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Trio of six-figure 2yos at OBS March sale for Rock Your World

Grade 1 winner Rock Your World, whose first foals are 2-year-olds of 2025, had three juveniles bring six figures during the Wednesday session of the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale. Leading the way was hip No. 438, which sold for $180,000 to Pedro Lanz, agent for KAS Stables. Consigned… Read More
Rcok Your World's $180,000 colt, hip 438, at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale - Judit Seipert photo

Yaupon among top First-Crop sire at OBS March sale

Anchored by a $400,000 colt Wednesday at the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale, Yaupon has had a half-dozen horses bring at least $200,000 during the high-profile auction. Hip No. 456, consigned by Pike Racing at Highlander Training Center, Agent, was the highlight thus far for Yaupon, bringing a winning… Read More
Yaupon's $400,000 colt, hip 456, at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale - Judit Seipert photo

Authentic OBS March 2YO offerings topped by $600,000 colt

Leading Second-Crop sire Authentic had one of the top-five sellers during Wednesday’s session of the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale when hip No. 491 hammered for $600,000. Consigned by Top Line Sales, agent for breeder Machmer Hall, the bay colt went to Pedro Lanz, agent for KAS Stables. The… Read More
Authentic's $600,000 colt in the ring at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale - Judit Seipert photo

AMO Racing goes to $600,000 for Bolt d’Oro filly

Bolt d’Oro had the second-highest priced filly of the day during Wednesday’s session of the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale when hip No. 405 brought a winning bid of $600,000. Consigned by Brandon and Ali Rice’s Ricehorse Stable for breeder Machmer Hall, the dark bay filly went to AMO… Read More
Bolt d'Oro's hip No. 405 at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale - Judit Seipert photo

Freedom’s Not Free gives Omaha Beach another stakes winner

Freedom’s Not Free became Omaha Beach’s third stakes winner of the year with his two-length win in Sunday’s $100,000 Pasadena S. over the Santa Anita Park turf course. The 3-year-old colt was making his two-turn turf debut in the one-mile affair. Breaking from the inside post, he settled comfortably into… Read More
3yo colt Freedom's Not Free wins the 2025 Pasadena S. at Santa Anita | Benoit photo

Omaha Beach colt throttles competition with TDN ‘Rising Star’ performance

Accelerize debuted in devastating fashion Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, rolling home the easiest of winners by 7 ¾-lengths in a seven-furlong maiden special weight contest for 3-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt, bred by Spendthrift Farm LLC and co-owned with Repole Stable, stole the show on a day that featured… Read More
Accelerize cruises to victory in his March 8 debut at Tampa Bay Downs - SV Photography

Spendthrift reports in-foal mares for G1 winners Dornoch, Kingsbarns & National Treasure

Spendthrift Farm’s trio of Grade 1-winning first-season stallions – Dornoch, Kingsbarns, and National Treasure – have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal. Dornoch, Good Magic’s multiple Grade 1 winner, classic winner & Eclipse finalist of 2024, had his first mare reported as in foal at Hidden Springs… Read More

Baby Dukes the newest stakes winner for Maximus Mischief

Maximus Mischief tallied his fourth stakes winner of the year on March 4th at Parx when Baby Dukes fought off a stern challenge from Right Wing Runner to win the $75,000 City of Brotherly Love S. The pair of 3-year-olds battled for the top spot the entire 1 1/16-mile trip. Read More

Bolt d’Oro filly earns critical Kentucky Oaks points with Busher S. win

Drexel Hill’s come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Busher S. earned the 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro filly 50 points in Road to the Kentucky Oaks championship series, virtually assuring herself of a starting position the May 2nd race at Churchill Downs. Bolt d’Oro has a trio of graded stakes winners, tops among… Read More
Drexel Hill puts away Amarth to win the $200,000 Busher S. at Aqueduct - Chelsea Durand

Into Mischief colt makes dazzling move to win the Fountain of Youth S. (G2)

Sovereignty added his name to a burgeoning list of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls by Into Mischief after a dramatic last-to-first run in Saturday’s $415,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Joining the likes of Barnes and Citizen Bull as top 3-year-olds by Into Mischief, Sovereignty picked up an… Read More
Sovereignty rolls past River Thames to win the Fountain of Youth S. (G2) - Coglianese photo

The Queens M G comes up huge in Davona Dale S. (G2)

Thousand Words has a likely Kentucky Oaks contender after The Queens M G dominated Saturday’s Davona Dale S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, drawing off to win by 2 ¾-lengths and up her Oaks qualifying points to a total of 43.5, currently fifth on the list. The top 14 point-getters qualify… Read More
The Queens M G is a clear winner of the 2025 Davona Dale S. (G2) - Angelo Lieto

Vixen outgames foes in Herecomesthebride S. (G3) blanket finish  

Vekoma’s Vixen earned her first graded win in dramatic fashion Saturday at Gulfstream Park, taking the $215,000 Herecomesthebride S. (G3) by a neck in a four-horse photo finish. Getting a stalking trip under John Velazquez, Vixen was never worse than third in the one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds. In the… Read More
Vixen bests three obscured foes in the 2025 Herecomesthebride S. (G3) - Adam Coglianese