Horse Gossip 8-18-17
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 MY HEART AWAKENS Rallies for Maiden Special Debut Win
With a solid four-furlong work from the gate in :47 4/5 two weeks back, MY HEART AWAKENS made an impressive debut pulling away to win a Maiden Special Weight by a solid two lengths. The first 2-year-old winner for freshman sire ALTERNATION settled off the pace early racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Emerald Downs. He […]
Horse Gossip 8-11-17
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.
$400,000 BROKEN VOW Colt at Saratoga Select Sale
On the second night of the annual Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale, a colt by BROKEN VOW sold for $400,000 to Woodford Racing. Hip 162, a March 24th foal out of Classic Strike, by Smart Strike, is a half-brother to Del Mar Debutante S.-G1 winner Union Strike and GSW and millionaire Handsome Mike. The handsome […]
SENSACIONALE Becomes Newest Graded Stakes Winner
Having placed in four Graded Blacktype races heading into this one, SENSACIONALE finally got a win taking the Santorin – Augusto Maggiolo Cavenecia-G3 by 4 1/2 lengths becoming the seventh Graded stakes horse for BROKEN VOW this year. This consistent 5-year-old raced in fourth position for the first six furlongs of this 1 5/8-mile turf […]
BEST PERFORMANCE Rallies to be Runner-Up in Saratoga’s Grade 3 Schuylerville
BEST PERFORMANCE came from seventh position after the first quarter to finish runner-up in the six-furlong Grade 3 Schuylerville S. on opening day of the Saratoga summer meeting. The 2-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW was a $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Florida purchase earlier this year and was making her third start. She won her debut at Belmont […]
RAINHA DA BATERIA Wins Woodbine’s G2 Dance Smartly
Making only her second start of the season, RAINHA DA BATERIA charged down the stretch to finish in a dead heat for the win in the Dance Smartly S.-G2 on the undercard of the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine. The already multiple Graded winner by BROKEN VOW rallied on the far turn three wide and into […]
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 […]