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Ingrid Mason became the second female trainer in Oaklawn history to reach 100 career victories when Redneck Attack won the ninth race March 22, according to Equibase, horse racing’s official data gathering organization.  Mason started her first horse in Hot Springs in 2010 and Redneck Attack represented her 13th victory at the meet. The only female […]

The second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale continued to display steady trade during the North American auction calendar’s most populous mixed event, led by the $750,000 racing or broodmare prospect Marquee Miss. Tuesday’s session kicked off Book 2 of the sale with 223 horses sold for revenues of $34,942,000. The average sale […]

Here we go again. Trainer Ingrid Mason has been suspended for one year and fined $2,500 by stewards at Arlington Park after Nuclear Option, winner of the first race on Aug. 23, tested positive for d-methamphetamine and amphetamine. Mason was suspended without having the benefit of a confirmatory split sample or being notified of the […]

Joe Ragsdale’s Sarah Sis returned to the winner’s circle Monday after a pair of tough outings at Saratoga. The 4-year-old daughter of Sharp Humor took the lead out of the gate in the G2 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes, and was just able to hold off the defending champion Living the Life by a head […]

Rags Racing Stable’s Sarah Sis made every pole a winning one in the Grade 3 Chicago Handicap on Saturday, crossing the wire a full length in front. A 4-year-old daughter of Sharp Humor, Sarah Sis covered seven furlongs on Arlington’s polytrack, rated fast, in 1:23.16, earning her first victory since Keeneland’s G2 Raven Run last […]

Rags Racing Stable LLC’s Marquee Miss stormed home to her second consecutive stakes victory of the meet, while upsetting 1-2 favorite Nickname in Saturday’s $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes. The win was also vindication for trainer Ingrid Mason who was denied the upset last year when eventual Grade 2 winner Sarah Sis reluctantly gave way to […]

The year-end goal for multiple graded stakes winner Sarah Sis is the 7-furlong Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) in November at Santa Anita, trainer Ingrid Mason said. But, the year begins at Oaklawn, where Sarah Sis is scheduled to make her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $100,000 American Beauty Stakes for older fillies and […]

On a day when longshots prevailed in nearly all races on the opening day card, it shouldn’t have been a surprise to see Marquee Miss win Friday’s $100,000 Dixie Belle Stakes at odds of 17-1. With an estimated crowd of 17,500 watching, jockey Channing Hill guided the winning 3-year-old filly to the front soon after […]

Joe Ragsdale’s multiple Grade III stakes winner Sarah Sis has her sights set on bigger prizes next out, according to trainer Ingrid Mason. The daughter of Sharp Humor has won half her 10 starts, including her last two – the $75,000 Panthers Stakes and Grade III $200,000 Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. The Arlington International […]

According to trainer Ingrid Mason, locally based multiple graded stakes-winning sophomore filly Sarah Sis will be pointed to the Grade I $500,000 Test Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8. The daughter of Sharp Humor has won her last two – both stakes at Prairie Meadows, including the Grade III $200,000 Iowa Oaks – after an […]