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Jimmy Creed filly much the best in debut
Fancy Feelin rolled to a 9 1/4-length win in her debut Thursday at Belterra Park in a six-furlong maiden special weight contest for 2-year-old fillies (VIDEO). She is the 12th winner for first-crop sire Jimmy Creed, second-most for all Freshman Sires. With 12 winners from 22 starters,… Read More
Miss Sunset continues Del Mar hot streak in CERF Stakes
Into Mischief’s 3-year-old filly Miss Sunset took the $99,000 CERF Stakes at Del Mar on Labor Day, her fourth win in as many starts at the southern California oval. She won the Fleet Treet S. earlier in the meet, and broke her maiden and won the Generous Portion S. Read More
Jimmy Creed tallies pair of Labor Day winners
Controlled Fury and Strike Lightning both chalked up wins on Monday, upping Jimmy Creed’s first-crop winners to 11 this year. The Spendthrift stallion is in the top three on the Freshman Sire list in several categories, leading by stakes horses, with five, tied for second by winners, and third… Read More
Moonshine Memories 12th lifetime Grade 1 winner for Malibu Moon
Moonshine Memories backed up her TDN Rising Star maiden win just two weeks ago with another stellar performance in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1), scoring a front-running, half-length victory in the seven-furlong contest for 2-year-old fillies. For Malibu Moon, she became her sire’s 41st lifetime graded stakes winner… Read More
Pacific Gale first stakes winner for Flat Out
Pacific Gale drew off willingly in the final furlong of the $60,000 Sorority S. at Monmouth Park on Saturday to become the first stakes winner for Spendthrift Farm’s freshman sire Flat Out. With eight individual winners and two stakes horses to date from his first crop, Flat Out ranks… Read More
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