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Returning Redding Colliery Wins at Aqueduct

Returning Redding Colliery Wins at Aqueduct

Tested at top of the stretch by 4-5 favorite I Want Revenge, the front-running Redding Colliery battled back along the inside to register a two-length victory in the $73,500 Evening Attire Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

 Saturday, January 28, 2012
Empire Maker Filly is Top Yearling at $400K

Empire Maker Filly is Top Yearling at $400K

A bay filly by Empire Maker bought the highest price for a yearling thus far at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale when she fetched $400,000 from Tim Hyde during the auction's second session Jan. 10.

 Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Redding Colliery Buries Lone Star 'Cap Foes

Redding Colliery Buries Lone Star 'Cap Foes

Redding Colliery disposed of pacesetter Euroears leaving the final turn and left his seven rivals far behind in capturing the $300,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) for his first graded stakes victory May 31.

 Monday, May 31, 2010
Touching Beauty Wins Not-So-Pretty Comely

Touching Beauty Wins Not-So-Pretty Comely

Touching Beauty won a roughly run $100,000 Comely Stakes (gr. III) when odds-on choice She'll Be Doggone nearly went down after being shut off at the rail near mid-stretch at Aqueduct April 10.

 Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hightap Adds Iowa Oaks to Growing Resume

Hightap Adds Iowa Oaks to Growing Resume

Shipped north to Prairie Meadows for the June 26 Iowa Oaks (gr. III) off a big win in the Dogwood Stakes (gr. III) last month at Churchill Downs, Hightap delivered again, taking the $200,000 race by three-quarters of a length over Sweet Relish.

 Saturday, June 27, 2009

Lady Sprinter Flying Under the Radar

As the media descend daily on barn 27 of the Santa Anita backstretch to get a glimpse of Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) favorite Curlin Oct. 20, trainer Juan Reviriego quietly goes about his business next door at barn 28. He also has a Breeders' Cup contender, though Lady Sprinter doesn't have nearly as high a profile as her neighbor.

 Monday, October 20, 2008

Grade I Winner Joyeux Danseur Dead in Australia

Joyeux Danseur, a grade I winner at Churchill Downs, died in early November while standing at Gary Turkington's Wattle Brae Thoroughbred Stud in Queensland, Australia.

 Sunday, November 20, 2005

Vangelis Wins Longchamp's Harcourt for Guy

American-bred Vangelis got a well-timed ride from leading French jockey Christophe Soumillon to win the Prix d'Harcourt (Fr-II) for older horses at 1 1/4 miles at Longchamp Sunday.

 Sunday, April 04, 2004

Orientate to Stand at Gainesway

Orientate, who looks certain to be voted sprint champion, will enter stud at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington for a fee of $25,000

 Wednesday, November 06, 2002