Destin surged to the lead off the far turn and then turned back a stretch challenge from Rafting to win the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) Saturday, Feb. 13 at Tampa Bay Downs. Click here for complete story and race video in Bloodhorse
WinStar Farm’s and Twin Creeks Racing’s multiple grade I winner Constitution has been retired to stud at WinStar for 2016. The son of Tapit will stand for a fee of $25,000 stands and nurses. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Constitution won the 2014 Florida Derby (gr. I) in just his third career start and returned at age 4 to …
Red Rifle will try to deny the Europeans of a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (I) The race is for three-year-olds and up going 1 1/2 miles on the turf. He has drawn post position 11 of 12 and will be ridden by Javier Castellano. The purse is $3,000,000, and approximate post time is 4:50 on Saturday. …
RED RIFLE, a Twin Creeks Farm home-bred, by Giant’s Causeway out of stakes winning mare May Night, is setting his sights on the Longines BC Turf running at Keeneland on October 31st. The Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf is run at 1 ½ miles on the grass course, for horses 3-years-old and older. The race attracts …
2nd-BEL, $75,000, Msw, 10-11, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.54, ft. DESTIN (c, 2, Giant’s Causeway–Dream of Summer {GISW, $1,191,150}, by Siberian Summer), a full-brother to 2011 GI Norfolk S. winner Creative Cause (GISW, $1,039,000), was sent off at 9-2 in this debut. The gray colt was away well and raced along the rail in a tightly bunched pack …
Constitution will try to resume his Multiple GI winning form on Saturday in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont. He has his regular rider, Javier Castellano, and will break from post position three. The Jockey Club Gold Cup is the biggest race of Belmont Park’s fall meet and is a “Win and You’re In” …
RED RIFLE gave a spectacular performance on Saturday in the $1,000,000 GI Sword Dancer finishing a strong second behind the leading European grass horse FLINTSHIRE in the 2nd fastest Sword Dancer on record with a final time of 2:23:77. Prior to the Sword Dancer, RED RIFLE won the G2 Bowling Green H. and the G3 …
Saratoga’s Sword Dancer Stakes (gr. IT)was pushed back from earlier in the meet to the stakes-packed Travers day program this year and has drawn a much better field than it has in years past. The 2015 renewal has an intriguing eight-horse field headed by Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ homebred Red Rifle. .Red Rifle, a 5-year-old Giant’s Causeway gelding, won …
Trainer Mark Casse visited the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred preferred yearling sale for the first time Aug. 16 and ended up signing the ticket for a $300,000 Speightstown filly on behalf of owner John Oxley. The filly, Hip 491, was consigned by Denali Stud, agent. She is out of theMedaglia d’Oro mare Glory Gold. “(Oxley) was here earlier …
Constitution continues to catch the eyes of horsemen, clockers and spectators as he glides across the Saratoga surface, with regular exercise rider Ezequiel Perez aboard, making the 5/8 work look like a walk in the park while others struggle over the deep surface. Constitution, winner of the 2014 GI Florida Derby and 2015 GI Donn …
