DRF | 3 years ago
Knicks Go and Harpers First Ride finished their respective 2020 seasons with momentum. They will look to keep up that momentum for their sire Paynter – a top 20 North American sire for the season – when they start in Saturday's Grade 1, $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park.
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Awesome Again’s stamina on display with Sir Winston
DRF | 5 years ago
Sir Winston's Belmont Stakes victory was an awesome result for his sire … again. Sir Winston became the second American classic winner sired by Awesome Again, a homebred for Frank Stronach's Adena Springs operation.
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Small-time breeders score big with Knicks Go
DRF | 5 years ago
Knicks Go sprang a $142 upset when winning the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland to earn his way into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Not only was the colt a massive longshot on the odds board – the odds of his breeders producing a Grade 1 winner may have been just as long.
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Orb, Shanghai Bobby take competition to Keeneland sales ring
DRF | 8 years ago
Orb and Shanghai Bobby are lighting up the board in tandem with their first crops of yearlings and will be among the major players at the Keeneland September yearling sale, which begins Sept. 12. Orb and Shanghai Bobby's strong early commercial results lead the way for a solid, sizeable group of first-year yearling sires who were quite accomplished on the racetrack.
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Zayat Stable Engages Investment Bank To Expand, Enter Veterinary Services Sector
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Zayat Stables, which campaigned 2015 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year American Pharoah and won Eclipse Awards as outstanding owner and breeder of the year, has engaged an investment banker...
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Social media helping to tell American Pharoah’s tale
DRF | 9 years ago
As of the first quarter of 2015, Twitter averaged 236 million monthly users; Facebook, which predates it by about two years, has 1.44 billion. That populace, of course, includes a solid segment of racing connections who share updates on their stables, racing media using the tools to disseminate information, and fans sharing their racetrack experiences.
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Six finalists for Secretariat Vox Populi Award announced
DRF | 10 years ago
Six horses, including last year’s winner, have been nominated for the 2013 Secretariat Vox Populi Award, which was instituted four years ago by the owners of Secretariat to “recognize the racehorse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the public,” the organizers of the award have announced.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: Opening furlong might determine winner
DRF | 10 years ago
They’re putting the band back together! Five of the runners from last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, including the top four finishers, have returned for this year’s running Saturday at Santa Anita. What with $5 million in prize money up for grabs, they’ll be on a mission.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: Baffert’s pair of Game on Dude, Paynter ready to go
DRF | 10 years ago
Their paths to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic could not have been more different, but both Game On Dude and Paynter indicated they are set for their absolute best on Saturday at Santa Anita with sharp final workouts here Monday morning.
It was a busy day for Classic preparation, because Fort Larned, last year’s winner, worked at Churchill Downs in advance of his flight to California on Tuesday.
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Santa Anita: Paynter works for Breeders’ Cup Classic
DRF | 10 years ago
Paynter, preparing for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita, worked in company Monday, but heavy fog obscured all but the final half-furlong of the drill, so track clockers said they were unable to give him an official time.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic: Paynter tunes up at Santa Anita
DRF | 10 years ago
Paynter, in his first work since finishing a distant second to Mucho Macho Man in the Awesome Again Stakes on Sept. 28, went five furlongs Monday morning at Santa Anita, a drill that left trainer Bob Baffert upbeat. Paynter is scheduled to join stablemate Game On Dude in the gate for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.
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Awesome Again Stakes: Mucho Macho Man wins impressively
DRF | 10 years ago
Mucho Macho Man might not be based in California, but he sure likes it here. Second in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, Mucho Macho Man served notice that he will be formidable in that race again this year with an emphatic, 4 1/4-length victory Saturday in the Grade 1, $250,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita.
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Santa Anita: Awesome Again pivotal race for Paynter
DRF | 10 years ago
Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Awesome Again will determine whether Paynter gets a chance to complete his remarkable story with a Breeders’ Cup Classic bid here at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, or has to aim for lesser prizes.
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Del Mar notes: Paynter targets Awesome Again Stakes
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, who finished a well-beaten last of five as the favorite in Saturday’s $735,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga, will start in the $250,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 28, trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday.
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Steven Crist’s Saratoga graded stakes analysis: Woodward
DRF | 11 years ago
A plausible case can be made for anyone (except maybe Alpha) in Saturday’s six-horse Woodward, a strong race that would have been even stronger had the last two Whitney winners, Cross Traffic and Fort Larned, not been withdrawn to await the Jockey Club Gold Cup in four weeks.
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Saratoga: Woodward, drained of some speed, may see Paynter up front early
DRF | 11 years ago
After the defections of Cross Traffic on Wednesday and Fort Larned on Thursday, Saturday’s Woodward at Saratoga is left with six starters, and a whole new pace dynamic, one that could compromise the closers.
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Fort Larned out of Woodward: Paynter Made Favorite
Michael Compton | 11 years ago
Fort Larned, among the favorites for Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward at Saratoga Race Course, will be scratched from the race, said trainer Ian Wilkes. “He worked great Monday morning and jogged and walked fine Tuesday and Wednesday,” the trainer said of Fort Larned, most recently fifth in the Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap. “This [...](Read more...)
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Del Mar notes: Paynter can give Zayat great birthday gift in Woodward
DRF | 11 years ago
A year ago on Aug. 31, owner Ahmed Zayat celebrated his 50th birthday, and though a surprise party was thrown for him, he wasn’t fully into the moment, his mind wandering to what he had seen earlier that morning at Saratoga, where he visited a very, very ill Paynter.
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Del Mar: Paynter, Fed Biz work together
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, second in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap on July 27, worked six furlongs in 1:13.40 on Thursday for a late August stakes at Del Mar or Saratoga.
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Saratoga: Woodward likely to draw top horses from Whitney
DRF | 11 years ago
Ian Wilkes, the trainer of beaten Whitney Invitational favorite Fort Larned, believes that if you ran the same horses back a month from now, there would be a different winner.
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Del Mar: Kettle Corn, Paynter could get rematch in Pacific Classic
DRF | 11 years ago
Kettle Corn and Paynter, the first two finishers of Saturday’s Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, might have a rematch in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 25.
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Del Mar: Kettle Corn foils Paynter in deep stretch of San Diego
DRF | 11 years ago
Kettle Corn, a 6-year-old who has often been overshadowed by his rival Game On Dude in the last 18 months, won the biggest race of his career in Saturday’s $200,250 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, catching the heavily favored, and sentimental choice, Paynter in the final furlong.
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Del Mar: Paynter story begins new chapter in San Diego
DRF | 11 years ago
Last fall, when Paynter was battling laminitis and colitis, starting him in a race such as Saturday’s $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, seemed like a daydream gone astray.
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Paynter’s return a year in the making
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter defied the odds with his victorious return to the races June 14. His next start, in Saturday's San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, marks almost one year since he began his unlikely road from convalescence to the racetrack.
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Del Mar notes: Paynter set for stakes 2013 debut in Grade 2 San Diego
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter was pronounced fit for his 2013 stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 San Diego Handicap by trainer Bob Baffert after working five furlongs in 59.40 seconds at Del Mar on Sunday morning.
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Del Mar: Baffert works big guns Midnight Lucky, Paynter
DRF | 11 years ago
Led by Midnight Lucky and Paynter, trainer Bob Baffert worked a number of his stable stars at Del Mar on Monday morning for potential starts both here and on the East Coast.
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Paynter possible for San Diego at Del Mar next out
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, winner of the 2012 Haskell Invitational who made a successful return to racing last month after battling colitis and laminitis last summer and fall, may start in the $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on July 27.
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Hollywood Park: Triple Bend comes too soon for Paynter
DRF | 11 years ago
Trainer Bob Baffert said Paynter will not run in the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap over seven furlongs on June 29 because the race is only 15 days since the 4-year-old’s return to racing.
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Dick Jerardi: Put Goldencents, Vyjack on horses to watch list
DRF | 11 years ago
Goldencents and Vyjack did not fire in their first races since a fast Kentucky Derby pace blew up anything close to it and set it up for a group of horses who have not win since the Derby. But I do have both on my watch list. They deserve another chance.
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Personal Attacks Don’t Solve Mystery of Baffert Horses
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 11 years ago
“My name’s Ray, and I’m an addict.” I don’t know how many hundred times I’ve said that since I began going to 12-Step meetings in 2004, the year I spent 14 days at a rehabilitation hospital for a...
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Hollywood Park: Paynter fires 114 Beyer Speed Figure in return
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter’s thrilling comeback win in an allowance race at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday was more than a brilliant performance. It was very fast, too.
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Paynter Impressive in Comeback Score at Hollywood Park
Michael Compton | 11 years ago
Making his long-awaited return to the races after surviving serious health issues, Paynter crushed an allowance field at Betfair Hollywood Park on June 14. With Ahmed and Justin Zayat in attendance, Paynter proved an easy winner in his 4-year-old debut, defeating Majestic City and six others. Sidelined due to several serious health issues – including [...](Read more...)
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Hollywood Park: Paynter wins comeback with ease
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, one of the top 3-year-olds of 2012 who was seriously ill last summer and fall with colitis and laminitis, scored an emphatic victory in his comeback race at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday.
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Paynter Makes Return Friday at Betfair Hollywood Park
Michael Compton | 11 years ago
Paynter, winner of the Haskell Invitational and runner-up in the Belmont Stakes in 2012, is scheduled to make his first start as a 4-year-old Friday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert for owner Ahmed Zayat, the son of Awesome Again and the Cee’s Tizzy mare Tizso has been away since [...](Read more...)
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Hollywood Park: Paynter continues remarkable comeback in Friday allowance race
DRF | 11 years ago
Friday at Betfair Hollywood Park, Paynter makes his first start since winning the 2012 Haskell in a $62,000 allowance race over seven furlongs.
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Hollywood Park: Paynter to make highly anticipated return Friday
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, who won the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational last July and then fought through severe bouts with colic and laminitis, has been entered in a $62,000 allowance race at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday.
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Hollywood Park notes: Paynter puts in strong work
DRF | 11 years ago
Paynter, winner of the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational last August who later survived a bout with laminitis, is nearing a comeback. Friday, the 4-year-old Paynter worked six furlongs in 1:12.60 at Hollywood Park.
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Paynter, Haskell winner, works for return
DRF | 11 years ago
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Paynter, who was seriously ill last fall with colitis and laminitis, moved closer to a comeback with a three-furlong workout in 36.20 seconds at Hollywood Park on Friday.
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Santa Anita notes: Paynter close to comeback race
DRF | 11 years ago
Steve Andersen
Paynter, the 4-year-old colt who won the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational last August and then survived a severe bout with laminitis last summer and fall, is nearing a comeback race.
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Santa Anita: Paynter among top runners readying for comeback races
DRF | 11 years ago
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Barbara D. LivingstonPaynter, seriously ill after winning last year's Haskell, has worked out three times in recent weeks fo...
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Santa Anita: Paynter doing well after breeze
DRF | 11 years ago
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Shigeki KikkawaPaynter breezed three furlongs in 36 seconds Tuesday.Paynter, the winner of the Haskell Invitational last ...
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Santa Anita: Lady Asano to make her stakes debut in Las Virgenes
DRF | 11 years ago
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Shigeki KikkawaLady Asano, claimed for $75,000, will make her stakes debut Saturday.ARCADIA, Calif. – Lady Asano wa...
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Paynter has first workout since recovery
DRF | 11 years ago
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Barbara D. LivingstonPaynter worked three furlongs in 36 seconds at Santa Anita on Tuesday.In his first workout since taking...
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Santa Anita: Paynter resumes training following life-threatening illness
DRF | 11 years ago
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Barbara D. LivingstonPaynter jogged at Santa Anita on Saturday morning for trainer Bob Baffert.ARCADIA, Calif. – Paynt...
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Santa Anita: Paynter back in Baffert’s barn
DRF | 11 years ago
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Nikki Sherman PhotographyPaynter, who survived a two-month battle with colitis and laminitis, has returned to Bob Baffert...
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Paynter gaining weight, continues to improve
DRF | 11 years ago
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Barbara D. LivingstonPaynter has gained 17 pounds in the last week and now weighs 938.Paynter, Ahmed Zayat’s H...
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Paynter leaving New Bolton for rehab facility
DRF | 11 years ago
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Barbara D. LivingstonOn Friday, Paynter's owner, Ahmed Zayat, tweeted: "Paynter has beaten colitis, laminitis, and a...
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Veterinarians pleased with Paynter’s progress after surgery
DRF | 11 years ago
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New Bolton Center veterinarians treating Haskell winner Paynter are pleased with the colt’s progress after sur...
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