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Royal Ascot Possible for Skybird After Lightning Win

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Leading representatives from Coolmore, Godolphin, and Yulong all fell to the wayside after 25-1 shot Skybird surged to a shock victory in the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (G1) Feb. 15.

Magnitude Vaults Onto Derby Trail With Risen Star Upset

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Hustled to the lead by Ben Curtis, Magnitude led from start to finish and scored by 9 3/4 lengths in the $500,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds.

Good Cheer Doesn't Miss a Beat in Rachel Alexandra

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Good Cheer sailed to her fifth straight victory, keeping her undefeated record intact, with a rousing performance in the $282,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Roll On Big Joe Rolls Home in Palos Verdes

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Roll On Big Joe scored a dominant four-length victory in the $100,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G3) Feb. 15 at Santa Anita Park to notch his first graded stakes win.

Hall of Fame, Taking Candy Win Grade 3s at Fair Grounds

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Hall of Fame ran to his looks and his $1.4 million sales price to capture the Mineshaft Stakes (G3) Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds.

Dazzling Move Digs Deep, Prevails in Royal Delta

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Dazzling Move's unwavering resolve paid off in the final furlong of the $150,000 Royal Delta Stakes (G3) as the filly gutted out a three-quarter-length victory over Grand Job Feb. 15 at Gulfstream Park.

Forecast High Winds Cancel Racing Feb. 16 at Aqueduct

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
The New York Racing Association canceled racing Feb. 16 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to forecast high winds associated with a strong winter storm expected to impact the New York City metropolitan area throughout the day.

Burnham Square Breezes for Fountain of Youth

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Whitham Thoroughbreds' Burnham Square breezed an easy half-mile at Palm Meadows Training Center Feb. 15 in preparation for a scheduled start in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) March 1 at Gulfstream Park.

Oaklawn Park Cancels Racing Due to Rainy Conditions

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Oaklawn Park canceled racing Feb. 15 following the fifth race after heavy rain fell at the Hot Springs, Ark., track and surrounding areas. Races 6-10 were left to be run on the program. 

First Resort Kicks Off 3-Year-Old Campaign in Battaglia

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
As a grade 2 winner last year with earnings of $338,671 in four starts, Godolphin's homebred First Resort brings an imposing résumé into the $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 22 at Turfway Park.

2002 BC Classic Winner Volponi Dies in Korea at Age 27

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Volponi, the upset winner of the 2002 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), died Feb. 14 in Korea, where he had a lengthy career at stud, according to Korea Racing Authority online records. He was 27.

Baeza Could Join KY Derby Trail After Maiden Romp

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
It's likely on to the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail for Baeza after the half brother to classic winners Dornoch and Mage rolled to a 4 3/4-length victory Feb. 14 at Santa Anita Park.

Qatar's Top Feb. 15 Program Scrapped Due to Unsafe Turf

Blood-Horse - Sun, 2025-02-16 13:10
Qatar's flagship international meeting at Al Rayyan Racecourse was abandoned due to unsafe conditions on the turf course. With racing moved to Al Uqda Feb. 16, Rebel's Romance, the big favorite in the H. H. The Amir Trophy (G3), has been withdrawn.

Sheriff Bianco upsets snowy Say Florida Sandy

New York Thoroughbred Breeders - Sat, 2025-02-15 15:12

Sheriff Bianco rolls to his first stakes victory at 14-1 in Saturday’s Say Florida Sandy at Aqueduct. Coglianese Photo.

Sheriff Bianco returned on seven days’ rest and ended a 21-race losing skid with a victory through light snowflakes in Saturday’s $125,000 Say Florida Sandy Stakes at Aqueduct.

The 7-year-old Speightster gelding came away with his first stakes victory in the 7-furlong Say Florida Sandy, upsetting his five rivals at 14-1 under Ruben Silvera. Owned by A Bianco Holding Limited and trained by Linda Rice, Sheriff Bianco finished third last Saturday in an open-company 7-furlong allowance-optional at Aqueduct.

“He loves 7 furlongs,” said of Sheriff Bianco, who improved to 1-2-1 in six starts at the distance. “It is a New York-bred, 7-furlong [stakes] and frankly, I’ve had the horse quite a while, and here and there it has looked like he’s tailed off at times.

“We’ve given him a few breaks and I ran him for a claiming price last time out. I was pretty happy with that performance, I thought it was an uptick in his performances, and because of that I said, ‘let’s give him a shot in the New York-bred stakes because seven-eighths is probably his sweet spot.’ ”

Sent off as the second longest shot on the board at 14-1, Sheriff Bianco raced fourth early as Mama’s Gold set the pace ahead of Shipsational and Doc Sullivan through the opening quarter-mile in :23.64.

Mama’s Gold continued to lead around the far turn with Shipsational ramping up the pressure approaching the half-mile split in :46.90. Mama’s Gold still led into the lane before Shipsational took over outside the eighth pole, past 6 furlongs in 1:11.80 under Eric Cancel.

Silvera kept Sheriff Bianco in the clear through the lane and the gelding rolled past Shipsational at the sixteenth pole. He widened his advantage from there, winning by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:24.94.

“I tried to follow the instructions and [Rice] told me, ‘stay behind the speed, comfortable,’ ” Silvera said. “I had a perfect trip and I come behind the speed waiting for the stretch. I tried switching the lead two times, but he never switched. I tried hard in the end and he won.”

Shipsational held second, three-quarters of a length in front of Doc Sullivan. Locke and Key, Mama’s Gold and Whittington Park completed the field.

Sheriff Bianco earned $68,750 for his first stakes victory and improved to 7-for-41 in his career with 23 placings and earnings of $811,863. Seven of those placings came in stakes, including a third three starts back in the Alex M. Robb and a runner-up effort in the 2023 Empire Classic Stakes on Empire Showcase Day.

Rice said Sheriff Bianco could return in the $125,000 Haynesfield for older New York-breds April 6 at Aqueduct.

“He’s good at one turn, whether it be 6 [furlongs] to a mile, it is really where he wants to be,” she said. “He’s even run well at a mile and an eighth at times. The seven-eighths is probably his best spot, but I would assume we will go to the Haynesfield next.”

Bred by SF Bloodstock LLC, Sheriff Bianco is the fourth foal out of the Perfect Soul mare Summer Rules. A half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Peace Rules, Summer Rules is also the dam of stakes winner Never Gone South, a four-time winner an earner of $244,135; and Sister’s Duty, an earner of $79,213.

Summer Rules is also the dam of Nelson Gate, an unraced 3-year-old gelding by Kitten’s Joy who sold for $30,000 to Christophe Clement, agent, at the 2023 Keeneland September yearling sale. Nelson Gate has turned in three breezes this winter at Payson Park Training Center, including a 3-furlong drill in :38.60 February 10.

SF Bloodstock also bred a colt by Quality Road out of Summer Rules that sold as a weanling for $375,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall mixed sale. Summer Rules returned to Quality Road for the 2024 season.

The post Sheriff Bianco upsets snowy Say Florida Sandy appeared first on New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. News.

TTA Rolls Out Incentive Program at Sam Houston

Blood-Horse - Sat, 2025-02-15 13:10
The Texas Thoroughbred Association is pleased to roll out a new program for the current meet at Sam Houston Race Park designed to reward the hardworking horses that compete in allowance and claiming races.

Country Grammer's First Foal is a New York-Bred Colt

Blood-Horse - Sat, 2025-02-15 13:10
WinStar Farm's multiple grade 1 winner Country Grammer sired his first reported foal Feb. 1 when a colt out of the Bernardini mare Bernarda was born at River Valley Stock Farm in New York.

Rebel's Romance Looks to Repeat in Amir Trophy

Blood-Horse - Sat, 2025-02-15 13:10
Godolphin's globe-trotting champion Rebel's Romance kicks off his 2025 campaign Feb. 15 when he seeks a second consecutive victory in the H H The Amir Trophy (G3) in Qatar.

Record $20 Million Awarded to Kentucky Breeders in 2024

Blood-Horse - Sat, 2025-02-15 13:10
The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation announces a record $20 million in awards is on the way to breeders participating in the Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders' Incentive Fund program.

Classic-Winning Trainer Houghton Dies at 84

Blood-Horse - Sat, 2025-02-15 13:10
Classic-winning former trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton has died at the age of 84.

First Foal for Country Grammer is a Colt

Thoroughbred Daily News - Fri, 2025-02-14 13:12

Multiple Group/Grade I-winner Country Grammer (Tonalist) was represented by his first reported foal, a colt born in early February, at River Valley Stock Farm in New York, WinStar Farm announced via press release.

Out of Bernarda (Bernardini), an unplaced daughter of Listed winner and Grade I-placed Nakano (First Samurai), the colt was bred by Scott and Debbie Pierce, who also bred Country Grammer. The dam's most recent to the races is a placed 2-year-old named Low Key (Bolt d'Oro). Bernarda is the distant female family of MGSW Carson City (My. Prospector) and GSW & GISP General Meeting (Seattle Slew).

“We are very impressed with our Country Grammer colt,” said Dr. Scott Pierce. “He is quite attractive, correct, and has a great shoulder and hip. He is very athletic like his sire. We couldn't be any happier with our first Country Grammer foal.”

The son of Tonalist is the third-leading North American-based earner of all time having won or placed in 10 graded/group races. He was a runner-up in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the G1 Saudi Cup in addition to claiming the 2022 running of the G1 Dubai World Cup. His career total amassed to $14,921,320 with only the late Arrogate, and Gun Runner having earned more in North America.

Country Grammer stands at WinStar Farm for $5,000 S&N in 2025.

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