Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club It’s the gift that keeps on giving. SHAREDASHENANIGANS won her first start at Laurel Park today, and it would be impossible for us to not feel emotional about it. As we mentioned earlier this year, we’ve had dams and their offspring in the barn before, but this third generation […]
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The Next Generation
Her dam and granddam were two of our all-time fan favorites, so we knew everyone would be excited to meet SHAREDASHENANIGANS. The 2-year-old bay filly is by top sire Into Mischief and out of Sharing, multiple graded stakes winner of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-G1. Sharing travelled to Royal Ascot in June 2020 […]
Sparkle Blue Lights Up Tampa
In today’s Hillsborough Stakes-G2 at Tampa Bay Downs, SPARKLE BLUE ran like a woman with a plan. Breaking alertly, she went right to the lead under jockey Jorge Ruiz – a change from her usual running style. The pair set pedestrian fractions controlling the pace throughout as the field were biding their time behind her, […]
Laurel Park’s Big Dreyfus Stakes to Sparkle Blue
Augustin Stable and Catherine Parke’s SPARKLE BLUE added another stakes win to her resume yesterday afternoon at Laurel Park in the Big Dreyfus Stakes. Contested at 1 1/8 miles on the turf, the listed stake saw a field of seven 3YO & up fillies and mares enter the gate. Jorge Ruiz was aboard the 4-year-old […]
An Afternoon with the Ladies in Lexington
I was fortunate to enjoy several days in beautiful Lexington, Kentucky last week, highlighted by a visit to Gainesway Farm to check in with some of Herringswell’s best-known mares. As these ladies are all fan favorites, I wanted to share some images. First stop was MEAN MARY, who returned to Gainesway earlier this summer after […]
Sparkle Blue Earns Black Type
Sparkle Blue (Hard Spun – Silk n’ Sapphire, by Smart Strike) survived a lengthy inquiry to win the $100,000 Christiana Stakes on the turf at Delaware Park this afternoon. The 3-year-old filly was ridden by multiple graded stakes and Eclipse Award winning jockey Jeremy Rose, who has recently resumed riding races after several years away […]