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Undefeated Yaupon filly registers second straight stakes win

Sassy C W dug in late to win the $100,000 Prairie Gold Lassie S. on July 4 at Prairie Meadows to run her record to a perfect three-for-three. The 2-year-old daughter of Yaupon, who was named a TDN Rising Star following her debut win April 30 at Churchill Downs, subsequently… Read More
Sassy C W (#5) digs in to win the Prairie Gold Lassie S. - Coady photography

Bring Theband Home, Coppola score Fourth of July stakes double for Into Mischief

Into Mischief tallied a pair of stakes winners on Independence Day, with Bring Theband Home getting his first added-money win in the $150,000 Harvey Pack S. and the veteran Coppola setting a track record in the $100,000 William Garrett H. at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Bring Theband Home, who had made just… Read More
Bring Theband Home powers to victory in the 2025 Harvey Pack S. at Saratoga / Janet Napolitano

Omaha Beach’s Kingsolver breaks maiden in historic Schuylerville S.

Kingsolver surged past My Sweetheart in deep stretch to win the $150,000 Schuylerville S. on Independence Day at Saratoga. The 2-year-old filly is the ninth stakes winner of 2025 for Omaha Beach, who leads this year’s Third-Crop sire list in almost every category. Coming into the Schuylerville off her fifth-place… Read More
2yo filly Kingsolver breaks her maiden in the 2025 Schuylerville S. at Saratoga | NYRA photo

Undefeated Verifire the newest stakes winner for Authentic

Verifire turned in a stellar performance in Sunday’s $239,665 Maxfield S. at Churchill Downs, winning going away by three lengths to give the 3-year-old son of Authentic his first stakes win. Verifire, who won both a maiden and allowance race by over a half-dozen lengths each in his first two… Read More
Verifire strides clear in the late stages of the Maxfield S. - John Gallagher/Coady Media

First-time starter Dazzle d’Oro earns TDN Rising Star at Churchill Downs

Dazzle d’Oro rocketed out of the gate and never looked back in his June 29 debut at Churchill Downs in a $120,000 maiden special weight contest. The 2-year-old son of Bolt d’Oro blasted out of the gate and immediately opened up a two-length lead in the first furlong. He rolled… Read More
Dazzle d'Oro lives up to his name in his June 29th debut at Churchill Downs - Coady Media

Nevada Beach gets first stakes win in Los Alamitos Derby

Nevada Beach surged past Varney with about three furlongs to run in Saturday’s $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby, going on to win the 1 1/8-mile race by 4 ¼-lengths and top a Spendthrift-sired exacta. Nevada Beach is the eighth stakes winner of 2025 for Omaha Beach, the across-the-board leader on this… Read More
Nevada Beach and jockey Juan Hernandez make easy work of the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby Saturday, June 28, 2025 / Benoit Photo

Yaupon’s Papa Ken a game winner in career debut

Papa Ken became the second winner for First-Crop sire Yaupon on June 28 in the first race at Churchill Downs with a hard-fought victory in a five-furlong maiden special weight affair for 2-year-olds. Yaupon’s first winner, Sassy C W, has gone on to win the Astoria S. at Saratoga. She… Read More
Papa Ken holds off a pair of challengers for a career debut win June 28, 2025 at Churchill Downs - Coady Media

Into Mischief filly gets second straight black type win in Alywow S.

Love Cervere travelled to Woodbine for Saturday’s $100,000 Alywow S. and came home a 2 ½-length winner of the 6 ½-furlong test for 3-year-old fillies. The bay daughter of Into Mischief won the Take the A Train S. at Aqueduct on May 10, her first stakes win. Going off the… Read More

Rock Your World first-timer streaks to maiden special weight win

Oriole Way opened up a lead at the top of the Monmouth Park stretch on her way to a debut victory in a five-furlong maiden special weight sprint on Saturday afternoon. The 2-year-old filly is the third winner for Rock Your World, tying him for the top spot on the… Read More
Rock Your World | 2023 Paddock | Wendy Wooley/EquiSport photo

Pure Eloquence rolls by five lengths to become first winner for Known Agenda

Known Agenda got his first winner on June 19 at Gulfstream Park when Pure Eloquence romped home a five-length winner in a five-furlong maiden special weight turf race for 2-year-olds. The chestnut colt, who was making his career debut for trainer Jack Sisterson, wasted no time getting to the lead… Read More
Known Agenda's first winner Pure Eloquence scores by five lengths on June 19 at Gulfstream Park - Ryan Thompson

Whiskey Decision tops Into Mischief Saturday stakes double

Whiskey Decision’s victory in the Eatontown S. (G3) Saturday at Monmouth Park, her first in a graded stakes, highlighted a stakes double for Into Mischief, along with Full Moon Madness taking the $100,000 Alapocas Run S. Into Mischief is once again dominating the annual General Sire list in 2025, leading… Read More
Whiskey Decision #7 with Samy Camacho up won the $150,000 Grade III Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday June 14, 2025. Photo by Taylor Ejdys/EQUI-PHOTO

Vekoma colt on his way to G1 Haskell after Pegasus S. romp

Bracket Buster rolled to a seven-length victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park, guaranteeing the 3-year-old Vekoma colt a starting spot in next month’s Haskell Inv. (G1). Bracket Buster, who was making his first stakes appearance since finishing second to subsequent Preakness S. (G1) runner-up in the Lexington… Read More
Bracket Buster coasts to victory in the 2025 Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park - Bill Denver EQUI-PHOTO