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Newly crowned Breeders’ Cup Champion Shisospicy by Mitole lights up the board at Fasig-Tipton’s November sale, selling for $5,200,000.  The buyer was not new to her ownership, as Morplay Racing bought out co-owners Qatar Racing. She will remain with trainer Jose d’Angelo who conditioned her to 4 stakes wins in… Read More

Shisospicy went gate-to-wire in an electrifying performance in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) Saturday at Del Mar to become the first Breeders’ Cup winner for Mitole. She also made some Breeders’ Cup history with the win, joining other legendary 3-year-old fillies like Goldikova (Ire), Miesque and… Read More

Ted Noffey capped a perfect 2-year-old campaign Friday at Del Mar with his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Ted Noffey is an all-time record ninth Breeders’ Cup winner for Into Mischief. Ted Noffey came out well to settle into second, with the highly-regarded Brant setting the pace. Ted… Read More

Into Mischief has five entries on the card for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup championship, including last year’s 2-year-old champion male Citizen Bull in the Dirt Mile (G1). Into Mischief’s day starts with Bring Theband Home in the Turf Sprint (G1), race 5 at 3:41 pm ET. The Live Oak Plantation homebred… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Bolt d’Oro filly Tamara drew post four in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. The 4-year-old filly certainly has affinity for the Del Mar surface, breaking her maiden and winning the Del Mar Debutante S. (G1) in 2023. Out of… Read More

Into Mischief, who is tied for the most Breeders’ Cup wins by a sire with eight, has seven chances to add to that total in the Oct. 31 – Nov. 1 championships at Del Mar, beginning on Friday with Tommy Jo in the Juvenile Fillies (G1) and Ted Noffey in… Read More

Omaha Beach, the leading Third-Crop Sire across the board in 2025, has a pair of solid contenders in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, with Kopion in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and Nevada Beach in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Both races are on Saturday, with the Sprint… Read More

Mystik Dan, winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1), drew post four in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), a race his sire Goldencents won back-to-back in 2013-2014. Mystik Dan comes into Saturday’s race off a gallant victory in the Sept. 27 Lukas Classic S. (G2) at Churchill… Read More

The nation’s leading Second-Crop sire Vekoma has three runners in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, and all three come into the championship series off graded stakes wins. On Friday in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), the undefeated Bottas drew post 12 in the field of 14. Bottas,… Read More

Intrepido, a Grade 1-winning son of Maximus Mischief, would put himself squarely in position to earn an Eclipse Award should he win Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar. The bay has already established his quality in winning the American Pharoah S. (G1) Oct. 4 at Santa… Read More

Bottle of Rouge, winner of the Del Mar Debutante (G1), is among the top choices for Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Fillies (G1) at Del Mar. A victory by the gray/roan filly would give Vino Rosso his first Breeders’ Cup winner. Vino Rosso himself won the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic… Read More

Authentic, the 2020 Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner, will have two chances to get his first Breeders’ Cup winner as a sire this Friday when Iron Orchard constests the Juvenile Fillies (G1) and Brave Deb goes postward in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). Iron Orchard… Read More