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Thousand Words starts off strong Thursday at OBS 2yo sale
Thousand Words, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2024, had a personal high-water mark at the OBS March Sale early during Thursday’s session…
Read MoreMitole colt rockets to $725,000 Wednesday at OBS
Mitole’s hip No. 445 made a huge splash in the OBS Sales ring on Wednesday when the colt hammered for $725,000…
Read MoreVekoma juveniles make big impact at OBS Under Tack Show
Multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2024, had a total of eight juveniles work a furlong in 10 seconds or less…
Read MoreInto Mischief’s Coppola wins second straight turf stakes
Coppola won his second consecutive stakes race Saturday at Gulfstream Park with a gutsy half-length victory in the $100,000 Silks Run S…
Read MoreFirst-season stallions all report first in-foal mares
Spendthrift Farm’s four first-season stallions – Arabian Lion, Forte, Taiba and Zandon – have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal. Justify’s brilliant Grade 1-winning 3-year-old Arabian Lion had his first mare reported as in foal at Chesapeake Farm. The mare, Battle Bridge, is by Arch and is the dam of three-time stakes…
Read MoreInto Mischief, Vino Rosso colts 1-2 in thrilling San Felipe (G2)
Rising 3-year-old colt Imagination was part of an incredible day for his 5-time General Leading Sire Into Mischief when he captured the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park March 3rd. It was a winning stakes debut for Imagination, who had won a Maiden Special Weight impressively on New Years Day before coming…
Read MoreDu Jour pours it on in Kilroe Mile, becomes Temple City’s fourth G1 winner
In his first start of 2024, the talented Du Jour surged clear of the field to impressively win the $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita, becoming his sire Temple City’s fourth Grade 1 winner. The 5-year-old miler became a millionaire, extending his career earnings to $1,118,220 for Natalie Baffert and Debbie Lanni.…
Read MoreNewgate wins the Big ‘Cap to become Into Mischief’s 19th G1 winner
Into Mischief was represented with his 19th Grade 1 winner when his 4-year-old son Newgate captured the $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 3rd, capping a monster day at Santa Anita for the five-time reigning North American Champion General Sire. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Newgate broke well and settled mid-pack while racing wide. That put…
Read MoreBolt d’Oro’s Ruby Nell scores in Grade 2 Buena Vista for home team
Bolt d’Oro’s rising filly Ruby Nell used her impressive speed to win the Buena Vista S. (G2) as the favorite at Santa Anita March 3rd. Campaigned by Spendthrift and trainer Richard Mandella, Ruby Nell quickly assumed the lead as expected under jockey Edwin Maldonado and became a little keen around the first turn, opening up…
Read MoreVino Rosso colt has lofty goals following Fair Grounds tally
Tuscan Sky, undefeated in two starts following his Feb. 17 allowance win at Fair Grounds, will likely make his next start in a key prep race…
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