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Vekoma’s Mi Bago gave his sire the second of two stakes winners on Gulfstream Park’s Saturday card with a dominant performance in the $200,000 Colonel Liam S. The 3-year-old colt’s win came about two hours after Vixen took the Herecomesthebride S. (G3). Vekoma is leading the 2025 Second-Crop sire list… Read More

Full Moon Madness became the 170th lifetime black type winner for Into Mischief with his determined score in Saturday’s $175,000 Tom Fool S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 5-year-old had been on the cusp of a stakes win in his last two starts, placing in both the Gravesend S. and Toboggan… Read More

A 2-year-old colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Yaupon topped the Fasig-Tipton February Digital Sale that ended Feb. 25. The colt brought a winning bid of $250,000 in the on-line sale that saw a total of 157 horses sell. Catalogued as hip No. 42, the colt went… Read More

Booth blasted out of the Oaklawn Park starting gate and never looked back in Monday’s $150,000 Commodore S., rolling to a 4 ¾-length win in the six-furlong contest. The victory marked the first stakes win for the 4-year-old Mitole colt trained by Steve Asmussen for Corinne & William Heiligbrodt, Jackpot… Read More

Landed took the lead shortly after the start of Sunday’s $125,000 Broadway S. at Aqueduct and never looked back, winning the seven-furlong race by a length in her first start of the year. The 4-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach now has three stakes wins to her credit after taking both… Read More

Cornucopian’s astounding maiden special weight win Feb. 23 at Oaklawn Park earned the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt the coveted ‘TDN Rising Star’ tag as well as a rare triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure in a career debut. The bay colt, trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, joins a star-studded list… Read More

With a determined stretch run, Golden Vekoma surged past Shin Forever inside the final furlong of Saturday’s $1.5 million Saudi Derby (G3) at King Abdulaziz racetrack to give the 3-year-old Vekoma colt his third straight victory. A month removed from his win in the UAE 200 Guineas (G3) in Dubai,… Read More

Formula Rossa rolled past heavily-favored Brilliantly at the top of the Santa Anita Park stretch on her way to a four-length maiden special weight win in the career debut for the 3-year-old Vekoma filly. Winning under a hand ride is a lightning-quick 1:08.73 for the six furlongs, Formula Rossa was… Read More

Irish Maxima, a 4-year-old Maximus Mischief filly, was at her best once again in Saturday’s $200,000 Barbara Fritchie S. at Laurel Park, going gate-to-wire to score her fifth win in her last six starts, three of them in stakes races. As is her custom, Irish Maxima went right to the… Read More

Colloquial could potentially find himself on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail after his seven-length tour de force maiden special weight win Feb. 7 at Aqueduct. Not only was the 3-year-old Vekoma colt named a TDN ‘Rising Star’ after the blowout victory, his 106 Beyer Speed Figure is the highest number… Read More

El Potente earned his first stakes win in Saturday’s Thunder Road S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, dominating the one-mile turf race by three lengths in a career-best effort. The 6-year-old son of Temple City has been ultra-consistent since switching to the turf two years ago, never finishing worse than… Read More

Vekoma got his newest stakes winner Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park when Vixen powered through the stretch to win the $165,000 Sweetest Chant S. by a widening 2 ¼-lengths. The 3-year-old filly, who was a very close second in last year’s Natalma S. (G1) at Woodbine, was making her first… Read More