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Vino Rosso’s multiple stakes winner The Wine Steward returned to the races from an extended layoff Saturday in Oaklawn Park’s $150,000 Fifth Season S., winning the one-mile contest by a neck in his first start since last year’s Belmont S. (G1). The 4-year-old broke well and tracked Patriot Spirit for… Read More

Coppola tallied his second stakes win in just over a month on Saturday when the 6-year-old son of Into Mischief went gate-to-wire in the $165,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. The bay speedster, who led all the way in the Dec. 21 Janus S. over the same five-furlong distance, was… Read More

Vekoma’s well-seasoned 3-year-old colt Golden Vekoma was on top of his game once again in Meydan’s UAE 2000 Guineas S. (G3), winning the 1,600-meter race on Jan. 24 by two lengths for his first graded/group win. Golden Vekoma, who won the Guineas Trial in his prior start, is now 3-0-1… Read More

National Treasure, new to the Spendthrift Farm stallion register for 2025, was named champion older dirt male off wins in the Metropolitan H. (G1), Pegasus World Cup (G1) and California Crown (G1). National Treasure was campaigned by SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Robert E Masterson, Stonestreet Stables… Read More

Into Mischief’s Citizen Bull earned 2024 championship honors at the Eclipse Award program held Jan. 23 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. Citizen Bull was named champion 2-year-old male following a campaign that included victories in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and American Pharoah S. (G1). Citizen Bull is… Read More

Laurel River, record-breaking winner of the 2024 Dubai World Cup (G1), earned co-honors as the World’s Best Racehorse of 2024, along with City of Troy, with a ranking of 128, at the recent Longines Racing Awards in London. A Juddmonte homebred son of Into Mischief, Laurel River has not raced… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s Zandon, the multimillionaire and winner of Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at 3, sired his first reported foal this week when a filly was born late Monday, January 20th at KatieRich Farms in Midway, KY. Bred by Rattner Bloodstock LLC, the bay filly with a thin white blaze… Read More

Hypnus flew through the final furlong in his career debut Saturday at Fair Grounds to break his maiden by a widening 2 ½-lengths and earn a ‘TDN Rising Star’. The 3-year-old colt is the 48th lifetime Rising Star for Into Mischief, who was once again the leading sire in North… Read More

Baby Max surged to the front turning for home en route to an authoritative victory in the $125,000 Leonatus S. Saturday evening at Turfway Park. The 3-year-old Maximus Mischief colt was making his stakes debut in the one-mile race over the synthetic surface. Longshot Shan went to the front at… Read More

Innocence kicked off the new year in style with a dominating score in the Borderplex S. at Sunland Park, the first added-money win for the 3-year-old Into Mischief filly [WATCH RACE]. Innocence was just behind Hurricane Saylor through the first stages of Friday’s 6 1/2-furlong race, then took over… Read More

When Mo Donegal’s hip No. 145 sold for $160,000 during the first day of the Keeneland January sale, it would ultimately be the top price paid for a short yearling by a First-Crop sire of 2025. The Kentucky-bred bay was offered by Paramount Sales, agent, and went to En Fuego… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s Arabian Lion, Justify’s only Grade 1-winning son on dirt, sired his first reported foal this week when a filly was born on Thursday, January 9th at Jim & Pam Robinson’s Brandywine Farm in Paris, KY. Bred by Brandywine from one of their top families, the chestnut filly is… Read More