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Gina Romantica won the $750,000 First Lady S. (G1) Saturday at Keeneland to give the 5-year-old daughter to Into Mischief her second straight win in the one-mile turf race. Into Mischief would add a second Grade 1 winner of the day to his 2024 skein when Citizen Bull scored in… Read More

Mi Bago became Vekoma’s third stakes winner from his first crop with a determined victory in Saturday’s $175,000 Algonquin S. at Woodbine. The 2-year-old colt was making his first start on the grass for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse. Mi Bago was never more than a few lengths… Read More

Jazzole, a 2-year-old Mitole colt, earned his first stakes win Oct. 2 at Horseshoe Indianapolis with a gritty victory in the $100,000 Circle City S. After finishing second in his July 29 debut, the dark bay colt has reeled off three straight wins. He is the sixth stakes winner this… Read More

Vekoma chalked up his 21st overall win, best among all First-Crop sires, on Sept. 29 at Belmont at the Big A when Super Swift came home a 2 ¼-length maiden special weight winner over a sloppy racetrack. The bay colt, who broke from the inside post in the six-furlong race,… Read More

Authentic moved well into the top-10 on the 2024 First-Crop sire list with his first overseas stakes winner and a blowout maiden winner at Santa Anita over the final weekend of September. In Saudi Arabia, regally-bred Alwajeeh ran his record to a perfect two-for-two with a game victory in the… Read More

Dornoch, a leading 3-year-old colt with impressive wins in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1), has been diagnosed with bone bruising, which will force him to miss his planned final start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. As a result, Dornoch has been retired from racing and will begin… Read More

Indigo Stunner made her second lifetime start a winning one with a comfortable 1 ½-length maiden special weight victory at a mile over the Horseshoe Indianapolis turf course. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic, the 10th winner for her top-10 First-Crop sire, entered Thursday’s race off a good third-place effort over… Read More

Omaha Beach’s undefeated filly With the Angels cruised to a 9 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $125,000 Joseph A. Gimma S. at Aqueduct, her second blowout win in as many starts. With the Angels won her Aug. 22 debut at Saratoga by 11 ½-lengths and was named a TDN Rising Star… Read More

Irish Maxima came from just off the pace to score a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Weather Vane S. Sunday at Laurel Park, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Maximus Mischief filly. Maximus Mischief now has seven stakes winners this year, second to only fellow Spendthrift stallion Omaha Beach… Read More

Show Card made it two stakes wins in a row Saturday at Los Alamitos with her 1 ¼-length victory in the $125,000 Dark Mirage S. [WATCH RACE] The 3-year-old Juddmonte homebred won the Tranquility Lake S. on Sept. 2 at Del Mar by 10 lengths, and along with Top… Read More

Top Gunner weaved his way to a 2 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Parx Sprint S., the second career stakes win, and first since 2022, for the son of Into Mischief. Top Gunner was one of two stakes winners Saturday for Into Mischief, who also accounted for Show Card’s win… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s Ned Toffey was named the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club (KTFMC) 2024 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year. The committee noted that Ned’s dedication, success, loyalty, and kindness to those around him are unmatched, and under his leadership and guidance, Spendthrift has become a global powerhouse in… Read More