Horse Gossip 6-22-18
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.
28th First-Crop Winner and a Winner of Two Straight
Having placed in four of his last five starts, NO DRINKING RULES got up in time to win this maiden test at Parx by 1 1/4 lengths and become the 28th first-crop winner for ALTERNATION. This 3-year-old son was about five lengths back in the early going, swung out around the turn, then back in […]
G2 SW CHOCOLATE MARTINI Places in Santa Anita’s G2 Summertime Oaks
Making her first trip out West, CHOCOLATE MARTINI rallied in the stretch to place in the $200,000 Summertime Oaks-G2 at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW raced outside another on the far turn, got to the inside turning for home and continued to battle to the wire going 1 1/16 miles. CHOCOLATE MARTINI […]
BOXING GLOVE Sets All the Pace in Second Win
A debut winner at Churchill last year as a juvenile (pictured), BOXING GLOVE cruised to a 4 3/4-length victory in this off-the-turf event. The 3-year-old colt by ALTERNATION quickly went to the lead going a mile and 70 yards and was never really threatened to be much the best at Belterra. Last year in his […]
SPECTACULAR MOVE Battles Back to Get Maiden Win at Santa Anita
After placing in a Maiden Special Weight to a next out stakes winner last time out, SPECTACULAR MOVE made her turf debut at Santa Anita and put in a game effort to get the win by a neck. Racing about 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course, the 3-year-old filly from the first crop […]
ALTER MOON Dominates Field by Nearly 15 Lengths at Gulfstream
Blacktype-placed ALTER MOON was too much for her competition and trounced an allowance field by 14 3/4 lengths racing 6 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old filly by ALTERNATION had early pressure on the lead, then disposed of that one on the turn and ran away from the field to be wrapped up at […]
POOL WINNER Places in $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup
In his third start of the year, POOL WINNER battled on the lead from the start but grudgingly got passed inside the sixteenth pole to place in the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup S., only beaten a length. On the Penn Mile-G2 undercard, this veteran front-running turf sprint specialist by BROKEN VOW set a pressured pace […]
Horse Gossip 6-1-18
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.
SHIMMERING DREAM Draws Off in Maiden Special
Twice runner-up in this level company, SHIMMERING DREAM got the best of 11 rivals to win this six-furlong Maiden Special Weight by 4 1/2 lengths. Back in ninth position after the first quarter, the 3-year-old filly by ALTERNATION began to make her run on the turn, was four wide turning for home and opened up […]
G’S TURN Puts Up Back-to-Back Allowance Victories
Multiple Blacktype-placed G’S TURN won his second in a row after taking a one mile allowance on the main track at Lone Star Park by 1 1/2 lengths. The 3-year-old colt by ALTERNATION settled in fourth around the first turn and into the backstretch. But by the time they reached the far turn, he had […]
Two New First-Crop Winners
ALTERNATION was represented with his 24th and 25th first-crop winners as A BUNCH FOR LUNCH and FLUCTUATION won career and seasonal debuts. Making her first start, 3-year-old filly A BUNCH FOR LUNCH broke in a tangle to be far back early but rushed up to take the lead heading into the turn. She opened up […]
$135,000 2YO at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
On the first day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2YOs in Training Sale, a filly from the second crop of Graded stakes-winning millionaire ALTERNATION was purchased for $135,000 by trainer Joe Sharp as agent. Hip 75, a February 19th foal is the first offspring out of the 7-year-old Exchange Rate mare, And Stay Out. The athletic […]