grass through and through and the breeding suggest further […]
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Adumato
Very sweet and kind for a colt Adumato won his first race today at Parx. A three year old by Big Brown this was his seventh try but he was vary game after being headed briefly in the stretch to come back and win at the wire. Congratulations to owners Denford Stud and Almost Heaven […]
Irish War Cry
photo by Jim McCue, Laurel Park. Anyone who has been around horses knows there are highs and lows. We had a high today with Irish War Cry winning his maiden at Laurel in impressive fashion. Owned and bred by Isabelle de Tomaso he is now the sixth winner from six starters for his dam Irish […]
Journey Home
I’ve always thought this was a well thought out name for this filly by War Front out of a mare called Soul Search, a Grade 1 placed winning mare. She ran for the first time today and won her maiden nicely, ridden by Trevor McCarthy. Not far back in third was our other runner I […]
Party Boat At Keeneland
Mrs. Hope Jones’s Party Boat is now two for two on the turf and quite impressive she was yesterday at Keeneland. Trevor McCarthy traveled from Maryland to ride and she swept by the field to win by two lengths. Hope usually breeds her own horses but she splashed out at the Keeneland yearling sale last […]
Head Games
Perseverance is the key! After nine previous tries, five with her previous trainer and four with us, Head Games made it to the winners circle on her tenth try. It’s not that she’s ran badly in her last few races, she just found one or two ahead of her at the wire! Kudos too to […]
Quidura Wins Valley View Stakes
Quidura (GB), owned and bred by Gestut Faerhof from Germany had won one race in that country before coming here in July. She won her first allowance race at Belmont rather nicely so the next step was a Graded Stake. The Pin Oak Valley View (Grade 3) is always a nice race to win not […]
Bethel Wildcat
It was an emotional win yesterday I’m sure for Dr. Stuart Brown when his homebred Bethel Wildcat won his very first race, at his home track of Keeneland no less. He’s named after his favorite basketball team the Kentucky Wildcats and he and his late wife bred him. Congratulations. Discreet Cat Colt Speedy In Keeneland […]
Ascend Wins Fourth Race
Ascend has now won half of his races this year which brings his tally to four. He is four years old now and although he ran consistently at three (he didn’t run as a two year old), he has really come into his own this year. The win was at Keeneland where he won in […]
Irish Strait By Eight
Actually it was eight and a half lengths he won by. It was the first time he’d run on dirt as the turf race at Park was ‘off the turf’ so it was unknown how he would handle it. Obviously he handled it well, notched his fourth win and congratulations to owner and breeder Isabelle […]