Summer Wind Equine

Remsen Champ Paladin Will Point To Risen Star In New Orleans

Paladin (Gun Runner), the winner of the GII Remsen Stakes at the Big A Dec. 6, will according to his trainer Chad Brown point to the Feb. 14 running of the GII Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, which is tabbed as a GI Kentucky Derby qualifier offering 50-25-15-10-5 points to the top five finishers. The $1.9-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling purchase, owned by Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith, Peter Brant, Brook T. Smith and Summer Wind Equine, broke his maiden on debut in Ozone Park Oct....

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The sire Not This Time
Saturday Insights: Summer Wind Homebred Hunts For Maiden Success At Aqueduct

4th-AQU, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:10 p.m. ET. Jane Lyon bred and plans to race ROYAL QUEST (Not This Time), who sets sail on his maiden voyage for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The colt is out of $2.1-million Summer Wind Keeneland November buy & SW For Royalty (Not For Love). The mare--responsible for GI La Brea Stakes winner Constellation (Bellamy Road) and MSW Truth Seeker (Into Mischief)--is herself a half-sister to GII Chilukki Stakes champ Kiss To Remember (Big Brown). Digging a little deeper into this first-time...

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Gun Runner's Paladin Elevated to First Out Win at Belmont Big A

5th-Belmont The Big A, $85,000, Msw, 10-17, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.11, ft, 5 1/4 lengths. PALADIN (c, 2, Gun Runner--Secret Sigh, by Tapit) scored his first career win here, albeit not in a way his connections likely believed he would after Renegade (Into Mischief)--first across the line--was disqualified to second. The even-money favorite for this unveiling, Paladin was never far from the front as he pushed Credit History (Nyquist) through an opening quarter in :23.20 and a half in :46.48. Asked to take command passing the half-mile, he had a slim...

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Friday's Racing Insight: Pricey Paladin Knighted For Unveiling Around One Turn At Big A

5th-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 3:21 p.m. ET. Bred by Summer Wind, PALADIN (Gun Runner) easily was knighted as a top-twelve price during the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale when the chestnut was hammered down for $1.9-million. The ownership group of Mrs. John Magnier, Peter Brant, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Brook Smith and Jane Lyon, who stayed in for a piece, sent the colt to trainer Chad Brown. Out of unraced Secret Sigh (Tapit), the first-time starter is a half-brother to a colt by Into Mischief--taken home by Case...

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Cash Asmussen Signs Ticket on $1.4 Not This Time Colt at KEESEP

Standing out in the back of Keeneland's pavilion, agent Cash Asmussen signed the ticket on a colt by Not This Time at the second Book 2 session of the September sale. Acting on behalf of Texan Richard Drake, the former European champion rider extended to $1.4 million for the Taylor Made Sales consigned colt. The first foal out of the Tapit mare Definitive, hip 1066 was bred Summer Wind Equine.

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Uncle Mo's Emergence Dominates in Gulfstream Debut

5th-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 2-1, 3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:42.82, ft, 3 1/4 lengths. EMERGENCE (c, 3, Uncle Mo--Belle Watling, by Pulpit), let go at 7-1, was shuffled back in traffic into the first turn and settled near the back of the pack down the backstretch. The dark bay colt began inching closer nearing the far turn, rolled up three wide into the stretch and bound to the lead before drawing clear to graduate by 3 1/4 lengths. Daham (American Pharoah) was second. Emergence, a $475,000 KEESEP yearling, is a half-brother...

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Flight Of Fancy, Half To Flightline, Breaks Her Maiden At Tampa

8th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, f, 1m 40y, 1:40.67, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. FLIGHT OF FANCY (f, 3, Into Mischief--Feathered {GSW & MGISP, $577,474}, by Indian Charlie), the half-sister to 'TDN Rising Star' Flightline (Tapit), Horse Of The Year, Ch. Older Dirt Male, MGISW, $4,514,800, broke her maiden second time out at Tampa Bay Downs Friday, holding off gutsy Klaravich Stables first-time starter Holding Company (Curlin). A Summer Wind Equine homebred, the 3-year-old filly was second on debut going six furlongs at Tampa Dec. 7. Stretched out to...

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Saturday's Racing Insight: Flightline's Lil Sis Debuts At Tampa

4th-TAM, $53K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f , 2:13 p.m. ET. FLIGHT OF FANCY (Into Mischief) is set for her unveiling under the care of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Summer Wind Equine bred the filly, who is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit). Both are out of GSW Feathered (Indian Charlie). This dam was acquired by Jane Lyon for $2.35 million at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale while Good On Paper (War Front) was in-utero. Flight of Fancy's third dam is MGISW Finder's Fee (Storm Cat)....

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Authentic's Kalea Bay Strolls Home to Break Maiden

2nd-Santa Anita, $54,500, Msw, 9-28, 2yo, 6f, 1:09.67, ft, 8 1/2 lengths. KALEA BAY (c, 2, Authentic--For Royalty {SW}, by Not For Love), who had placed in a pair of Del Mar maidens this summer, made it third time lucky under Flavien Prat here. Despite bumping with Smartier (Liam's Map) in the initial strides, the prohibitive 3-10 favorite in the field of six assumed command and set demanding fractions of :21.63 and :44.45 while unchallenged. Given his cue turning for home, he opened up his advantage over his toiling rivals...

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Saturday Insights: Not This Time Colt Makes Turf Debut On Travers Undercard

6th-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 3:05 p.m. ET. Repole Stable and Spendthrift went in to purchase for $725,000 CHANTICLEER (Not This Time) during Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Yearling Sale before sending him to Todd Pletcher. The chestnut is out of Speightstastic (Speightstown), whose own dam MSW Cherokee Jewel (Cherokee Run) foaled her older full-sister MSW Bayerd. TJCIS PPS 9th-ELP, $71K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 4:48 p.m. ET. Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Equine acquired Greer Lynn (Speightstown) for $750,000 during Keeneland November while Greer's Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) was in-utero. Set for his unveiling...

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Gun Runner Colt Takes The Early Lead at Saratoga

Hip 146, a colt by boom sire Gun Runner bred on a cross over Tapit mares that has proved a rich source of high-class runners, was hammered down to Coolmore and Peter Brant for $1.9 million to skip to the head of class during the first hour of trade during Tuesday's second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. The Feb. 27 foal was consigned by Lane's End on behalf of the colt's breeder, Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Equine, and hails from one of her best families. Hip 146 is out...

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Curlin's Eagles Flight As Advertised, Becomes a 'Rising Star'

Being a half-brother to undefeated Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit, Horse of the Year, Ch. Older Dirt Male, MGISW, $4,514,800), the expectations were naturally high and the pressure certainly on, and Hronis Racing, Summer Wind Equine and William S. Farish's Eagles Flight (c, 3, Curlin--Feathered, by Indian Charlie) proved equal to the task, overcoming something of a tricky trip to join Flightline as 'TDN Rising Stars.' Beyond the obvious pedigree appeal, Eagles Flight had displayed plenty of ability in the mornings, with three consecutive black-letter works heading into the...

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