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Vekoma filly overwhelms foes in maiden special weight romp
Praying left her competition far behind in her seven-length maiden special weight win Sept. 4 at Horseshoe Indianapolis, going gate to wire in the 5 ½-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies Praying is the 18th winner for Vekoma, which leads all First-Crop sires of 2024. He is also tied for the… Read More
Landed wins Saratoga’s Fleet Indian S. for white-hot Omaha Beach
Leading Second-Crop sire Omaha Beach got his third stakes winner of the weekend on Aug. 25 at Saratoga when Landed scored a front-running victory in the $200,000 Fleet Indian S. With Caitlinhergreatness taking the $1 million King’s Plate S. and E J Won the Cup $250,000 winning the St. Louis… Read More
Authentic filly rockets home on Saratoga turf
Charlotte’s Heart stormed past the field in the final furlong of her maiden special weight debut Aug. 25 at Saratoga to win the 5 ½-furlong turf race for 2-year-old fillies by 1 ½-lengths. The daughter of Authentic is the fourth winner for her top-10 First-Crop sire, who has a total… Read More
Rising 3yo Gould’s Gold wins Smarty Jones, becomes Goldencents’ newest stakes winner
Gould’s Gold, who is campaigned by the same connections as 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, joined his famous stablemate as a black type winner on Aug. 24th, as the 3-year-old colt by Goldencents captured the $200,000 Smarty Jones S. at Parx for trainer Kenny McPeek and owners 4 G… Read More
Maximus Mischief’s Raging Torrent is Breeders’ Cup-bound
Raging Torrent, a rising 3-year-old colt from the first crop of Maximus Mischief, earned a berth into this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint after a powerhouse performance to defeat older horses in Del Mar’s $250,000 Pat O’Brien S. (G2) on Aug. 24th. Ridden by Antonio Fresu, the speedy colt broke… Read More
Omaha Beach’s Caitlinhergrtness beats boys in $1,000,000 King’s Plate
Caitlinhergrtness, a 3-year-old filly from the first crop of Omaha Beach, became her sire’s first classic winner August 23rd when she defeated the boys in the $1 million King’s Plate S. at Woodbine. Trained by Kevin Attard, the talented chestnut filly powered past favorite My Boy Prince in the stretch… Read More
Omaha Beach filly sparkles in TDN Rising Star-worthy performance
With the Angels turned her Aug. 22 maiden special weight debut at Saratoga into a one-horse race when she rolled to an 11 ½-length victory. The 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach was named a TDN Rising Star after the blowout win, the second such horse for the Spendthrift stallion. Omaha… Read More
Vixen keeps Vekoma hot streak rolling with dominant turf score
Vixen became Vekoma’s second winner in as many days with her 4 ¾-length maiden special weight score Aug. 19 on the turf at Ellis Park. Vekoma now has 16 individual winners, the most for any First-Crop sire this year. He also had his fourth stakes horse on Aug. 18 when… Read More
Jonathan’s Way the second TDN Rising Star for Vekoma
Jonathan’s Way uncorked a huge rally at the half-mile pole to win his debut Saturday at Saratoga... Read More
Tricky Temper pours it on late to win Saratoga’s Union Avenue S.
Into Mischief’s Tricky Temper picked up her second career stakes win, and first of 2024 with a three-length victory... Read More
Stephen Foster-G1 winner Kingsbarns injured, retires to Spendthrift
Leading older horse Kingsbarns, who had earned a berth into the Breeders’ Cup after an impressive victory in the $1 million Stephen Foster S. (G1) at Churchill, has exited a recent workout with an injury and has been retired from racing. The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo will ship from… Read More
$275,000 colt anchors strong Fasig-Tipon NY Sale for Yaupon
The Aug. 11-12 Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Yearling sale was solid across the board for First-Crop sire Yaupon with a two-day average of $169,000 and four lots bringing at least $200,000. Topping the list for the Spendthrift stallion was hip No. 485, which sold for $275,000 to trainer Mike Maker… Read More
