HEADLINE NEWS
| 10/05/2008 09:41 AM |
| Proportional surpasses expectations in Criterium des Pouliches |
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Overlooked at 20-to-1 odds off a maiden victory, Proportional rewarded her connections' decision to take a shot in the $414,480 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac Criterium des Pouliches (Fr-G1) with a dominant three-length victory on Sunday at Longchamp.
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| 10/05/2008 10:32 AM |
| Sleepless Night earns easy Sprinters Stakes win |
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Sleepless Night earned the first Group 1 victory of her career and her fifth straight win when she scored by 1 1/4 lengths in the Sprinters Stakes (Jpn-G1) on Sunday at Nakayama Racecourse.
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| 10/05/2008 11:19 AM |
| Bittel Road storms home in Bourbon Stakes |
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Owner-breeder John Iracane could not believe his luck as he glanced around the winner's circle after his unbeaten Bittel Road rallied from next to last to capture the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Stakes (G3) by the closest of margins on Sunday at Keeneland Race Course.
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| 10/05/2008 11:49 AM |
| Record-setting Carriage Trail romps in Spinster |
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Carriage Trail shattered the track record at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday with a dominant 7 3/4-length victory in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1).
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| 10/05/2008 11:58 AM |
| Sorrentino takes Grande Premio Jockey Club de Sao Paulo |
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Sorrentino closed gamely to secure his third Group 1 victory in the Grande Premio Jockey Club de Sao Paulo (Brz-G1), the second leg of Sao Paulo's Quadruple Crown series for three-year-old colts on turf, on Saturday at Hipodromo Cidade Jardim.
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BREEDING NEWS
| 09/20/2008 02:22 PM |
| Bold Truth sires first winner |
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Bold Captain opened a 3 1/2-length lead in early stretch and earned a dominant 10 1/4-length win in the fourth race on Saturday at Thistledown to become the first winner for Grade 2-placed freshman sire Bold Truth.
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| 09/24/2008 11:30 AM |
| Pensioned sire Lear Fan dead at 27 |
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Lear Fan, the pensioned sire of 80 stakes winners, died this summer from natural causes at Gainesway Farm in Lexington. He was 27.
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| 09/25/2008 01:28 PM |
| Feisty Suances first winner for freshman sire Suances |
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Feisty Suances led at every point of call and earned a two-length win under a hand ride from David Flores in the fifth race at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park to become the first winner for freshman sire Suances (GB).
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| 09/26/2008 04:33 AM |
| Salute the Sarge to Walmac |
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Walmac Farm purchased a 50% interest in multiple graded stakes winner Salute the Sarge from Southern Equine Stable LLC on Thursday and will stand the three-year-old colt at its Lexington facility.
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| 09/26/2008 07:34 AM |
| Barely Union Scale to stand in Indiana |
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Stakes winner Barely Union Scale will enter stud in 2009 and will stand for $1,500 at Horse Country Stables in Anderson, Indiana.
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