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Will Happen rolled to a 4 ½-length debut win over the Del Mar turf course on Sunday to give Vekoma his second ‘TDN Rising Star’ in as many days. Will Happen’s dominating performance capped a terrific week for Vekoma that included Bottas’ Rising Star outing Saturday over the Saratoga turf,… Read More

Sovereignty scored an emphatic 10-length victory in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt his fourth straight graded stakes win. Sovereignty’s win capped a huge day at Saratoga for Into Mischief that also included Patch Adams winning the H. Allen Jerkens S. Read More

Patch Adams used every bit of the Saratoga stretch to win Saturday’s $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. (G1), besting Captain Cook by a nose in the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds. Patch Adams was the first of Into Mischief’s two Grade 1 winners on the Saratoga card, coming about an… Read More

Bottas showed an explosive turn of foot in the Saratoga stretch to win his debut going away by 2 ¼-lengths in the 1 1/16-mile turf contest for 2-year-olds. The dark bay son of Vekoma was named a TDN ‘Rising Star’ after the sparkling effort. Vekoma has 78 individual winners to… Read More

Intrepido repelled a pair of highly-regarded colts at the top of the Del Mar stretch to break his maiden by 3 ¼-lengths and earn a ‘TDN Rising Star’. The 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief looked very strong in the final quarter-mile. After dueling with Biggiebiggiebiggie for the first five furlongs,… Read More

Iron Orchard toyed with her competition for the second time in as many starts in Friday’s $150,000 Seeking the Ante S. at Saratoga, rolling home a 6 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong contest. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic is the fifth stakes winner of the year for her sire, who… Read More

Iron Dome rolled to a 6 ¾-length win in the $200,000 Albany S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt his first stakes win. Iron Dome now has won three races in a row by a combined 28 ¼-lengths, all at 1 1/8-miles,during the Saratoga meet. Read More

Vehemente became the 10th stakes winner of the year for top-ranked Second-Crop sire Vekoma with her front-running win in the $200,000 Fleet Indian S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga. Vekoma has 22 stakes horses overall this year, far more than any other Second-Crop sire, while his $7.5 million in progeny earnings… Read More

Tennessee Belle gave Yaupon his fifth winner of the week on Aug. 16 when the 2-year-old filly romped to a 7 ¼-length maiden special weight win at Saratoga. The dark bay filly was named a ‘TDN Rising Star’ following the superlative effort. Caught up in a three-way duel in the… Read More

Crown the Buckeye turned the $100,000 Cleveland Kindergarten S. into a one-horse race with a powerhouse performance to win the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds by 12 ¼-lengths. The bay colt is the second stakes winner of the year for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon, who now has 11 winners overall. Crown… Read More

Desert Gate toyed with the competition in Saturday’s $150,000 Best Pal S. (G3) at Del Mar, rolling home an 8 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt was making his stakes debut following June 13 maiden special weight win at five furlongs. Desert Gate, ridden… Read More

Rolando rolled to a four-length victory in the $100,000 Petramalo Mile at Colonial Downs in a track record-breaking performance by the 3-year-old Vekoma colt. Rolando, who had been away from the races since early April, broke quickest of all from the outside post in the field of eight and opened… Read More