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Jackie’s Warrior colt razor-sharp in Saratoga debut
Wood Island rocketed out of the starting gate and was never headed as he rolled to a two-length maiden special weight win July 31 at Saratoga. The bay colt is the second winner for First-Crop sire Jackie’s Warrior, who himself was very successful at Saratoga, winning the Hopeful… Read More
Greatest Honour filly overcomes many obstacles to score at first asking
Vanta overcame trouble during several stages of her five-furlong maiden special weight debut July 31 at Del Mar to ultimately prevail by 1 ¼-lengths and give First-Crop sire Greatest Honour his fifth winner. Vanta’s trouble started right out of the gate, when she got away slowly and was… Read More
Anakarina gives Vekoma a dozen stakes winners in 2026
Anakarina took the lead early in Saturday’s $100,000 Love Sign S. and never relinquished the top spot, battling to a neck victory over Conquerthosewecan to give the 4-year-old daughter of Vekoma her first stakes win [WATCH RACE]. Vekoma, who currently sits atop the 2026 Third-Crop sire list… Read More
Effusive lives up to lofty pedigree in debut at Saratoga
Spendthrift Farm LLC’s homebred 2-year-old filly Effusive had much to live up to with her royal pedigree in her career debut July 18 at Saratoga, and the filly showed potential star power with a gritty 1 ¼-length win in a six-furlong maiden special weight contested over a sloppy racetrack. Read More
Vino Rosso’s Baby Vino scales new heights with Haskell (G1) victory
Coming off a double-digit length win in last month’s Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park, Baby Vino stepped up to take on a top-class field in Saturday’s $1 million Haskell S. (G1), and the 3-year-old Vino Rosso colt came away with a thrilling victory over Preakness S. (G1) winner Napoleon… Read More
Omaha Beach filly takes De La Rose S. for third stakes win
And One More Time scored a gate-to-wire win in the $150,000 De La Rose S. July 17 at Saratoga to give the 4-year-old Omaha Beach filly her third lifetime stakes win. With eight stakes winners and over $6.8 million in progeny earnings to date in 2026, Omaha Beach… Read More
$270,000 Arabian Lion filly wraps up strong F-T July sale for Spendthrift’s First-Crop sires
Arabian Lion, along with fellow Spendthrift Freshman sires Forte and Taiba, had robust results at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings sale on Tuesday in central Kentucky. Leading the way for Arabian Lion was hip No. 77, a filly consigned by Gainesway, agent and purchased for $270,000 by Baccari… Read More
Forte filly brings $280,000 to kick off live yearling auction season
Champion Forte’s 2026 live yearling auction season got off to a strong start July 14 at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings sale when hip No. 161 sold for $280,000 to Offshoot Farm. The Warrendale Sales, agent consignee would finish as the second highest-price filly, and the second highest price… Read More
Taiba tops First-Crop sires at F-T July sale with $300,000 colt
Three-time Grade 1 winner Taiba topped all First-Crop sires at the Fasig-Tipton July Select Yearlings sale on Tuesday with a $300,000 colt from the Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Don Alberto Corporation consignment. Purchased by Taproot Bloodstock’s Phil Hager, hip No. 36 wound up as the co-third… Read More
$600,000 Vekoma colt tops Fasig-Tipton July Select Yearlings sale
Vekoma’s hip No. 135 brought a winning bid of $600,000 Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton July Select Yearlings sale, which would ultimately prove to be the top price paid during the one-day auction in central Kentucky. Vekoma was also responsible for the third-highest price of the day when hip… Read More
Greatest Honour filly unleashes tremendous stretch run in Saratoga maiden score
B Yutifil Carly flew through the Saratoga stretch to tally a stunning come-from-behind maiden special weight win on Saturday afternoon at the historical oval. The 2-year-old filly is the second winner this week for First-Crop sire Greatest Honour, whose 2026 fee is $7,500 S&N. After a very… Read More
Into Mischief’s In the Stars collects first stakes win
With a big late move coming into the stretch, In the Stars rolled to a two-length win in Saturday’s Indiana General Assembly Distaff H. at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The victory was the first stakes score of the 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, who now has a nation’s-best 19 stakes… Read More