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GRADE 1 WINNER BAEZA RETIRED TO SPENDTHRIFT FARM
LEXINGTON, Ky. — [October 6, 2026] — The regally-bred, Grade 1 winner Baeza has been retired and will enter stud at Spendthrift Farm. Campaigned by Lee and Susan Searing’s C R K Stable and his breeder Robert Clay’s Grandview Equine, Baeza retires with earnings of more than $2.3… Read More
Greatest Honour gets first graded winner at Santa Anita
Vanta stormed down the stretch of the Santa Anita Park turf course to win Sunday’s Surfer Girl S. (G3) and give First-Crop sire Greatest Honour his first graded stakes winner. Vanta, who won the Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar a month ago, replicated that come-from-behind victory on… Read More
Into Mischief’s Hughes remains undefeated after American Pharoah (G1) romp
Hughes dominated Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park by six lengths under a hand ride, earning the 2-year-old Into Mischief colt a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Oct. 31 at Keeneland. Hughes, a TDN ‘Rising Star’ after his June 21 maiden win,… Read More
Let Em Know the first graded stakes winner for Jackie’s Warrior
Dynamic First-Crop sire Jackie’s Warrior got his first graded winner with Let Em Know in Saturday’s Pilgrim S. (G2) at Belmont, a ‘Win and You’re In’ race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 30. Let Em Know’s connections were looking for redemption after a… Read More
Mrs D and Scalene give Bolt d’Oro a weekend stakes double
Bolt d’Oro accounted for a pair of 2-year-old stakes winners over the past two days, with Mrs D and Scalene both getting their first black type wins. Bolt d’Oro has a half-dozen stakes winners and 19 stakes horses this year and currently is second on the Fifth-Crop sire… Read More
Yaupon’s Brickyard Belle on to Breeders’ Cup after Matron S. (G3) victory
Brickyard Belle unleashed a devastating kick to run down Harper’s Corner in the final strides of Saturday’s $200,000 Matron S. (G3) at Belmont Park, earning the 2-year-old Yaupon filly her first stakes win and a trip to the Breeders’ Cup later this month at Keeneland. The dark bay… Read More
Mitole filly gets breakthough win in $200,000 Remington Park Oaks
Rileytole, twice Grade 1-placed as a 2-year-old, turned in a big performance to win the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks on Sept. 27, earning the 3-year-old Mitole filly her first stakes win. Rileytole is one of 14 stakes horses this term for Mitole, who is currently third on the… Read More
Grand Yaupon battles back to win Clever Trevor S.
After losing the lead briefly at the top of the Remington Park stretch, Grand Yaupon fought back gamely to best Iamkirk by a half-length in the $150,000 Clever Trevor S. on Sept. 27 [VIDEO]. The victory gave the 2-year-old son of Yaupon his first stakes win. In… Read More
Forged Steel becomes first Grade 1 winner for Vekoma
With his gallant victory in Saturday’s Goodwood S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park, Forged Steel earned himself an automatic berth into next month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), as well as becoming the first Grade 1 winner for Vekoma. With over $11.5 million in progeny earnings to date in… Read More
Into Mischief’s Plutarch make triumphant return in $300,000 Bourbon Flight S.
Plutarch blew away his competition in the Bourbon Flight S. on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs, rolling to a 6 ½-length win in what was the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt’s first start since winning the Robert B. Lewis S. (G3) in early February. Plutarch showed no signs of… Read More
Regally-bred Into Mischief colt earns TDN ‘Rising Star’ at Belmont Park
Collado Hueco separated himself from the field at the top of the Belmont Park stretch on his way to a 6 ¾-length maiden special weight win Sept. 20. Named a TDN ‘Rising Star’ after the tour de force, Collado Hueco is the 73rd such-named for Into Mischief. Read More
Spendthrift Will Stand GISWs Further Ado And Baeza in 2027
Spendthrift Farm will add Grade I winners Baeza and Further Ado to its stallion roster for the 2027 breeding season the farm announced on Friday evening. A $1.2 million Keeneland September yearling, Baeza placed in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes at 3 before winning the same… Read More
