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Bolt d’Oro’s 3-year-old filly could not have been more impressive in Saturday’s $100,000 Tyson Gilpin S. at Colonial Downs, galloping to a 6 ¾-length victory in the seven-furlong main track contest. The bay filly was making her stakes debut following a handy allowance win on July 13 at Ellis Park,… Read More

Diciasette did not have the easiest of trips in Saturday Proud Man S., but the 2-year-old son of Mitole found a way to win after changing paths multiple times in the Gulfstream Park stretch. Now undefeated in two starts following his July 20 maiden debut win, Diciassette is the sixth… Read More

On a Tuesday night with endless fireworks in the Saratoga sales ring, no sire shone brighter than Into Mischief, with four of his yearlings bringing seven figures, led by the sales-topping $4.1 million colt sold by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent for the Don Alberto Corporation. After two days… Read More

Led by a colt that brought $625,000 that ultimately was the top price paid for a colt by a freshman sire, Jackie’s Warrior had a stellar first day at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale on Monday. From five lots sold, Jackie’s Warrior had an average of $337,000, more than… Read More

Ted Noffey, a 2-year-old Into Mischief colt named after Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey, came home a 1 ½-length winner in his Aug. 2 debut at Saratoga to become the latest TDN ‘Rising Star’ for his sire. Ted Noffey, who was named after an inadvertent typo on a social… Read More

Into Mischief’s ultra-fast turf sprinter Bring Theband Home earned his first graded stakes win Sunday at Saratoga with a front-running score in the $300,000 Troy S. (G2). The 5-year-old Live Oak Plantation’s homebred, who the July 4 Harvey Pack S., also over the Saratoga turf, is 6-3-1 in 13 starts… Read More

Top-three Fourth-Crop sire Bolt d’Oro earned her first stakes win in scintillating fashion Sunday at Ellis Park with a 3 ¾-length victory in the $400,000 Pucker Up S. (G3). Bolt d’Oro has a half-dozen stakes winners and over $6 million in progeny earnings to date in 2025. With Drop the… Read More

Beach Gold had quite an afternoon in winning the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. Not only did the 4-year-old Omaha Beach colt set a course record in the one-mile race, he also earned a fees-paid berth in Kentucky Downs’ $2.5 million The Mint… Read More

Tomasello won a race-long duel with Yinzer to earn his first stakes win in the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Nashville Derby Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. By virtue of the win, the 3-year-old Authentic colt is guaranteed a starting spot in the $3.5 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3), which runs… Read More

After her 9 ¼-length maiden special weight romp Aug. 2 at Saratoga, Delightful Claire was a shoe-in to be named a TDN Rising Star, which she was and also the first for Thousand Words. With five stakes winners to date this year, Thousand Words ranks third on the Second-Crop sire… Read More

Scarlet Sands and Mondogetsbuckets both scored their first stakes wins over the past weekend for Omaha Beach, bringing his total number of black type winners up to 12 for the year. Omaha Beach is the leading Third-Crop sire list by nearly every metric and is tied for second by stakes… Read More

In what was termed a “prep” by trainer Bill Mott for next month’s Travers S. (G1), Sovereignty turned in another winning performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) at Saratoga in his first start since winning the June 7th Belmont S. (G1). With his victory, the 3-year-old Into Mischief… Read More