“Don’t fall in love with your horses,” they say. “This is a business,” they say. “You can’t make decisions with your heart,” they say. It’s a good thing that Sharilyn Gasaway didn’t listen to what “they” said, or she might not have had a 2-year-old homebred filly, out of her heart horse, break her maiden…
As Peter Bradley walked into the paddock on a damp Sunday morning, the security guard staffing the gate wished him a good afternoon. “We’ll see about that after the first race,” Bradley responded with his trademark grin. About an hour later, Bradley was indeed having a good afternoon, when his 2-year-old filly Briland won at first asking…
Enter, Sandman . The two-year-old colt owned by D J Stable, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, and CJ Stables has a long way to go before he reaches Mariano Rivera status, but he showed the promise of an elite athlete in winning a maiden special weight at Saratoga Race Course on July 11. The son of Tapit was consigned by…
Of first-crop stallion’s Volatile’s six winners from 20 starts, two have come at Saratoga Race Course—a small sample size to be sure but also encouraging for Three Chimneys, where the son of Violence stands for $15,000. “It’s really exciting for a horse that was super fast but not particularly precocious,” said Three Chimneys’ COO Chris Baker. “His 2-year-olds are doing it…
Debut winner Uncaged has a lot in common with some of owner Mike Repole’s top horses. Like Vino Rosso, Nest , and Crupi , he’s by Curlin . Like those three, Repole owns him in partnership. All four cost in the low to mid six figures, and all four count Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher as their trainer. And maybe, the colt has something in…
Virgin Colada is a virgin no more, scoring her maiden win at Saratoga Race Course in her first start July 21 and fitting into the plan of her owner. Racing for John Stewart’s Resolute Racing, the 2-year-old More Than Ready filly lagged behind the 10-horse field through most of the 1 1/16-mile inner turf course race. Flavien Prat rode the rail,…
A year ago, breeder John Gunther entered a colt by his racehorse Without Parole in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The bay was out of the Street Cry mare Mama Tembu, herself a half sibling to Stage Magic, dam of Justify, and he sold for $95,000 to Avenue Bloodstock. “He went through the sale,” said Gunther, “but there was a problem with the…
“Precocious, funny, spicy, and energetic” are the words that Dan Barraclough used to describe Bellacose as a foal, and apparently not much has changed as the filly has gotten older. “She has a little bit of sass to her,” said trainer Jeremiah Englehart. “I like the fillies that have that attitude. I’ll often go into the stall with…
As I browsed the Saratoga entries for Saturday, July 25, seeking both good betting races and possible story ideas, I did a quick search for maiden special weights, hoping that some promising juvenile(s). One raced turned up, that for New York-bred fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. I thought I must have screwed…
What else does one do on a rainy Saturday than work on some long, long, LONG overdue website updates? Here, a collection of the two-year-old maiden winners I covered at Saratoga for Brisnet/TwinSpires. Here’s hoping we’ll hear more from these babies… Takecharge Mirella Owner: Big Dom Racing Stable Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin Breeder: Cantrell Family Partnership…
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