Weekend update!
After all of the GI winning fireworks of previous weekends, this weekend is a little on the sedate side, with no stake race performers, but runners scattered far and wide nonetheless.
After all of the GI winning fireworks of previous weekends, this weekend is a little on the sedate side, with no stake race performers, but runners scattered far and wide nonetheless.
Wow!
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! What a long and wonderful weekend this has been! On Saturday, the admirable and brilliant Zipessa finally got the big win she’s long deserved with a fine victory for owners Empyrean Stables in the GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland…
Few horses in training are as tough, and honest, and consistent as the Stidham stable flag-bearer Zipessa, and tomorrow, she’s aiming for the top once again as one of seven scheduled to line up in the $400,000 GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland.
The summer meet at Suffolk Downs this year ended with none other than Mike Stidham at the head of affairs in the race for the trainer’s title, with eight wins on the board and $195,925 in the kitty!
Mike Stidham sends out a brace of runners in tomorrow’s GIII Commonwealth Oaks presented by the Virginia Equine Alliance and the Virginia HBPA at Laurel Park – just part of a weekend chock full of stable action!
Hill ‘N Dale Farm’s Our Bruce made sure the Stidham stable didn’t finish the week empty handed, with a nice win at Arlington yesterday.
The Stidham stable enjoyed a nice double over the weekend, including a potentially exciting future performer for the Godolphin stable.
For fans of the Stidham stable, you’ll find more stakes here with us tomorrow than at a National Cattleman’s Association BBQ in Jackson, Mississippi!
Apologies from everyone at Stidham racing for this belated update, but here we are, finally, with a roundup of last weekend’s action, and a look at the Stidham runners today and tomorrow…
Entered up to run last week in a race that was eventually shelved, Zipessa finally gets to stretch her legs tomorrow in the $350,000 GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes at Kentucky Downs.
And the winners keep on coming! Phew – what an amazing couple of days for the Stidham stable, with four winners in two days!
Before we get down to business here at Stidham racing, we would like to point out, once again, just how proud we are of assistant Hilary Pridham’s recent nomination in the second annual North American edition of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards!
This summer, the Stidham stable has been cooking on gas, and the white hot form of the stable doesn’t look like letting up any time soon, judging by recent results!
With so much Stidham stable news to catch up on, I’m not going to beat around the bush for once! Let’s start with the winners.
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The Stidham stable is busy, busy, busy this weekend, with a hat-full of runners spread between Arlington, and Monmouth and Delaware Parks.
Pradeep Padmanabhan’s Celtic Gold showcased her tremendous resolve under pressure with a tough-as-nails winning performance at Arlington Sunday.
It’s Arlington’s biggest weekend of the year, and the Stidham stable is firing three stake-race shots across the bow as part of the thrilling action!
This past weekend proved yet another fine one for the stable, with an amazing four-timer Saturday, topped by Jockamo’s Song’s unforgettable victory in the $50,000 Louisiana Cup Sprint Stakes at Louisiana Downs.
After a relatively quiet week, the fireworks this weekend erupt at the Stidham racing camp, with a slew of big race runners all over the joint!
After months of what seems like non-stop action, this week is proving to be an unusually quiet one for the Stidham stable.
There may not be any stake race involvement for fans of the Stidham stable to enjoy this weekend, but there’s still a whole lot of stable action at racetracks all over the joint.
Payson Stud’s Sweetbaby won her second career race over the weekend, under a nicely judged ride by jockey Christopher Emigh.
Today we see Proforma line up at Laurel Park in the $75,000 Concern Stakes. But before we dig into his chances, let’s talk about the stable’s two fine victories at Arlington earlier in the week!
The Stidham stable has a busy ol’ week ahead of it, with runners all over the country.
As part of a good week for the Stidham barn, Robert Evans’ No Interest claimed her second career victory yesterday at Monmouth Park, under a well-judged ride by jockey Joe Bravo.
The dust has settled on yet another unforgettable weekend for the Stidham stable, with stake race glory coming amid a flurry of fine performances!
Here at Stidham racing, we realize we’ve been neglecting our many, many fans – no update for a week! But with so much great stable news having happened during that period, let’s promptly make up for lost time.
Good Stuff Stables’ Harv Won’t Tap broke his maiden at Delaware Park yesterday in rare fashion, continuing the super run of stable form.
DARRS Inc’s Proforma made it three wins out of five over the weekend, with a power packed display in the $60,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth on Saturday.
Tomorrow at Laurel and Monmouth Parks, the Stidham stable fires off a couple of flaming stake race arrows in the shape of Rapid Rhythm and Proforma.
The Stidham stable enjoyed a nice winner yesterday when DARRS, Inc. and Beatson Stable’s Hardwin rallied to an easy victory at Delaware Park!
The Stidham stable is proving quite the Bridesmaid this week, with a string of second place finishes…
Hill ‘N Dale Farm enjoyed a nice winner over the weekend, when Applesolutely True scored at Arlington in tenacious fashion on Saturday.
Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen, it’s gonna be a busy ol’ few days for fans of the Stidham stable!
This is a big weekend for the Stidham stable, and it couldn’t have kicked off in any finer fashion when She’s Got the Mojo and Storming the Beach produced the goods at Arlington this afternoon.
Pimlico on Saturday proved to be fine pickings for the Stidham stable, when Croce d’Oro (a three-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro) broke his maiden in admirably tenacious fashion under jockey Forest Bryce.
Tomorrow at Monmouth Park, Synchrony lines up in the GIII Red Bank Stakes, hoping to finally get his chance to stand atop the podium in a stake race.
The Stidham stable is pointing not one, not two, but three horses at stake races at Pimlico over what is this, Preakness Stakes weekend.
DARRS Inc and Beatson Stable’s Hardwin did it the hard way when he broke his maiden at Pimlico yesterday.
Zipessa, last year’s winner of the GIII Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes and a duel GI-placed runner, makes her eagerly awaited 2017 in today’s GII Sheepshead Bay Stakes at Belmont Park.
Stallion Heiress, the unbeaten winner of the Allen Black Cat LaCombe Memorial Stakes and Joseph E. Spanky Broussard Memorial Stakes already this year, is bidding for her first graded stake victory tomorrow at Churchill Downs.
After a rip-roaring few weekends for fans of the Stidham stable, this one is promising to be a little more subdued than normal.
It was a case of so close and yet so far for Stidham at the weekend, when Pin Oak Stable’s Synchrony finished a half-a-length second in the Henry S. Clark Stakes at Laurel Park.
With Euroboss lining up in the GIII Whimsical Stakes tomorrow, Mike Stidham’s bidding for another stake winner at Woodbine to accompany R Naja’s rousing victory last weekend in the Star Shoot Stakes.
DARRS Inc’s R Naja proved a doughty winner of the $100,000 Star Shoot Stakes at Woodbine yesterday!
Big weekend for the Stidham stable, with Rapid Rhythm looking for a fourth stakes victory in a row in the Giant’s Causeway Stakes at Keeneland today, and R Naja shooting for the stars tomorrow in the Star Shoot Stakes at Woodbine.
The worthy old lion, Heart Stopper, ran out a fine winner today at Hawthorne, proving that age holds no bounds for him, and proving too that the Stidham stable is in super shape at present!
Taking into account the equine herpes issues that have bedeviled the Stidham stable this Fair Grounds winter meet (when many of the horses were quarantined, unable to run for some five weeks), the barn has wrapped up the meeting in incredible fashion!
The Stidham stable gallops into the weekend – where barn stalwart Jockamo’s Song seeks to retain his crown in the Costa Rising Stakes at Fair Grounds tomorrow – with an across the card double today.
While the Stidham stable drew a rare blank over the weekend, last week proved rich pickings for the red-hot outfit.
Pin Oak Stable hit the board at Fair Grounds yesterday, when Synchrony proved a comfortable winner under jockey Mitchell Murrill.
Emerging racing superpower Speedway Stables enjoyed a nice winner at Fair Grounds Thursday when One Last Shot toughed out a close margin victory under Robby Albarado.
The latest exciting young big winner to come out of the Stidham yard proved to be Stallion Enterprises’ Stallion Heiress, the victor of the $50,000 Allen Black Cat LaCombe Memorial Overnight Stakes at Fair Grounds over the weekend.
Stallion Heiress is the star of the Stidham pack this weekend, when Stallionaire Enterprises’ exciting young filly will line up in the $50,000 Allen Black Cat LaCombe Memorial Overnight Stakes at Fair Grounds today.
Despite his heavily curtailed meet this winter at Fair Grounds due to the equine herpes virus, Mike Stidham is still flying high on the trainers standings at the Louisiana track.
Jockamo’s Song is enjoying a rare old time of it at Fair Grounds this winter, and another victory this week takes his total to two wins, two stake race seconds in four starts at the Louisiana track these past few months.
Robert Evans’ flying wunder-mare Rapid Rhythm made it five-from-five on the Fair Grounds turf, when rallying to a sublime win in yesterday’s Mardi Gras Stakes under James Graham.
After a rip-roaring few weeks for the Stidham barn, this weekend is a tad more quiet, with a handful of runners at Fair Grounds spread over the two days.
The Stidham stable is really riding a wave of success at the moment, and the barn enjoyed a fine double at Fair Grounds Saturday.
On only her second start, Arbol proved a young filly with a big heart when winning at Fair Grounds today.
On a memorable weekend for the stable, Stallion Heiress pulverized the opposition in the $50,000 Joseph E. Spanky Broussard Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds Saturday, proving, in no uncertain terms, that the cloud hanging over the barn these past few weeks is well and truly banished!
Stallion Heiress is one of five (after scratches) to line up in the Joseph E. Spanky Broussard Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds today.
The Stidham stable is really picking up steam again, with a host of entries later in the week at Fair Grounds and Sam Houston.
The Stidham stable goes to war this weekend with a brace of runners at Fair Grounds.
The Stidham stable enjoyed a welcome winner at Fair Grounds on Saturday, when Benjamin Trask’s Alabama Slim responded well under a finely judged ride by Mitchell Murrill.
With Fair Grounds still in the grips of the equine herpes virus, here’s the latest from the Stidham stable.
After a good second yesterday with Thad Ackel’s Lou at Fair Grounds, the Stidham stable continues to emergence from the equine herpes virus crisis at the Louisiana track…
With one runner scheduled for tomorrow, the Stidham stable is slowly emerging from the equine herpes virus that has troubled the barn (as well as a number of others at Fair Grounds) in recent weeks.
2016 will go down in history as a year that probably means something a little different to whoever you ask. But for Mike Stidham, and everybody who works for Stidham Racing, last year will be remembered for one thing, and one thing only: the great man’s finest year to date as a trainer.
An early happy New Year from Stidham Racing, which is hoping to see out an already outstanding 2016 with a bang!
DARRS, Inc’s Proforma is a young horse fast on the improve, judging by his scintillating performance in the $50,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes at Fair Grounds over the weekend.
Feast or famine? It’s definitely feast time for the Stidham stable, with each one of Stidham’s possible runners tomorrow at Fair Grounds lining up in a stake race.
Stallionaire Enterprises has another exciting sort on its hands in the shape of Stallion Heiress – a four-length winner on her debut earlier this week at Fair Grounds.
Another weekend, another batch of winners and 100 winners for the season – the Stidham stable is cooking on gas at the moment!
Dare to Dream Stable’s Sheza Super Star made quite the impression Thursday at Hawthorne to make her racecourse bow a winning one, under jockey Carlos Montalvo.
Mike Stidham has broken from the gates at the start of the latest Fair Grounds winter season like a scalded cat, with five wins on the board already.
The action comes thick and fast this weekend, with a slew of runners from the Stidham stable all over the joint.
Midnight Moonlight proved a ray of sunshine for the Stidham stable over the weekend, with a commanding win at Fair Grounds that marked Stidham’s first win of the season at the Louisiana track.
The Fair Grounds winter 2016-2017 meet kicks off tomorrow! And the gloves are off as reigning training champ Mike Stidham is looking to win back-to-back titles at the track.
After the fireworks of Breeders’ Cup weekend, the aftermath was always going to feel a little anti-climactic. But don’t get too down in the mouth – the silver lining of the annual winter meet at Fair Grounds hovers just days away!
She may not have provided her trainer with his maiden Breeders’ Cup victory, but Zipessa still did her connections proud with a fine fifth place finish in the $2 million GI Breeders’ Cup Fillies and Mares Turf Saturday.
As promised yesterday, we’re giving fans of Stidham Racing an exclusive insight into Zipessa’s chances in tomorrow’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup GI Fillies and Mares Turf, at Santa Anita.
The Stidham stable is counting down the minutes until the Saturday of this year’s Breeders’ Cup, when Empyrean Stables’ Zipessa lines up in the $2 million GI Fillies and Mares Turf. Exciting times ahead!
The weekend may be short on stake race action for the Stidham barn, but there’s still plenty to whet the whistle for fans of the stable.
After a relatively quiet weekend for Stidham Racing (by the barn’s usual standards), this week cranks it up a notch, with a slew of entries all over the map.
While much of the Stidham stable is busy settling into its environs at Fair Grounds, in old Bayou country, many of their counterparts are doing their bit over in Keeneland to keep the summer of Stidham success going.
Pin Oak Stud’s Every Moment hit the bullseye at the third time of asking over the weekend, drawing away to win by nearly five lengths in a well-endowed Maiden Special Weight at Keeneland.
Tomorrow, Secret Someone will bid to cap an extraordinary season already with victory in the $400,000 Grade I First Lady Stakes at Keeneland.
During a glittering card featuring some fantastic races and some fantastic horses at Santa Anita today, Stidham’s Zipessa lines up as favorite in the Grade I Rodeo Drive Stakes.
The summer meet at Arlington park has come to an end for another year, and while Mike Stidham finished runner-up in the trainer’s title, he was a runaway winner when it came to prize-money earned.
Second last time out in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes, Rapid Rhythm leads the Stidham stable charge this weekend in the $60,000 Oakley Stakes at Laurel Park.
Princess Lu Lu enjoyed quite the coronation on her racecourse debut today, showing great tenacity under jockey Carlos Marquez Jr. to knuckle out a win at Arlington – a first win, too, for owner Rick Kanter’s Stallionaire Enterprises!
Diadura absolutely trounced the field in Saturday’s Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes at Arlington, in the process maintaining Stidham’s recent blistering run of form.
On her first start for the Stidham stable, Sweetbaby proved a tasty little treat at Arlington yesterday, breaking her maiden for legendary owner Virginia Kraft Payson.
Owner-breeders Mt. Brilliant Farms’ Secret Someone won the $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes Saturday, and He’s a Dandy Candy did the business at Arlington, during a weekend to remember for the Stidham barn!
New Trier, a two-year-old filly by Holy Roman Emperor who was running in the UK at the beginning of the season, broke her maiden in fine style on her first Stateside start, for owners Old Sangreal Racing.
New Orleans Lady’s victory at Arlington Saturday means that, with $940,790 in the kitty, Mike Stidham’s still atop the trainers table (based on prize money earned) with less than a month left of this summer’s meet at the Chicago track, meaning he’s still in line for his second straight trainer’s title!
The gorgeously bred two-year-old filly Lapinski made a winning debut for Godolphin yesterday at Arlington, further reinforcing the fine relationship Stidham has forged this year with the powerhouse stable.
The stable’s white-hot winning streak has continued unabated this week, with a couple of wins at Arlington, and a nice winner at Saratoga today.
The Stidham stable notched up two more victories at Arlington over the weekend, along with another fine performance by Zipessa in the Grade I Beverly D Stakes, all of which means that the name atop the trainer’s standings at the Chicago track still begins with an S and ends with an M.
Mike Stidham isn’t known for doing things by half measures, and so it proves tomorrow, when he sends out not one, not two, but three shots at the Grade I Beverly D Stakes at Arlington.
Another great weekend for the Stidham stable sees the barn consolidate its lead at the head of the trainer’s table at Arlington in terms of money won. Stidham (with 33 wins on the board) is now roughly $70,000 ahead of Larry Rivelli, his nearest pursuer.
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She didn’t get the best of breaks from the gate, but that didn’t stop Stidham’s new-comer, Diadura, from making a splash on her racecourse bow, skipping clear under Carlos Marquez Jr. to win by a length-and-a-half today at Arlington.
Things are getting tight at the head of the trainer’s table at Arlington, with Mike Stidham still leading the way with $658,118 in the kitty.
It’s the Grade III Royal North Stakes up at Woodbine on Sunday, and Rapid Rhythm lines up for Mike stidham, with the excellent Emma-Jayne Wilson on board.
She won by nearly nine lengths on her racecourse debut at Arlington last month, and tomorrow Forest Circle bids to make another big impression in the $125,000 My Dear Stakes at Woodbine.
Another good weekend for the Stidham stable at Arlington means that Stidham’s still the one at the head of the trainer’s table at the Chicago track.
Mike Stidham and Mt. Brilliant Farm look to have on their hands a young filly with a bright future ahead of her in Watch Your Six – an impressive winner on her debut today at Arlington.
Full Tap proved a fine winner for the Stidham stable during a weekend when the majority of the barn’s arsenal hit the dart-board without quite hitting the bulls-eye!
After the July 4 fireworks of earlier in the week, when Zipessa landed the Grade III $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing, the Stidham stable is plotting more dazzling displays, with runners in two of the weekend’s biggest races.
Zipessa made this fourth of July an unforgettable one for the Stidham stable when she landed the $200,000 Grade III Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing!
The Stidham stable enjoyed a nice winner this week, when Ducat, a two-year-old gelding by Exchange Rate owned by DARRS, made his first foray onto a racecourse of an afternoon a winning one under jockey Alex Birzer.
Another typically busy weekend of action for the Stidham stable potentially has a bearing on a head-to-head battle at the head of the trainer’s table at Arlington.
The five-year-old A.P. Indy mare Secret Someone made a first start a winning one for the Stidham stable when running away with the Lady Canterbury Stakes at Canterbury Park Sunday.
Michael Faber’s Dare to Dream stable had a nice winner yesterday at Arlington when Kara’a Angel claimed her second career win under jockey Mitchell Murrill.
The Stidham barn enjoyed a nice winner at Churchill Downs on Sunday, when Sunset Knoll led gate-to-wire to record her second career victory.
Tapanna started the weekend for the Stidham stable in the best possible way with a fast finishing flourish today at Arlington.
While snapping on the heels of the leading trainer at Arlington Park this summer season, the Stidham stable continues to churn out the winners, and the past weekend proved no exception to that rule.
Kingston Terrace is proving to be quite the queen of Arlington, with an imperious win yesterday that was her fifth overall at the Chicago venue – thus far!
Mike Stidham may have been bumped from first to second place on the trainer’s standings at Arlington over the weekend (though he sits just $8,000 shy of new leader Larry Rivelli’s prize money haul), it was another bonanza weekend of winners at the Chicago track for the barn!
There’s so much action to cover this weekend, without any further ado, I’ll simply get on with it!
Sophieshardtocatch lived up to her name when breaking her maiden in fine fashion at Arlington on Saturday.
While a certain big race unfolds at Pimlico today (good luck to all involved!), Stidham and co. will be at Arlington hoping to add to the eight victories already in the bag there.
With a 40 percent win strike rate, eight wins on the board and $121,950 in earnings already in the kitty, the Stidham barn is flying at present at Arlington – and the current summer meet there has been underway for less than two weeks!
An early weekend update here from Stidham racing, and there’s plenty to look forward to, especially as the Fair Grounds Champion trainer seeks to consolidate his early lead at the head of the standings at Arlington.
Arlington’s summer season began last week, and surprise surprise, guess who’s wasted absolutely no time making their mark at the Chicago track?
After a quiet week or two, the Stidham barn is back firing on all cylinders this weekend with batteries fully recharged and a number of stable big-guns locked, loaded and ready to roll.
With the pre-Kentucky Derby hoopla centering on Keeneland at the moment, the Stidham stable has made sure its part of the action with a series of nice turns.
The Stidham stable begins to pick up the pace again this week, with a handful of runners entered at Keeneland.
It’s been a rather quiet time of late for the Stidham stable. And this weekend will be no different, with no runners for Fair Grounds’ Champion Trainer.
A race Stidham has won twice before–with Katie’s Eyes last year, and with Flash Mash in 2012–The Giants Causeway Stakes at Keeneland today is the target of Rapid Rhythm, who aims to make it a Stidham trifecta in the big race.
Last weekend proved to be yet another one for the archives, when Speedway Stable’s Leigh Court won the Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.
After the celebrations stemming from Stidham’s championship victory at the end of Fair Grounds last week, it’s business as usual, with a weekend comprising a hatful of stake runners.
He did it! Mike Stidham was crowned yesterday champion trainer at Fair Grounds for their 2015-2016 meet – the first time in his long and distinguished career that he has been crowed champ (and almost certainly not the last)!
With the trainers championship at Fair Grounds going down to the wire, Mike Stidham consolidated his lead at the head of affairs with a fantastic victory today in the Costa Rising Stakes.
The Fair Grounds Trainers’ Championship is coming down to the wire, but long-time leader Mike Stidham is still at the head of affairs. All he has to do is hold out for a few more days!
We’re down to the final week of Fair Ground’s current winter meet, and guess who’s still the leader of the pack?
With two more wins on the board this weekend alone, the question on everyone’s lips is this one: can Mike Stidham clinch the trainer’s title at Fair Grounds?
As Fair Grounds winds inexorably towards its seasonal close, the Stidham barn remains in flying form, with a couple of winners this week alone.
The lightly raced Mi Fiori produced a tough and gritty display to claim her second career win over the weekend, maintaining, in the process, Stidham’s lead at the head of the trainer’s table.
The weekend is here again, and that means only one thing – more Stidham horses gunning for black type glory!
As the current Fair Grounds meet draws nearer to a close, fans of the Stidham stable are chewing their finger-nails down to their quicks wondering whether Stidham can cling on long enough to the lead to claim his first ever trainer’s title.
After a week of relative peace and quiet, the Stidham barn is refreshed, restored, and ready to consolidate its position at the head of the trainers’s table at Fair Grounds, with a piggy bank bulging over with $888,880 earned already.
After the banquet of goodies supplied over the weekend for fans of the stable, this week is diet time, with only two possible (but exciting) runners before more heart-stopping action next weekend!
The Stidham stable is holding it’s breath on the morning of what could prove an explosive weekend of stake race success for the barn.
A tidy double at Fair Grounds on Sunday wrapped up another fruitful weekend of action for the Stidham barn.
Another magnificent week of action comprised a stake win for former Canadian Champion three-year-old filly Leigh Court alongside a number of fine performances, and the action on this Valentine’s Day weekend promises further fireworks as the form of the stable at present continues to sizzle!
It’s the Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds tomorrow, which features comeback queens Warriorscmoutoplay and Leigh Court.
It’s another exciting weekend of action for fans of the Stidham stable, with Conquest Tiz One and Jockamo’s Song each going for black type at Delta Downs today.
A nice double on Saturday sees the Stidham stable still leading the pack at Fair Gounds, with 21 winners and $701,590 in the kitty.
La Bruna Forte produced a superlative performance to claim the third win of her career yesterday at Fair Grounds.
After a quiet few days at the Stidham barn, things are poised to click back into over-drive. But before they do, we thought you might like an update or two on some of the stable stalwarts.
On a rare quiet weekend of action for the stable, Stidham sends out only two runners tomorrow and Sunday.
Inavanti proved a game winner today at Fair Grounds, battling to a neck victory under jockey Florent Geroux to give Mike Stidham yet another winner at the Louisiana course.
Stidham’s Stake race gun is loaded and cocked as he points a total of seven bullets at today’s Marie G. Krantz Memorial Stakes and LeComte Stakes at Fair Grounds, and the Fremont Stakes at Delta Downs.
Nearly two months into Fair Grounds’ current winter meet, and the name at the top of the heap is still Stidham!
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After a relatively quiet week, the Stidham barn is poised to let loose with a veritable artillery of runners over the weekend, spearheaded by Princess Kennedy, who lines up in the $75,000 By the Light Stakes at Fair Grounds tomorrow.
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After two more victories today, Mike Stidham extended his yawning lead at the top of the trainers’ standings at Fair Grounds.
Mike Stidham bids to say a fond farewell to a magnificent 2015 with a last ditch effort for yet more black type!
With Christmas but a little over a day away, the sensational start that Mike Stidham has enjoyed to the current Fair Grounds meet is filling him with festive good cheer!
What a weekend of action this promises to be, with Stidham sending out runners in not one, not two, not three, but four stake races at Fair Grounds tomorrow!
What a rip-roaring few days it has been for the Stidham stable! A winner Thursday and Friday, while today, the mighty Jockamo’s Song goes and wins the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint Stakes at Fair Grounds!
Another weekend, another winner – things seem to be getting rather repetitive around the Stidham barn at present!
The Stidam barn heads into the weekend still very much riding a high. Not only is the Stidham name still sitting atop the trainers’ standings at Louisiana’s premier track (with $218,140 in the kitty and an incredible 41 percent win strike-rate), but the winners keep rolling in as sure and steady as the Hurricanes being poured on Bourbon Street!
The good form of the Stidham stable continues unabated at Fair Grounds, and Yum Yum proved another nice winner for the barn yesterday.
The current Fair Grounds meet may have officially started yesterday, but it doesn’t properly get underway until a certain Mike Stidham sends out his first runners!
The Stidham stable has set up shop in its usual berth at Fair Grounds, and hopes are high that the Louisiana racetrack will prove a happy hunting ground once again.
Stidham sends two to Laurel Park today, on a rare quiet weekend of action for the stable.
During a relatively quiet week for the Stidham barn, two head to Hawthorne tomorrow.
While the eyes of the racing world will be focused on Keeneland today, the Stidham stable sends out a whole Armada of runners all over the country this weekend.
While the past few days have proven frustrating for the Stidham barn–plenty of horses running well and knocking on the door, though not quite managing to get their heads in front–but hopes are high that the flood-gates will open with a host of runners at the end of the week.
Hot off the heels of Her Emmynency’s Grade I victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Saturday, Kara’s Angel did the business Tusday, with a resounding victory at Hawthorne.
After Her Emmynency passed the post first in the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Saturday, Mike Stidham was being interviewed by TVG when he saw the lights flash indicating an objection to the winner – Her Emmynency and the runner-up Miss Temple City had been involved in a bit of scrimmaging turning for home.
Stidham’s heart sank.
The inimitable Zubi Zubi Zu and Brother Wayne produced a nice across the card double for the Stidham stable yesterday. And hopes are high that the good form continues today – especially with barn standard-bearer Her Emmynency going for the biggest win of her career today at Keeneland.
As we gear up for the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland this weekend, and the potential reappearance of Grade I Del Mar Oaks runner-up, Her Emmynency, there’s still much for fans of the stable to enjoy.
There’s stake-race action galore over the weekend for fans of the barn, with not one but three black-type performers in action.
Given a beautifully patient ride by jockey Jose Valdivia Jr., Notte d’Oro flew to victory in the Melanie Frances Stakes at Arlington Saturday.
Profluent pulled out all of the stops yesterday at Laurel Park when slugging out a hard-fought victory – a perfect start to a weekend in which Stidham has his fingers-crossed for more black-type gold.
The Stidham horses arrived at Laurel Park en masse last week, and hopes are high that the beautiful Maryland track will prove a happy hunting ground for the Stidham barn – especially if events over the weekend are anything to go by.
Wake the Dawn put on a commanding performance to break her maiden at Arlington yesterday, setting up a potentially lucrative weekend of action for the Stidham barn.
Cadet Captain was a stunning ten-length winner at Arlington yesterday for owners Hill ‘N Dale Farm, setting into motion a hectic weekend of action for the Stidham stable.
Stidham fires two arrows at two different Grade II races over the weekend, with The Zip Zip Man headed to the Summer Stakes at Woodbine, and Her Emmynency going for the Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park.
Another solid weekend of action for the Stidham barn threw up a number of fine performances, none more impressive than that produced by first-time winner, Tequila Joe at Del Mar on Saturday.
There’s a veritable candy-shop of stake race action for fans of the Stidham stable to savor this weekend, with big race competitors spread across the country.
Veter made it two wins from two starts since joining the Stidham barn–prior to which he hadn’t won since his debut nearly five years ago–when delivering the goods at Arlington yesterday.
The scorching summer temperatures are nearly as red-hot as Stidham’s current run of form, and although he hasn’t posted any winners thus far this week (even though Skipping ran admirably today at Arlington to finish a close second, and Aftermarketspoiler was beaten less than a length yesterday), he heads into the weekend with a team packed with talent.
Phillip Mass’ Gotsomemojo made a sparkling debut over the weekend at Arlington – just one of a number of fine performances from Stidham runners to reaffirm just how good a heart the stable is in at present.
The admirably consistent Kingston Terrace completed a hat-trick of victories today at Arlington for owners Dare to Dream Stable.
Stidham is seeking to go one better in today’s $300,000 Grade I Del Mar Oaks after a close second in the race last year, with Stellaris.
Pinnacle Peak’s victory in the Prairie Meadows Juvenile Mile Stakes Friday was the highlight of another solid weekend of action for the Stidham stable.
A banquet of goodies lies in store for fans of the Stidham stable this weekend, with not one but four horses bidding for a tasty bite of black type!
The winners keep coming thick and fast for the Stidham barn, and this weekend threw up yet another hatful of great performances.
Candy Cate was a sweet treat for the Stidham barn yesterday, when breaking her maiden at Prairie Meadows.
There’s much to cover in today’s info-packed Stidham stable update, so without any further ado, let’s get down to business!
Canada’s the place to be this weekend if you’re looking for Stidham stable stake race action, what with exciting two-year-old The Zip Zip Man lining up in the Colin Stakes at Woodbine today, and Leigh Court headed to the Royal North Stakes.
Stidham has an action packed couple of days ahead (leading into an action packed, stake-race filled weekend!), as he prepares to send out a total of 6 runners to 3 tracks in 2 countries!
If Stidham continues on at Del Mar from where he’s jumped off, then he’s poised to enjoy a very profitable time indeed at the California track, after his two runners yesterday returned wreathed in laurels!
First came the arch rivalries this weekend at Wimbledon between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, then Serena Williams and her latest hapless victim, then came Stidham’s very own Arch Rivalry, who made quite the impression to break his maiden at Arlington yesterday.
Hot on the heels of his sensational four-winners-out-of-four-runners Friday, Stidham sent out Kingston Terrace over the weekend to notch a third victory of the season.
Four wins out of four runners – that’s the way the Stidham barn ushers in Independence Day weekend!
A quiet start to the week for the Stidham barn means that we have a rare window with which to keep fans of the stable up to date with the latest news. So, without any further ado, let’s get going!
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It’s the Grade III Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap at–wait for it–Prairie Meadows today, and Stidham’s Jessica’s Star is one of 11 lining up in the $100,000 race.
Her Emmynency’s return to competitive action in 2015 couldn’t have gone any smoother when she secured a fine win at Arlington yesterday.
The aptly named The Zip Zip Man made the brightest possible start to his career yesterday when breaking his maiden at the first time of asking at Arlington, launching, in the process, a busy weekend for the stable.
Rebel Rebel kept the Stidham summer bandwagon rolling with a convincing win yesterday at Arlington.
Stellaris is the star of the show again today when she lines up in the $100,000 Trillium Stakes at Woodbine – one of seven runners over the weekend for Stidham.
Warriorscmoutoplay produced a stunning performance to land the Jostle Stakes at Parx Racing over the weekend – one of three wins for the Stidham stable over the past three days.
It’s another sizzler of a weekend for the Stidham stable, with Notte d’Oro going for the Minnesota H. B. P. A. Distaff Stakes (a race Stidham’s Every Way finished a fine second in last year) and Warriorscmoutoplay headed to the Jostle Stakes amid an array of runners.
Wow! Mike Stidham enjoyed a stunning Sunday with a near impeccable three winners from only four runners at Arlington, Thestarvingartist, Zipessa and Rikco Man all delivering the goods.
The South Mississippi Owners and Breeders Stakes winner Ike Walker goes for more black type today when he lines up in the Prairie Mile takes at Prairie Meadows.
Stidham sent two runners to Prairie Meadows Monday, and both of them returned victorious!
Jessica’s Star is the headline act on a busy Memorial Day for the Stidham barn.
A colt nicely on the improve would be a apt description of Kids Rule at present, after the four-year-old son of Lemon Drop Kid added another victory to his resume at the weekend.
While the eyes of the nation will be on Pimlico this afternoon, that doesn’t mean the racing world as a whole grinds to a halt, for the eyes of those from the Stidham barn will be focused on Churchill Downs today, where the big man heads with runners in both divisions of the Keertana Stakes.
Katie does it again and all the stable’s runners ran with great merit over a weekend to remember for the Stidham stable.
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It’s been all quiet on the western front for the Stidham stable all week. But that is set to change today, with runners spread far and wide across the nation through the weekend.
It’s Derby day at Churchill Downs, and the Stidham barn is in on the action over at Kentucky, though at a slightly more muted level.
With one stakes win already under his belt, Ike Walker is seeking another when he lines up in the Golden Circle Stakes at Prairie Meadows Friday.
While the busy week may have drawn a blank for the Stidham stable, a number of horses performed creditably.
The Stidham barn enjoyed a nice across-the-card double over the weekend, courtesy of Warriorscmoutoplay and Kids Rule.
Dahlia was a Hall of Fame legend who famously won big races all over the globe, and tomorrow at Pimlico, Stidham’s fine standard-bearer Istanford is bidding to add to her own little slice of immortality in a race named in the great mare’s honor.
Keeneland 2015 burst awake in no uncertain fashion for the Stidham stable after the sensational victory of Katie’s Eyes in the $100,000 Giant’s Causeway Stakes – one of two weekend victories for the stable from only two runners.
Katie’s Eyes is the headline act of a triumvirate of runners for Mike Stidham today, when she lines up in the Giant’s Causeway Stakes at Keeneland.
Keeneland for the Mike Stidham barn kicks into another gear tomorrow with one of the stable’s stalwarts looking to kick-start her 2015 campaign.
Jessica’s Star aims to turn the start of the Keeneland meet into a winning one for Mike Stidham, when last year’s Iowa Derby winner lines up in today’s Grade III Commonwealth Stakes.
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March is all but over, and the start of April coincides with the start of the new meet at Keeneland where the Stidham barn is headed en route to Arlington for its annual summer residency.
Istanford and Notte d’Oro are the headline acts for Mike Stidham on a action packed weekend for the stable.
Sunday marks the end of the road for Fair Grounds this winter, and Mike Stidham has a number of strings to his violin as he seeks to bow out with a flourish.
The evergreen I Dazzle is seeking to close out the current Fair grounds meet with a flourish for Mike Stidham when she lines up in the $60,000 Red Camelia Stakes this afternoon – the same race she claimed 12 months prior.
The countdown towards the end of the current Fair Grounds meet has begun, prompting Mike Stidham to reflect upon what has been another profitable meet for the barn.
Mike Stidham’s La Bruna Forte proved head and shoulders above the opposition at Delta Downs yesterday when disposing of her rivals in tidy fashion under jockey Gererd Melancon.
After the fireworks of last week, when Ike Walker thrashed the opposition in the South Mississippi Owners and Breeders Stakes, this week promises to be a much more sedate ride for fans of the Mike Stidham stable.
Dawn and Ike Thrash’s Ike Walker positively thrashed the opposition in yesterday’s $40,000 South Mississippi Owners and Breeders Stakes, notching a first bit of black type as he once again found his winning groove.
Ike Walker seeks a bite of black type when he lines up in the South Mississippi Owners and Breeders Stakes Friday at Fair Grounds.
The Stidham barn heads into the weekend on the back of a nice win yesterday, courtesy of Masquerade.
La Luna Rouge only enhanced a progressive-looking profile when she shrugged the monkey from her back in an above average maiden at Fair Grounds yesterday.
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Mike Stidham heads into tomorrow’s $60,000 Bayou Stakes at Fair Grounds top-heavy with talent.
Table Three Ten is looking to become the belle of the ball on Mardi Gras day when she lines up in the eponymously named Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds today.
Valentine’s Day might have proven a loveless one for Mike Stidham on the racetrack this year, when his sole runner at Fair Grounds finished out of the frame. But he’s got lined up a four-strong squadron of runners tomorrow to make up for the distinct lack of love today!
Swift Sword lost her maiden tag in no uncertain fashion for Mike Stidham Sunday, when positively routing the seven-strong field.
The Stidham stable got off to a flying start this weekend when Holiday Touch broke his maiden today at Fair Grounds.
Aftermarketspoiler brought the goods for the Stidham team over the weekend when dispensing with her maiden tag in no uncertain fashion Saturday.
For enthusiasts of the Mike Stidham stable, there’s plenty to look forward to this weekend, with runners spread between Oaklawn Park and Fair Grounds.
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We’re almost exactly half-way through the current winter meet at Fair Grounds, and the Stidham barn is ticking along very nicely indeed.
There’s plenty to look forward to this weekend, what with Mike Stidham sending out runners both days at Fair Grounds, as well as the reappearance of a tough and popular mare looking for more black type over at Oaklawn Park.
Mike Stidham enjoyed a weekend to remember when Notte d’Oro and Kingston Terrace delivered the goods in fine fashion over the weekend, solidifying Stidham’s footing on the trainers standings for the meet.
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Mike Stidham sends out a Marie G. Krantz Memorial Handicap triple-header today, with Hung the Moon, Notte d’Oro and Every Way all geared up and raring for competition.
After someone left the freezer door open beside Oaklawn Park last week, Mike Stidham’s Toutsie Rules goes for a second stab at the Dixie Bell Stakes tomorrow.
Oaklawn Park may have been on the receiving end of a rather chilly arctic blast, ruling out an eagerly awaited appearance from Mike Stidham’s Toutsie Rules today, but the good news is that the race has been rescheduled for next Thursday, and what is more, the trainer has a host of runners pencilled in for tomorrow, Sunday and Monday to make up for any sense of disappointment.
Mike Stidham’s glamazon of a filly Toutsie Rules is looking to heat up a decidedly frigid looking Oaklawn Park this week, when she lines up in the Dixie Belle Stakes Friday.
If I Ever, Profluent and Katie’s Eyes book-ended the turn of the New Year for Mike Stidham with a trifecta of nice wins at Fair Grounds, but after something of a hectic holiday season, Stidham gets to enjoy a well-earned breather with only one runner scheduled over the weekend.
Kids Rule and South Beach Dancer line up at Fair Grounds tomorrow as Mike Stidham’s last grasp chances to add to his season’s impressive haul. But as 2014 draws towards its bitter-sweet finale, we should sit back and reflect upon what has been in many ways one of Stidham’s most glittering years as a trainer.
While for many, Christmas means shutting off and winding down for a few days, for the likes of Mike Stidham and his barn of graft-hardened employees, horses still need to be fed, cleaned, exercised and watered, as well as the finishing touches put to the laundry-list of runners scheduled over the holiday period.