Doubles Partner prevails in Canadian Turf
By MICHAEL COMPTON WinStar Farm’s Doubles Partner, under a well-timed ride by Julien Leparoux, rolled through the stretch of Saturday’s Canadian Turf Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park to win the $150,000,...
View ArticleGemologist Returns in Style
Gemologist returned to the races in style on Friday, coming off a 3 ½-month layoff to post a seven-length victory in an $80,000 allowance race at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old son of Tiznow, who had...
View ArticleWood Memorial Next for Gemologist
WinStar Farm’s undefeated Gemologist is headed to Aqueduct for next month’s $1 million Wood Memorial (G1), trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed by phone to NYRA officials on Wednesday morning. Also...
View ArticleGemologist Remains Perfect in Wood Memorial
WinStar Farm’s Gemologist kept his perfect record intact on Saturday winning the 88th running of the Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct. The son of Tiznow charged to the front at the head of the...
View ArticleGemologist Ships Back to Florida
Undefeated Wood Memorial (G1) winner Gemologist departed Belmont Park first thing Sunday morning en route back to Palm Meadows in Boynton Beach, Fl. Trainer Todd Pletcher said that WinStar Farm’s son...
View ArticleGemologist Carries WinStar’s Hopes in Kentucky Derby 138
The connections of WinStar Farm know what it’s like to stand in the winner’s circle following a Kentucky Derby. WinStar’s colors were carried across the wire first in the Run for the Roses by Super...
View ArticleEl Padrino and Gemologist Get Feel For Track at Churchill Downs
Todd Pletcher’s Florida-based Kentucky Derby entrants El Padrino and Gemologist arrived in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday and visited the track on Wednesday. “We’ve had a very successful winter training...
View ArticleGemologist Returns to Work Tab: Jim Dandy Next Target
WinStar Farm’s Gemologist on Sunday posted his first workout since his 16th-place finish in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 5. The winner of the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino New York City Wood...
View ArticleBodemeister to Stand at WinStar at Conclusion of Racing Career
Leading three-year-old Bodemeister will stand stud at WinStar Farm in Kentucky at the conclusion of his racing career, it was announced on Thursday. A brilliant winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1) and a...
View ArticleNurse Mares: Four-Legged Mary Poppins to the Rescue
When veterinarians discovered a bacterial infection following exploratory abdominal surgery on champion race mare Rachel Alexandra, her 2013 Bernardini filly was immediately transferred to a nurse… [[...
View ArticleCommissioner Gets Top Billing in Early-Season 3-Year-Old Race
It was only an entry-level allowance/optional claiming race with a purse less than $50,000, but a couple of horses in Friday’s ninth at Gulfstream Park in sunny Florida managed to warm the soul on a…...
View ArticleRethinking Early Training for Thoroughbreds: Incorporating Natural Horsemanship
Even in Nashville, Tenn., there are certain places you just don’t expect to see cowboys, and the annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners might normally be one of them…. [[...
View Article‘He Lied Like Nobody’s Business’: A Racing Con Man and His Trail of Deception
Five months ago, Jonathan Pippin was living large. A small-time Ohio grifter who had convinced a handful of Twitter followers to invest in horses he didn’t own, Pippin had been working for months at…...
View ArticleBlame to Take Over Breeders’ Cup Twitter Account on #StallionSaturday
Haven’t you always wanted to ask 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Blame if maybe he felt just a little bit guilty for handing the popular mare Zenyatta the first and only defeat of her 20-race… [[...
View ArticleTake Two: Jockey Club, TOBA’s Transparency Program Gets Failing Grade
Whatever happened to transparency and the publication of veterinary records for Kentucky Derby starters and other graded stakes runners? The Jockey Club and Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders… [[ This is...
View ArticleChina Horse Club Spends $4 Million At Keeneland September In Its Quest For...
One of the newer buying interests at this year’s Keeneland September yearling sale was China Horse Club, which came back for a second time after first appearing last year. At the 2015 September sale,…...
View ArticlePaulick Report 9/30 News Minute
The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn’t stop after you’ve had your morning coffee. Each weekday afternoon, the…...
View ArticlePaulick Report 10/10 News Minute
The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn’t stop after you’ve had your morning coffee. Each weekday afternoon, the…...
View ArticleThere Is Life After A Horse’s 3-Year-Old Season: More Owners Should Try It
What made 2016 so memorable for racing fans? With all due respect to the connections of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, Preakness winner Exaggerator and Belmont winner Creator – it wasn’t the Triple… [[...
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