George Weaver

1st-DMR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 5:00 p.m. ET Just two weeks ago, KAS Stables and trainer John Sadler sent out Inshallah (Flightline) to a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' debut at Del Mar. The Saudi-based operation will again team up with Sadler with another debuting son of Flightline, Ala Sawab, who faces four rivals in the opener at Del Mar Saturday. The colt, who has been working strongly at the oceanside oval, was a $400,000 purchase by bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz at the Fasig-Tipton October sale last fall. "We...

Freshman sire Jackie's Warrior (by Maclean's Music) got his first stakes winner Thursday when Wood Island (Jackie's Warrior) wired the 5 1/2-furlong Skidmore Stakes for trainer George Weaver. Meant for the turf but rained onto the main track for his debut win at Saratoga July 21, the 2-1 shot finally got onto his preferred surface here and showed why his connections had pointed him there initially, rocketing out from the outside stall and quickly clearing down to the lead under Flavien Prat. A host of pursuers gave chase in a...

Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland Wood Island (Jackie's Warrior) shot out to the front and never looked back facing just three rivals -- including a pair by his same freshman sire -- in this rained-off debut at the Spa Friday. Off as the 2-5 favorite, Wood Island broke like a shot from his rail draw and showed the way through an easy opening quarter in :23.10. He raced in hand approaching the quarter pole and was hand ridden down the lane by Irad Ortiz, Jr. to become the second winner...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- The only way Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott could have gotten to his office at the Oklahoma Training Track Wednesday morning was by boat. The area outside his office was surrounded by water after four inches of rain fell in the area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The monsoon-like scenes all over Saratoga Race Course forced officials of the New York Racing Association to cancel the eight-race card scheduled for Wednesday. "I was trying to get into the Travers Canoe they gave me but it's...

GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Cy Fair (f, 3, Not This Time--Remarqued, by Arch) captured Saturday's GIII Coronation Cup Stakes at Saratoga, soundly beating the only two in-training fillies who have ever finished in front of her. It was something of a return to her roots, as Cy Fair was named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' on debut over this course and distance last July. What a ride she's taken her owners--Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables LLC, Joey Platts, and Mark Stanton--on since then. In addition to...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - As a racehorse, no one could run with Flightline (Tapit). Let's see if his kids are a chip off the old block. During his career, which lasted six races over two seasons (2021-22), Flightline mauled all who tried him. Six wins by a combined 71 lengths. An 8 1/4-length win in his swan song, the 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Classic. His job now is to recreate himself in the stallion shed. Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, three of his offsprings are running, two in a loaded...

EXTRAVAGANZOO (f, 2, Golden Pal--Prisoner's Dilemma, by Blame) was much the best in her second start Thursday, taking down a 5 1/2-furlong state-bred maiden special weight race at Saratoga for e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and trainer George Weaver. She took plenty of money in her career debut while trying this distance at Keeneland on Apr. 24 and despite showing early speed, she folded late to finish fifth and last. Training forwardly since for George Weaver, the New York-bred was installed the 2-1 choice while facing fellow Empire breds. Breaking quickly...

Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton's Cy Fair (Not This Time) will miss an intended engagement in the June 16 G1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot. The King Charles is a 'Win and You're In' to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, which will be held at Keeneland this fall. A Medallion Racing statement read on X Monday: "We have made the decision to skip Royal Ascot with Cy Fair. George [Weaver] felt like she wasn't acting her usual self the past few days. Out...

A study done by the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis has revealed that a racehorse is likely to show a positive test result for metformin if its groom is taking the diabetes medication and urinates in the horse's stall. After a rash of metformin positives in 2024, anecdotal information surfaced that in many of these cases their grooms handling the horses had been on the drug. Metformin is used to manage blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. With the uncertainty over the metformin...

The Belmont Pledge, an initiative led by a group of trainers committed to supporting retired racehorses beyond their racing careers, will return ahead of the third leg of the Triple Crown, it was announced Wednesday. Trainers Michael McCarthy, George Weaver, Whit Beckman and Amelia Green have once again pledged a portion of their earnings from the Belmont Festival to benefit the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and its mission of providing dignified lifetime care to retired Thoroughbreds. "I am heartened by the support from Michael, George, Whit and Amelia," TRF's Executive Director...

Two of our top five were in action at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Derby day card. 5) COUNTER MOVE, BAQ, 5/2-11th, 6fT VIDEO Beyer Speed Figure-87 (g, 4, Spun to Run--Gypsy Angel, by Silver Train) O/B-Sequel Racing/Sequel Thoroughbreds (NY). T-George Weaver. J-Dalila Rivera. After eight starts with two seconds and four third, but no wins, Weaver and owner Becky Thomas decided to try grass. Counter Move had little turf heritage. Spun to Run's progeny stats are solidly better on dirt, but you wouldn't know by the result. Counter Move...

'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Cy Fair (f, 3, Not This Time--Remarqued, by Arch) is a big fan of showing her best during the sport's biggest weeks. Following a scintillating win in last fall's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint over the boys, the bay filly signaled her return as a headliner with a commanding win Thursday of Derby Week at Churchill Downs in the GIII Mamzelle Stakes. In winning, she beat the reopposing Slay the Day (Into Mischief), who spoiled Cy Fair's sophomore campaign kickoff nearly three weeks...