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Spendthrift Farm’s four freshman sires: Arabian Lion, Forte, Taiba and Zandon, will all be represented by their first yearlings at auction in next Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July sale. The quartet has a total of 19 lots catalogued in the one-day sale, with four for Forte and Taiba, five for Zandon and… Read More

Vekoma, the nation’s leading Third-Crop sire, got his 11th stakes winner of 2026 Friday evening at Prairie Meadows when Wild Vekoma rallied late to win the $100,000 Prairie Gold Lassie S. The 2-year-old filly was making her stakes debut after breaking her maiden in her first lifetime start June 20,… Read More

Sippin Pretty surged past Goodall in the final sixteenth to win Friday’s Victory Ride S. (G3) by 1 ¼-lengths and complete a Yaupon-sired exact in the 6 ½-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies. Sippin Pretty is one of three graded stakes winners for leading Second-Crop sire Yaupon. The Spendthrift stallion also… Read More

Multiple Grade 1 winner Cyberknife was represented by his first winner on July 9 at Ellis Park when the 2-year-old filly Velvet Beretta tallied a sharp three-length maiden special weight victory at 5 ½-furlongs on the main track. The chestnut filly, who was making her career debut for trainer Michel… Read More

First-Crop sire Greatest Honour was represented by his first winner on July 6 at Presque Isle Downs when the 2-year-old filly Greatest Joy pounced late to win a five-furlong maiden special weight affair by a widening 1 ¼-lengths [WATCH RACE]. The bay filly, a Divine Light Healing Ministries homebred,… Read More

Mi Bago became the latest graded stakes winner for leading Third-Crop sire Vekoma with his gallant dead-heat victory in Sunday’s Kelso S. (G3) at Saratoga. Vekoma, who has 10 stakes winners this year, now has 12 lifetime graded winners, with five of them coming in 2026, including Hollywood Gold Cup… Read More

Booked has even bigger races in his future after rolling to a six-length win in the Sanford S. (G3) on Independence Day at Saratoga. The 2-year-old Yaupon colt, who broke his maiden a month ago at Saratoga, is likely heading to the Aug. 1 Saratoga Special (G2) according to his… Read More

Deep Flame’s scintillating victory in Sunday’s Maxfield S. (G3) at Churchill Downs etched the 3-year-old’s name in history as the 100th lifetime graded stakes winner for seven-time champion sire Into Mischief. The Spendthrift stallion joins Tapit, Frankel (GB) and Dubawi (IRE) as the only active North American hemisphere sires with… Read More

Meilani wore down pacesetter with an unwavering stretch drive to win Sunday’s $100,000 Alywow S. at Woodbine, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Omaha Beach filly. Meilani is the eighth stakes winner of the year for Omaha Beach, who leads the 2026 Fourth-Crop sire list with $6.1 million in… Read More

The nation’s leading Third-Crop sire Vekoma had a banner day Saturday with a pair of stakes winners as Brachetto won the Marine S. (G3) at Woodbine and Alpyland took the $275,000 American Derby at Churchill Downs. The Marine was the first stakes win for Brachetto, while Alpyland registered his four… Read More

Jackie’s Warrior had his first winner Friday at Colonial Downs when the 2-year-old filly Antiope streaked to a front-running score in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight affair on the main track in her career debut. Owned by Amy Moore and trained by Jane Cibelli, Antiope broke alertly under Paco… Read More

Hughes blasted away from his competition in the final furlong of a five-panel maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds, winning in hand by six lengths to become the latest TDN ‘Rising Star’ for Into Mischief. Trained by Bob Baffert for high-profile connections, Hughes was well-backed for Sunday’s unveiling. He tussled… Read More