Supreme Aura Takes Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth
Stallionaire Enterprises' Supreme Aura took the $100,000 Pegasus Stakes by a neck over Roaming Union to earn his first stakes victory for trainer Michael Stidham.
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Atchata First Winner for Louisiana Sire Apriority
In her second start at Belmont Park, William and Corinne Heiligbrodt's Atchata overcame a stumble at the start to score by 1 1/2 lengths in a June 15 maiden special weight on the turf to become the first winner for freshman sire Apriority.
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Victory Trip First Winner, Starter for Guilt Trip
Making his debut at Evangeline Downs, Norman Stables' Victory Trip went gate-to-wire June 13 to represent Guilt Trip's first winner from the stallion's first starter.
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Sower Easy Winner of Belmont's Jersey Girl
Linda Rice trainee Sower entered the $150,000 Jersey Girl Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park undefeated in two starts, but she had never faced the class that she encountered June 10, when she took on the likes of Take Charge Paula.
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Code Warrior Leads the Way to Repeat Hendrie Stakes
Last year's Hendrie Stakes (G3) winner returned in style, when Zilli Racing Stables' Code Warrior put in a frontrunning effort to successfully defend her title in the June 10 Woodbine stakes.
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Paved is Concrete in Honeymoon Score
Ciaglia Racing and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Paved brought her win tally to three and added her first graded score in the $200,000 Honeymoon Stakes (G2T) June 9 at Santa Anita Park.
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Big Screen Gets First Winner From First Starter
Winning on debut for owner Steven Duffield and trainer Keith Edwards, Sav also represented her sire Big Screen as his first winner from his first starter in a Woodbine maiden race June 3.
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Curlin's Approval Returns to the Winner's Circle
Going off at odds of 2-5, Curlin's Approval benefited from a drop in class and returned to the winner's circle with an easy score in the $75,000 Ana T. Stakes June 3 at Gulfstream Park.
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B. B. Dude First Winner for Shakin It Up
Jerry Durant's B. B. Dude made his first start a winning one and also became the first winner for Spendthrift Farm's Shakin It Up when he took a Churchill Downs maiden race June 1.
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Longshot Niigon's Eclipse Scores in Nassau
After entering the starting gate as the 12-1 longest shot on the board, Chiefswood Stable's Niigon's Eclipse took it to a field of five other fillies and mares to score her first graded victory in the May 27 Nassau Stakes (G2T) on the Woodbine turf.
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Mubtaahij Returns in Lone Star Park Handicap
While trainer Bob Baffert has his hands full with Triple Crown contender Justify gearing up for the Belmont Stakes, he will first send out the 6-year-old, grade 1 winner Mubtaahij in the $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (G3) May 27.
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Itsinthepost Set as Highweight in Charles Whittingham
In a field of seasoned veterans, Jeff Mullins-trained Itsinthepost (FR) has been dubbed the highweight to run 1 1/4 miles on the Santa Anita Park turf May 26 in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T).
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Servalan First Black-Type Winner for No Nay Never
Coolmore Stud's No Nay Never was represented by his first black-type stakes winner when his daughter Servalan registered a 1 1/4-length score in the listed Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies Sprint Stakes at Naas May 20.
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Abyssinian First Winner for Cairo Prince
Hat Creek Racing's Abyssinian made it a one-horse race to become the first winner for her sire, Cairo Prince, in a Belmont Park $100,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies May 19.
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Six Pack Gal First Winner for Boisterous
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds' homebred Six Pack Gal was the first starter and first winner for the stable's freshman sire Boisterous when she rolled to an impressive debut score at Santa Anita Park May 17.
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Apologynotaccepted Seeks to Make the Grade in Matron
Apologynotaccepted will attempt to break through the graded ranks when she heads the $100,000 Matron Stakes for fillies and mares 3 and up May 19 at Arlington International.
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Pink Lloyd Gets 10th Straight Victory in New Providence
Entourage Stable's Pink Lloyd continued his win streak, adding his 10th consecutive stakes victory in a repeat performance of the $100,000 New Providence Stakes at Woodbine May 13.
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Will Take Charge Gets First Winner in Tijori
Three Chimneys Farm's Will Take Charge was represented by his first winner when his daughter Tijori won on debut at Santa Anita Park May 11 in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-olds.
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Global Beauty Coco First Winner for Global Response
Global Beauty Coco finished 3 1/2 lengths in front of a Gulfstream Park maiden special weight field to break her maiden in her second start May 10 and become her sire's first winner.
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Noble Mission Gets First Winner in France
Winning the 1,000-meter (five-furlong) Prix des Hortensias, a maiden race for 2-year-olds at Lyon-Parilly in France May 10, On a Session became the first winner for his sire Noble Mission (GB).
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Pacific Wind Blows By the Competition in Ruffian Stakes
Pacific Wind drove through the Belmont Park stretch for her second straight win this year, taking the $250,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) by one length May 6.
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Saint Michael First Winner for Handsome Mike
Pleasant Acres Stallions' Handsome Mike was represented by his first winner from his first starter when Monarch Stables' Saint Michael took a May 4 maiden claiming race at Gulfstream Park.
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Gas Station Sushi Takes Next Step in Eight Belles
West Coast sensation Gas Station Sushi will aim to keep moving forward in the May 4 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies on the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard.
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Summer Sunday Keeps Woodbine Record Intact
Despite drifting out to the middle of the track in the lane, Anne and William Scott's Summer Sunday remained undefeated at Woodbine, scoring by 1 3/4 lengths in the $125,000 Fury Stakes April 29.
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Uncaptured Gets First Winner With Bye Bye J
Monarch Stables' Bye Bye J kicked away late to score on debut April 26 at Gulfstream Park and gave freshman sire Uncaptured his first winner from his first starter.
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Mucho Amor First Winner for Mucho Macho Man
Freshman sire Mucho Macho Man was represented by his first runner, Mucho Amor, who grabbed the lead early and never looked back to win an April 26 maiden special weight at Keeneland.
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Significant Form Gets Easy Score in Memories of Silver
Stephanie Seymour Brant's Significant Form led the entire way April 22 to win the $100,000 Memories of Silver Stakes for 3-year-old fillies in her season debut at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Second-Crop Sires Have Chance at Third Derby
This year, Take Charge Indy and Poseidon's Warrior have sons that will try to pull a Kentucky Derby (G1) hat trick for second-crop sires.
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Blue Prize Scores in Top Flight Invitational
Merriebelle Stable's Blue Prize stole the show in the final moments of Aqueduct Racetrack's Top Flight Invitational Stakes April 15, taking the lead in the final strides to score over frontrunning Frost Wise by a neck.
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Hustle Up First Black-Type Winner for Abstraction
In one of the first black-type stakes for 2-year-olds of 2018, Hustle Up pulled away to a 7 1/2-length lead in the Copper Top Futurity for New Mexico-breds at Sunland Park April 15.
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Cajun Breeze Gets First Winner and Gulfstream Exacta
Cajun Breeze had his first winner when his son Cajun Firecracker drew away to a two-length victory in a Gulfstream Park maiden special weight race April 13, with his daughter also finishing second to give the stallion an exacta.
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Curlin Elevates His Classic Profile
After racing concluded April 7, rising top-10 sire Curlin has his best chance of being represented by a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner with four potential contenders this year, a new feat for the son of Smart Strike.
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Gas Station Sushi Victorious in Return to Racing
A 1 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Beaumont Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland April 8 marked the return to racing and stakes debut of Gas Station Sushi.
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Beau Recall Earns Graded Victory in Royal Heroine
In an unusual running of the $200,000 Royal Heroine Stakes (G2T) April 7, which saw favorite Enola Gray break slow, and a back-and-forth exchange of leaders, Beau Recall flew home from off the pace to score her first graded stakes victory.
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My Miss Lilly Scores Kentucky Oaks Berth in Gazelle
In a three-way fight to the wire, My Miss Lilly was able to edge Sara Street to win the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes (G2) by a half-length at Aqueduct Racetrack April 7.
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Westwood Looks to Move Forward in Commonwealth
In a race where multiple graded stakes-winning sprinter Limousine Liberal is slated as the 6-5 morning-line favorite, the $250,000 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) at Keeneland April 7 could prove to be a step forward for Godolphin's Westwood.
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Disco Partner Heads Full Shakertown Field
Patricia Generazio's homebred Disco Partner returns to turf sprinting in the $200,000 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland April 7.
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Sadler's Joy Favored in Gulfstream's Pan American
Grade 1 winner Sadler's Joy will head a field of nine as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the $250,000 Pan American Stakes (G2T), going 1 1/2 miles on the turf at Gulfstream Park March 31.
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Derby Hopeful Runaway Ghost Boosts Ghostzapper
Sunland Derby (G3) winner Runaway Ghost topped a trio of black-type winners for Adena Spring Kentucky's 18-year-old stallion Ghostzapper March 25 at Sunland Park.
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Blamed Gets Fifth Straight Win in Sunland Park Oaks
In an almost effortless performance, Cleber Massey's Blamed ran clear in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks for her fifth straight win and third stakes victory March 25 at Sunland Park.
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Malibu Moon's 2015 Crop Rises With Classic Potential
The road to this year's American classic races has done much to enhance Malibu Moon's reputation as a reliable sire of top performers.
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Sharp Azteca to Skip Dubai, Get Time Off
Grade 1 winner Sharp Azteca, who had been pointing the March 26 Godolphin Mile sponsored by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum City-District One (G2), will instead get some time off according to trainer Jorge Navarro.
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Darley's Lynchpin Medaglia d'Oro Has Derby Double
Three-year-old colts racing toward the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) provided a stakes double for Darley sire Medaglia d'Oro March 10, when his sons Bolt d'Oro and Enticed took top Derby preps.
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Street Sense Marks His Turf With Derby Prospects
As of March 8, three stallions are represented by two runners each on the top 20 North American Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard: Curlin; Medaglia d'Oro; and Street Sense.
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Reride Takes Aim at Mine That Bird Derby
Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Reride will take on a field of eight other 3-year-old males, including Riley Allison Stakes winner Runaway Ghost, in Sunland Park's $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby.
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Madam Dancealot Heads Tough Buena Vista Field
In her first start against older fillies and mares, Madam Dancealot (IRE) will make her 4-year-old season debut in Santa Anita Park's $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) Feb. 17 against a competitive field of turf milers.
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Mobile Bay to Defend Premier Night Championship Title
Super Derby (G2) winner and Louisiana favorite Mobile Bay will head the $170,000 Louisiana-Bred Premier Night Championship Stakes Feb. 10 at Delta Downs.
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Itsinthepost Seeks Back-to-Back Wins in San Marcos
The third of four stakes races on Santa Anita Park's Feb. 3 card, the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes (G2T) features Itsinthepost (FR) and Flamboyant (FR), the top two finishers in the San Gabriel Stakes (G2T) Jan. 6.
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Oaklawn Issues Ban Amid EHV-1 Positives
Following the news of equine herpesvirus-1 positives at both Belmont Park and Laurel Park,, Oaklawn Park announced Jan. 21 that horses stabled at either track will be prohibited from entering the Hot Springs, Ark., grounds until further notice.
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Gun Runner Arrives at Gulfstream Ahead of Pegasus
Five-time grade 1 winner Gun Runner arrived at Gulfstream Park Jan. 18 to compete in the final race of his career, the $16 million Pegasus Invitational Cup Stakes Jan. 27.
