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The Boersma family’s Flying Dutchmen missed out on buying graded-stakes winner Slammed, who sold for $1.1 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale Monday, but the operation was still able to get in the family when purchasing that mare’s half-sister Smash Ticket (hip 383) for a Session-Topping $600,000 out of the Legacy Bloodstock consignment Wednesday at […]

A pair of 2023 Legacy Bloodstock yearling grads scored in Stakes over the last weekend in October, while the promising 3-year-old Stakes winner Uno Mas Bourbon aquitted himself well in his first try versus older Graded Stakes company. On Friday, October 25 at Santa Anita, Silent Law broke like a shot, sped through quick fractions […]

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – John Velazquez thought his best chance for success in Friday’s $135,000 Carle Place Stakes was to have his horse in a forward position. He had a more-than-willing partner in Run Carson. Sent to the front out of the gate by Velazquez, Run Carson ran fast fractions early – he went the half-mile in […]

Spendthrift Farm‘s first-crop stallion Authentic was represented by his first stakes winner Oct. 12 when the 2-year-old filly Power Connection defeated the boys in the $60,000 Manzano Stakes at The Downs at Albuquerque. Out of the Officer mare Lady Leftennant, the dark bay or brown filly was bred in Kentucky by longtime Legacy Bloodstock client Scott Pierce. She was sold […]

Bourbon Lane Stable and Six Column Stables’ Uno Mas Bourbon came from off the pace to earn his second career victory in his first stakes appearance after surviving an objection in Saturday’s 42th running of $250,000 Super Derby. He was bred in Kentucky by T/C Stable LLC and was a $75,000 purchase by Six Column Stables at […]

The action had barely kicked off Tuesday for the July Sale of Selected Yearlings when Hip 1, a colt by freshman sire Maxfield entered the ring. While not usually considered advantageous to be first out of the box, the son of Abundant Flurry (Midshipman) overcame those lingering biases when selling for $220,000 to Resolute Bloodstock […]

After just missing in her debut, West Memorial delivered a sustained run through the stretch to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the $250,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes on May 2 Thurby card at Churchill Downs. West Memorial is campaigned by Reagan Swinbank’s Swinbank Stables and Jake Ballis’ Black Type Thoroughbreds. “She was always precocious and we always knew […]

Reasoned Analysis, owned by Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables and trained by Chad Brown, made his first attempt in stakes company a successful one as he stormed down the lane to upset a talented field in Saturday’s $150,000 Bay Shore, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Bred by Jack Miller and the Upstart Syndicate, […]

Making his 46th career start and his first for trainer Michael Maker, Flying P Stable’s Frosted Grace came from just off the pace to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $500,000 Oaklawn Mile on Arkansas Derby day at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark. His winner’s share of $292,500 put him well over the $1 million mark for career […]

Valene Farms’ Accommodate Eva proved convincingly she can win going a route of ground, scoring in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Broodmare of the Year Stakes by 5 1/4 lengths. Beating seven 3-year-old Louisiana-bred fillies, the Louisiana Champions Day Lassie victress covered one mile in 1:38.51 under jockey Corey Lanerie. Troubled early, Emily’s Bullet ran well late […]