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Blu Moon Ace newest SW for Malibu Moon
Top-10 sire Malibu Moon got his ninth North American stakes winner of 2017 on Saturday when the 4-year-old Blu Moon Ace scored a convincing 3 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Coalition S. at Timonium. The dark bay was in the lead the entire trip, opening up his lead at… Read More
Jimmy Creed colt streaks to front-running victory
Go Willy Go got to the front soon after the start of his maiden special weight race Saturday at Timonium Racetrack, winning the four-furlong contest by a length to become Jimmy Creed’s ninth winner from his first crop of runners. Go Willy Go is trained by Linda Albert for… Read More
Practical Joke now a 3-time Grade 1 winner
Into Mischief’s leading 3-year-old colt Practical Joke earned his first Grade 1 win of the current year Saturday at Saratoga with a 1 1/4-length win in the $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens S. (G1), which was formerly named the King’s Bishop S. Practical Joke is one Into Mischief’s 17 black-type… Read More
Into Mischief colt stays perfect in $200K Funny Cide S.
Aveenu Malcainu pulled away in the final furlong of the 6 ½-furlong Funny Cide S. Friday at Saratoga to give the 2-year-old Into Mischief colt his second victory in as many starts. A sharp winner over the same surface in his July 28 debut, Aveenu Malcainu turned in an… Read More
Flat Out filly delivers top-notch MdSpWt performance
Forewarned looked very sharp in her second lifetime start on Thursday when the 2-year-old Flat Out filly soared to a 3 ½-length maiden special weight win going 5 ½-furlongs at Belterra Park. She is Flat Out’s third in the past five days and eighth individual winner from his first crop,… Read More
Jimmy Creed first-timer scores at Gulfstream Park
Red Peril became Jimmy Creed’s eighth winner from his first crop on Aug. 20 in a five-furlong maiden special weight affair for 2-year-olds at Gulfstream Park. The chestnut colt overcame a three-length deficit in the final furlong to win his debut by a half-length in a very good :58.23… Read More
Malibu Moon filly soars to Rising Star at Del Mar
Moonshine Memories turned in a stellar performance in her debut Saturday at Del Mar, winning her maiden special weight debut by one length in a swift 1:10.08 for the six furlongs (VIDEO). The 2-year-old Malibu Moon filly’s performance earned her a TDN Rising Star tag, joining the… Read More
Flat Lucky zips to debut MdSpWt win
Flat Lucky broke on top and never looked back in his debut Saturday at Ellis Park as the 2-year-old Flat Out colt registered a 2 ¼-length maiden special weight victory at Ellis Park (VIDEO). With seven winners to date, Flat Out ranks in the top five on… Read More
Flat Out filly rolls by 8 ½-lengths in sparkling debut
Zensational Kiss turned in a powerhouse performance in her first career outing Saturday at Penn National, bounding to an 8 ½-length maiden special weight debut win (VIDEO). Zensational Kiss was the second winner of the day for her sire Flat Out, who now has seven winners from his first crop,… Read More
$175K yearling for Cross Traffic at F-T NY Preferred sale
Cross Traffic’s $175,000 filly, hip No. 312, at the 2017 F-T Saratoga New York Preferred Yearlings sale – Tibor Szlavik photo A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Cross Traffic brought a winning bid of $175,000 during the first evening of the Aug. 12-13 Fasig-Tipton… Read More
Malibu Moon filly dominant again in second straight stakes
Shimmering Aspen rolled to a 5 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt S. at Laurel Park, the second stakes win in a row for the 3-year-old Malibu Moon filly. Owned by Hillwood Stable LLC, the gray or roan filly is now 5-0-1 in seven starts, with earnings of $166,790. Read More
Into Mischief filly rolls by 12 in stakes debut
Msbrooklynbrawler delivered a knock-out performance in Saturday’s $93,150 Iowa Sorority S. at Prairie Meadows, drawing off to an eye-popping 12 ¼-length win in the first stakes start for the 2-year-old Into Mischief filly (VIDEO). For Into Mischief, Msbrooklynbrawler is his 10th black type winner and 22nd stakes… Read More