ARCADIA, Calif. – Ian Kruljac has won four races as a trainer, all with Finest City. The latest and easily the most important victory came Saturday when Finest City ran the race of her life – as Kruljac had promised – when pulling an 8-1 upset in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint at Read more »
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Trooper John Wins Canadian Juvenile
On October 22, 2016 Trooper John went up against 8 other horses in the $49,000 Canadian Juvenile at Northlands Park in Edmonton. With jockey Keishan Balgobin in the irons, Trooper John won by 8 1/2 lengths. He paid $23.30. Trooper John vied for the early lead prompted from between rivals, gained the lead at the quarter pole, Read more »
PA-Breds Item, Devilish Love, & Chapel of Chimes Shine at Maryland Million
Ladies: Head bob to Devilish Love Devilish Love tracked pacesetter Pauline’s Pride early in the $125,000 Maryland Million Ladies, took the lead nearing the stretch, and then battled to the wire with Complete St. and won a head bob in the 1 1/8-mile turf race for fillies and mares. Complete St. was unlucky to lose Read more »
Michael Cox’s Rockin Jojo unleashed a furious outside stretch drive to pull off a 30-1 upset in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff. The 4-year-old daughter of Street Magician scored by a half-length to record her second career stakes victory while running seven furlongs in 1:25.06 under jockey Angel Cruz. The Guadalupe Preciado-trained filly was rated Read more »
House Passes Legislative Fix to Help PA Breeding Program
Legislation to address an unintended consequence of a law enacted earlier this year to modernize the state’s horse racing industry that has held up more than $6 million in payouts to winning thoroughbred horse breeders and owners won House passage on Monday. The bill, approved by a 192-0 vote, now goes to the Senate where proponents Read more »
Al’s Gal Breaks Through in E.P. Taylor
It took Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s 5-year-old mare Al’s Gal 26 starts to earn her first graded win, but it was a whopper Oct. 16 at Woodbine. The daughter of English Channel trained by Mike Maker was part of a cavalry charge to the wire in the final stages of the $500,000 E. P. Taylor Stakes Read more »
Catalogued PA-Breds in Fasig-Tipton October Sale
Session 1 Monday October 24, 2016 at 10 a.m. Hip no. 4 Dark Bay or Brown Filly, 5/12/15, by Jump Start (1999) – Immune to Gloom (2001) by Citidancer; Thomas G. McClay; Darby Dan Farm, Agent; Registered PA-Bred. Hip no. 65 Dark Bay or Brown Filly, 5/11/15, by First Samurai (2003) – Keiai Tokyo (2008) Read more »
Trace of Grace Scores Front-Running Victory in Plum Pretty
Penn National-based trainer Bernie Houghton brought two horses to run in Saturday’s $100,000 Plum Pretty Stakes at Parx Racing. The most prominent was 5-year-old Bound, who won last year’s Plum Pretty and captured the $121,000 Northern Fling at Presque Isle Downs this summer. Bound beat just one horse as the 5-2 second choice on Saturday, Read more »
PA-Breds Perform at the Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic Fall Yearling Sale
On October 4th at Timonium, breeders, bidders, and consigners alike gathered for the Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic fall yearling sale. This year, 267 yearlings sold for $6,356,600 – more than a million dollars more than last year’s gross receipts (Mitchell). The second highest-selling yearling was a PA-Bred by Uncle Mo, consigned by Darby Dan Farm, that sold for Read more »
PA Breeders Meet with Tedd Nesbit
PA Breeder Dick Wukich (middle) along with Carmen Shick (left) meet with House Representative Tedd Nesbit (right) in reference to Pennsylvania thoroughbred breeding issues. We thank Representative Nesbit for his continued interest in the breeding industry and for taking the time to meet with the breeders.