Horse Gossip 6-23-17
Catch up on all the recent Pin Oak farm news including race results, upcoming races, stallion news, broodmare news, trainers’ news and weekend post times.
Horse Gossip 6-16-17
Catch up on all the recent Pin Oak farm news including race results, upcoming races, stallion news, broodmare news, trainers’ news and weekend post times.
First-Crop 2YO by ALTERNATION Sells for $100,000 at OBS June
In the second session of the two-day OBS June 2YOs in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, a colt by millionaire ALTERNATION brought a final bid of $100,000 from Gayle Van Leer, agent. Hip 398, a February 14th foal out of the stakes-producing Cherokee Run mare, Stormy B, worked a swift :21 3/5 for […]
2YO BEST PERFORMANCE Runner-Up in Belmont’s $150,000 Astoria
Making her second start off a Maiden Special Weight win here in May, BEST PERFORMANCE rallied from fifth to finish runner-up in 5 1/2-furlong Astoria S. The $300,000 Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old sales grad raced off the pace, then went four wide on the turn and into the stretch and continued to battle to the wire. She […]
Two New 2017 Stakes Horses Over the Holiday Weekend
STARR BEAR, a 3-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW, earned her first blacktype with a runner-up finish in her stakes debut, beaten only a neck, in the Northbound Pride Oaks. Racing a mile on the turf at Canterbury Park, STARR BEAR sat behind the leaders early on. She split foes on the far turn, was pushed […]
2YO BEST PERFORMANCE Wins Belmont Maiden Special Debut
A $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream purchase by co-owner West Point Thoroughbreds, BEST PERFORMANCE pulled away late from the heavy favorite to win this $100,000 Maiden Special Weight at Belmont in her first start. With five solid works under her belt, the daughter of BROKEN VOW kept in close contact of the top three through the first […]
LIFE IN SHAMBLES Places in Belmont’s Diablo S.
LIFE IN SHAMBLES pushed his career earnings over the $400,000 mark with an eventful placing in Belmont’s six-furlong Diablo S. The son of BROKEN VOW bobbled at the break but recovered to be third, only 2 1/2 lengths back after the first half mile. He rallied on the turn to be just 1/2 length off […]
$260,000 ALTERNATION First Crop 2YO at OBS April
In the opening session of the four-day OBS Spring Sale of 2YOs in Training, a filly from the first crop of Graded stakes-winning millionaire ALTERNATION brought a final price of $260,000 from Art Sherman, agent. Bred in Kentucky by Justice Farm & Greg Justice, hip 167 is out of the stakes-placed producing mare Best Practices, […]
ALTERNATION Filly Works Co-Second Fastest 1/4-Mile in Lead-Up to OBS April
A filly from the first crop of Graded stakes-winning millionaire ALTERNATION worked a sizzling two furlongs in :20 4/5, the co-second fastest time at the distance, in the first session of the OBS April Spring 2YOs in Training Sale’s under-tack show. Hip 167, a February 3rd foal is out of the stakes-placed producing mare Best […]
CONVICT PIKE Puts in Strong Performance to Place in Grade 3 Spiral
Coming off a runner-up effort in the male division of the OBS Championship S. to next out $2 Million UAE Derby-G2 placed Master Plan, CONVICT PIKE made a race of it down the stretch to finish only 1 1/4 lengths back of the win to place in the $500,000 Jack Cincinnati Casino Spiral S.-G3 at […]
CAN’T BE WRONG Wins Second Stakes in Last Four Starts
CAN’T BE WRONG won for the fourth time in his last six starts after pulling away to take the Richard King Turf S. by 2 1/2 lengths. The 4-year-old son of BROKEN VOW settled in seventh early on in this 1 1/8-mile off-the-turf test at Sam Houston. He began his rally on the far turn, […]
$300,000 BROKEN VOW 2YO at Gulfstream Sale
At the one-day Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2YOs in Training, a filly by BROKEN VOW sold for $300,000 to West Point Thoroughbreds. Hip 62 is the second foal out of the Smart Strike mare, Give My Regards. The March 10th foal was consigned to the sale by William B. Harrigan, agent, and was the only […]