Into Mischief’s Cornucopian a convincing Aristides S. (G3) winner

Cornucopian pulled away from Roll On Big Joe in the final furlong of Saturday’s $275,000 Aristides S. (G3) to give the 4-year-old Into Mischief colt his second graded stakes win of 2026.

The $1.1 million Keeneland September yearling was at the top of his game in the six-furlong sprint. Mad House blazed through an opening quarter of :22.20, with Cornucopian just a head back in second. Mad House began to fade just after entering the turn, giving Cornucopian the lead, while Roll On Big Joe ranged up to be within a neck at the top of the stretch.

Side by side until just outside the sixteenth pole, Cornucopian asserted his dominance to win by 1 ¼-lengths in 1:08.41, good for a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 103 and less than a second off the track record.

“We threw his race out on Derby Day (in the G1 Churchill Downs),” winning trainer Bob Baffert said. “It was just a disaster. Being here in the Midwest there are a lot of options and winning a graded stakes here at Churchill is always special.

“He’s still figuring it out, how to run. Today, he was hitting another gear there in the end.”

Owned by SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC, Stonestreet Stables, LLC, Bashor Racing, LLC, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, LLC, Catherine Donovan, and Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings-Lessee, Cornucopian is 4-1-0 in seven starts and has earned $462,155.

The bay colt was bred by in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & Whisper Hill Farm, LLC and is a half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Guarana, Grade 3 winner Beatbox and stakes winner Magic Dance.

Seven-time champion sire Into Mischief leads all North American sires with 10 graded winners, 16 stakes winners, and four Grade 1 winners in 2026.