
Molly Rollins
Turf Writer at The Blood-Horse
@BloodHorse Turf Writer | Kentucky-based Racing Manager | Rutgers University Alumni
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1 week ago |
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
Grade 3 winner and dual grade 1-placed , a homebred for Bonnie Baskin and Adam Corndorf's Blue Heaven Farm, has been retired from racing. Corndorf told BloodHorse that they are currently "exploring options for Pyrenees so that he may begin his stallion career."After breaking his maiden in December 2023 as a 3-year-old, Pyrenees quickly ran through his conditions, capturing back-to-back allowance contests at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots and for trainer Cherie DeVaux.
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1 week ago |
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
A stakes winner from one mile to 1 1/2 miles, on turf and synthetic, and with more than $2.1 million in earnings, there isn't too much hasn't accomplished in his six seasons at the track. The venerable gelding, a crowd favorite with a need-the-lead mentality, returns to the races for his seventh year of racing as a battle-hardened 8-year-old in the CA$175,000 Eclipse Stakes (G2) May 31 at .
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1 week ago |
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
Following a three-race win streak at Gulfstream Park over the winter, Gary Barber's appeared to be the hottest 3-year-old in the turf division. However, the colt failed to capitalize on his Florida form in his two Kentucky outings, finishing 10th in s Transylvania Stakes (G2T) and fourth in the American Turf Classic (G1T) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day.
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1 week ago |
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
This column highlights the performances of 2- and 3-year-old maidens who have made no more than five starts and who either sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, have siblings that are graded/group winners, or have dams that are graded/group winners. BloodHorse research shows maiden winners, in particular, who meet these criteria are more likely to go on to be graded stakes winners.
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2 weeks ago |
bloodhorse.com | Molly Rollins
Gabriel Duignan had a smile a mile wide when he led his homebred into the winner's circle after the filly's explosive victory in the May 16 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course. A prominent figure across the Kentucky racing industry and a respected leader in both the sales ring and the breeding shed, there aren't too many times in Duignan's life when a horse running solely under his name has taken their picture at the graded level.
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