Grade 2 Winner CHOCOLATE MARTINI Returns With Win at Oaklawn
Fair Grounds Oaks-G2 winner CHOCOLATE MARTINI kicked off the season with a rallying stretch run to take an $85,000 Allowance at Oaklawn Park by 3/4 length. The 4-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW settled a little over five lengths off the lead as they raced through the first half mile in this 1 1 /16-mile test. […]
SERENGETI EMPRESS Romps in G2 Rachel Alexandra S.
Kicking off her 3-year-old campaign, SERENGETI EMPRESS proved she was ready to get back to racing with an impressive 4 1/2-length wire-to-wire win in the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra S. at the Fair Grounds. A daughter from the second crop of ALTERNATION broken well from post three to seize the lead in this 1 1/16-mile […]
3YO SWEET ALTERNATIVE Rallies to Win Maiden Special at Tampa
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 […]
Horse Gossip 2-1-18
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NUMEROLOGIST Takes Maiden Special Debut
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 […]
ALTERNATION Closes Year Among Top Second-Crop Sires
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 […]
Horse Gossip 1-11-18
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BROKEN VOW’s Grade 1 Performer BEST PERFORMANCE Brings $560,000 at Keeneland January
Cataloged as a racing/broodmare prospect, the just turned 4-year-old filly BEST PERFORMANCE was purchased by Three Chimneys Farm for $560,000, the second highest price on day two of the annual Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sales. “She is by a stallion we have a lot of respect for,” said Chris Baker, COO of Three […]
Horse Gossip 1-4-18
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Horse Gossip 12-21-18
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2YO COMBINATION Places in Gulfstream’s Buffalo Man S. in Second Start
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 […]
2YO VOW TO RECOVER Rallies to Place in Gulfstream’s Wait a While S.
Stakes winner last time out in her third start, VOW TO RECOVER recovered from some traffic problems to close and place in Gulfstream Park’s Wait a While S. The 2-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW raced in mid-pack early in a field of ten racing a mile on the turf. VOW TO RECOVER encountered traffic problems […]