Having placed in two of her last three starts, SWEET ALTERNATIVE moved up between horses as they approached the top of the stretch and pulled away late for a two-length win in a Maiden Special Weight at Tampa Bay. Racing one mile and 40 yards over a sloppy, sealed track, the 12th winner from the […]
With a bullet four-furlong work in :46 4/5 three weeks back, NUMEROLOGIST had to battle through the stretch to win his Maiden Special Weight debut. The 4-year-old colt from the second crop of ALTERNATION stalked the early pace in third in this 6 1/2-furlong sprint. He moved off the rail going into the turn, but […]
At the end of 2018, ALTERNATION finished as the Co-Leading Second-Crop Kentucky Sire with two Graded stakes winners and Co-Second-Leading Sire with FIVE Blacktype winners. Among them were Graded winners SERENGETI EMPRESS, a 2-year-old filly who won the Pocahontas S.-G2 by a recording-setting 19 1/2 lengths and the Ellis Park Debutante S. by 13 1/2 […]
Coming off a 5 3/4-length Maiden Special Weight win in his debut at Gulfstream Park West in mid-October (pictured), COMBINATION jumped right into stakes competition and placed in Gulfstream Park’s six-furlong Buffalo Man S., finishing four lengths in front of the next horse. The 2-year-old colt from the second crop of ALTERNATION became his sire’s […]
After two runner-up performances in her last two starts, ELLANATION fought through the stretch to get the win at Laurel Park. The 2-year-old filly from the second crop of ALTERNATION broke well from the inside post to sit second in this eight-horse field racing six furlongs. She began to move closer to the leader on […]
Two-year-old ALTERNATIVE SLEW won her second start taking a six-furlong Maiden Special Weight by 1/2 length. The daughter from the second crop of ALTERNATION rallied on the turn, was three wide into the stretch and put in a strong run down the lane to get the win at Remington Park. She became his ninth 2YO […]
With four solid works under his belt, including a :47.35 four-furlong bullet two weeks ago, COMBINATION proved much the best to win his Maiden Special Weight debut by 5 3/4 lengths at Gulfstream Park West, only 3/5 second off the track record. The 2-year-old colt from the second crop of ALTERNATION broke on top to […]
Placing in a maiden test last out, JUNE TWO FOUR pulled away from his 10 rivals on the far turn and drew off in the stretch to win a 1 1/16-mile maiden event at Santa Anita by an amazing 12 lengths. The 3-year-old son from ALTERNATION’s first crop broke quickly from the inside post. JUNE […]
New Farm homebred ALTER RHYTHM made it two in a row after taking an allowance at Parx by 3/4 length. The 3-year-old filly from the first crop of ALTERNATION was coming off a 1 3/4-length Maiden Special Weight win which had been taken off the turf at Monmouth. In this six-furlong test, ALTER RHYTHM sat […]
Coming off a 13 1/2-length win in the Ellis Park Debutante S. last time out, SERENGETI EMPRESS wanted to improve on that margin of victory and did running off to win Churchill Downs’ Pocahontas S.-G2 by an astonishing 19 1/2 lengths. The 2-year-old filly from the second crop of ALTERNATION secured an automatic berth in […]
