Del Mar, CA (July 17, 2019)-Give Me the Lute, a three-year-old son of Boisterous, graduated in a Cal-bred maiden special taking the Del Mar nightcap by over two lengths. Give Me the Lute is out of Steal the Lute, by Midnight Lute and he has started four times and has earned $54,751. He has the […]
Pleasanton, CA (July 6, 2019)-Sophomore filly A Lonna At the Top graduated from the maiden ranks with a driving finish to take a open maiden allowance at P-Town. The daughter of Old Topper and Luscious Lonna, by Benchmark now has earned $33,600 for owner breeder Jon Harris. The now pensioned Old Topper is the sire […]
Steve Andersen Cypress, CA (June 29, 2019)-Queen Bee to You, the only mare in a field of six, scored a nose win over 16-1 Tule Fog in Saturday’s $100,351 Bertrando Stakes for California-breds at Los Alamitos, giving trainer Andrew Lerner his first career stakes win. The victory came a week after Queen Bee to You […]
From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (June 23, 2019)–Winless in her five previous tries, Nick Alexander’s homebred Ruby Bradley, who was trying two turns on dirt for the first time, put in a determined stretch-long bid to prevail by a half length in Sunday’s $200,000 Melair Stakes at Santa Anita. Trained by Phil D’Amato and […]
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (June 22, 2019) – California stallion Old Topper has been retired from breeding and pensioned at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds. He is 24. The son of Gilded Time was a perennial leading sire in California, with 24 stakes winners and lifetime progeny earnings of more than $22 million. Old Topper’s leading earner is […]
Arcadia, CA (June 14, 2019)-Boisterous juvenile Next Flight finished third in his debut in late May and came back today to win a stretch battle in a $65,000 maiden special at Santa Anita. Bred by his owner Gary Barber, the gelding is out of Flight Service, by Henny Hughes and has now earned $46,800. California’s […]
Albany, CA (June 9, 2019)-Keeper Ofthe Stars broke a seventeen-year-old course record with her third win in a row, by cruising wire-to-wire in a Golden Gate Fields allowance event. She ran the mile and one sixteenth in 1:40.55. Scoring by two lengths, the Tommy Town Thoroughbred three-year-old filly is by Midnight Lute and out of […]
Albany, CA (June 8, 2019)-Prospicience made an impressive debut by cruising to a daylight win in a Golden Gate Fields maiden special. Prospicience is a three-year-old by Ministers Wild Cat out of Moonlight Tizzy (Cee’s Tizzy) and was bred by his owners Robert G.A. Jones & Stephen E. Post. He earned $23,400 for the win […]
by Steve Andersen ARCADIA, Calif. (May 26, 2019)–S Y Sky, proven in stakes for female turf sprinters this year, reverted to the form that launched her career in Sunday’s Grade 3 Monrovia Stakes at five furlongs on dirt at Santa Anita. S Y Sky won a stakes on the main track for the first time […]
Albany, CA (May 18, 2019)-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ Keeper Ofthe Stars dug in for an extra game win in a Golden Gate Fields allowance race by coming back on to snatch the win. The three-year-old filly has won two-in-a-row and also has three third place finishes in five career outings. She has now earned $55,800. Keeper […]