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Drexel Hill One Of Three Kentucky Oaks Hopefuls For Trainer Whit Beckman
In victory, the Whit Beckman trainee secured the maximum allotment of 50-25-15-10-5 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points on offer and joined stablemates Simply Joking and Her Laugh as top contenders for the 'Lilies for the Fillies' on the first Friday in May at Churchill Downs…{more}
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Determined Drexel Hill Proves Best In Busher
Legion Racing’s Drexel Hill showed an impressive turn of foot to capture her first stakes victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Busher (L), a one-turn mile for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack…{more}
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Hollygrove notches first stakes win with Valdale
Hollygrove and Joe Ramos found their way to the rail early in the Valdale, and the filly had her head in front through the opening quarter of 23.32 seconds, as the top four were lapped on one another…{more}
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Acclamation And Supremacy Share Top Lot Status At Orby Book 2
The Legion Bloodstock team have certainly provided a bit of colour to Goffs all week. Rarely spotted without a smile, the American buyers have clearly made the most of their trip to Ireland and followed up their Book 1 spend by adding the Supremacy filly to the haul... {more}
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Legion of Boom - Legion Bloodstock team bullish on New York-breds
Trio of Horsemen who combined forces a few years ago to start Legion Bloodstock and the group has been so successful buying prospective runners of late-with the assistance of a few New York-bred runners…{more}
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Nyquist Filly is Tuesday’s High Seller at Keeneland September Yearling Sale
A daughter of Nyquist sold for $375,000 to Legion Bloodstock, agent for Icon Racing, and recorded the highest price of Tuesday’s eighth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale... {more}
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Orby Q&A: Kristian Villante, Legion Bloodstock
There’s three of us: Kyle Zorn, Travis Durr and me. We’re a full service agency, buying the whole spectrum of weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds, horses in training and broodmares... {more}
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BH Interview: Bloodstock Agents on Fall Sales
In advance of the fall yearling sales, BloodHorse spoke with four bloodstock agents to ask them about their purchase plans, how they feel about the economic outlook, and which sires they are thinking about... {more}
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Mo Plex Stays Perfect With Gutsy Funny Cide Win
From the first crop of Complexity (by Maclean's Music), Mo Plex was a $45,000 OBS April 2-year-old purchase and is the first foal out of an unraced Uncle Mo dam… {more}
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Medaglia d'Oro Colt Papiamento Graduates Nicely at the Spa
Through Andrew Hudson of Hoolie Racing, the Kamps of Mooresville, N.C. connected with Legion Bloodstock, who selected Papiamento at OBS. Legion was the link to Beckman.
“He was a very athletic-looking horse, just like we always buy,” said Kristian Villante of Legion. “We bought him from Ciaran Dunne, and he really stood by the horse. That always means a lot to us.”… {more}
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Honor Marie, Mo Plex Headline Big Travers Weekend for Legion Bloodstock
The trio set out with some pretty high expectations for themselves when they formed Legion Bloodstock three years ago, but looking back now, they never could have predicted the initial success that their partnership has enjoyed... {more}
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Tricky Temper bests elders in $125K Union Avenue
Trainer Jeremiah Englehart celebrated his second stakes win of the Saratoga Race Course meet when sophomore filly Tricky Temper swept past the pacepressing favorite Leeloo with ease to capture Friday’s $125,000 Union Avenue Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up…. {more}
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Zorn, Legion Looking For More Success at Saratoga Sale
Among Legion's early claims to fame are grade 2 winner Honor Marie , who raced in the 2024 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes (G1), and Mo Plex , recent winner of the Sanford Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course. Both colts were purchased by Legion for less than $50,000... {more}
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NY-Bred Bellacose Romps in Saratoga Debut
Bellacose didn't need to draw on any aggressive reserves to romp to victory in her debut at Saratoga Race Course. In a maiden special weight against seven other New York-bred fillies, Bellacose made short work of her rivals, going to the lead under Manny Franco and never letting her rivals get within less than a length of her. She hit the wire 10 3/4 lengths in front… {more}
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No Catching Complexity's Mo Plex in Sanford Stakes
Mo Plex became the newest poster boy for the lucrative New York-bred breeding program with his front-running score in the $175,000 Sanford Stakes (G3) July 13 at Saratoga Race Course… {more}
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Keeneland September Yearling Sale Represented by Five Entrants in Belmont Stakes
Keeneland’s renowned September Yearling Sale produced five horses entered in the 156th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) Presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Post time for the 1¼-mile race, which was moved from Belmont Park to allow for the uninterrupted construction of its new facility... {more}
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Speightstown Filly Carlisle Bay Offers Convincing Win On Debut At Woodbine
CARLISLE BAY dominated R3 at Woodbine! The two-year-old Speightstown filly broke her maiden for trainer Barbara Minshall with Emma-Jayne Wilson in the irons…. {more}
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“Like the best vacation you've ever been on,” Ribbles soaking in the Derby Trail
They wanted to get involved in racing in a bigger way. That's when they got connected with the Legion Bloodstock team of Kyle Zorn, Travis Durr, Evan Ciannello and Kristian Villante.
“I think what was so cool about meeting them was that each of those guys provided something unique to the decision making and buying of the horses,” Ribble explained. “We put our complete trust in Legion because this part of it was so new to us.”… {more}
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Honor Marie Goes Last to First in Kentucky Jockey Club
His two-length victory in Saturday's race for 2-year-olds earned the son of Honor Code 10 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The second through fifth finishers also garnered points on a 5-3-2-1 basis toward the May 4 classic at the Louisville, Ky., track… {more}
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