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Mystik Dan, the 2024 Kentucky Derby hero by Goldencents, added to his legend at Churchill Downs on Sept. 27th with another rail-skimming victory, this time in the $500,000 Lukas Classic-G2 named after the late legendary trainer. With his regular pilot Brian Hernandez, Jr. sidelined with injury, Mystik Dan’s winning… Read More

No. 1 First-Crop Sire Yaupon continued his blazing start at stud on Sept. 22, siring two new black type winners on the same day—one in Ireland and one in the United States—giving him 4 black type winners and 7 black type horses already from his impressive first runners. At Fairyhouse… Read More

Champion freshman sire Vekoma’s incredible first crop continues to reach new heights with each passing week, as he garnered his 15th black type winner and 6th graded stakes winner when 3yo colt dashed to victory over a quality field in the $400,000 Gallant Bob S. (G2) on Pennsylvania Derby day… Read More

Rock Your World has caught fire with his debut crop of 2-year-olds, siring 3 new MdSpWt winners in 4 days from Sept. 17-20 to surge to No. 2 on the First-Crop Sires List in North America. His fillies American Taylor and Miss Fulton Gal captured MdSpWt races on back to… Read More

In 2025, Into Mischief added another historic milestone to his growing legend, siring a standout group of Grade 1-winning 3-year-olds led by Sovereignty. On May 3rd, that colt carried his sire’s greatness to new heights with a third Kentucky Derby triumph. The victory tied Into Mischief with four other legendary… Read More

Bolt d’Oro’s hip No. 1722 brought a winning bid of $600,000 Sept. 14 at the Keeneland Yearling sale to be the top-priced filly of the session. Consigned by Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services Inc., the dark bay was bred by South Gate Farm, LLC. The winning bidder was Susan Naylor and is… Read More

Into Mischief’s Whiskey Decision got her second stakes win of the summer Sunday at Aqueduct with a flying finish to win the $150,000 Athenia S. The 4-year-old turf specialist took the Eatontown S. (G3) in June and also won the Christiana S. last year at Delaware Park. In the 1… Read More

Chancer McPatrick, the multiple Grade 1-winning juvenile by McKinzie, will stand stud at Eric & Tamara Gustavson’s Spendthrift Farm in 2026. An earner of $727,875 to date, Chancer McPatrick will make his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1. A stud fee… Read More

Caitlinhergrtness earned her second graded stakes win of the year in emphatic fashion with a 3 ¼-length win in the Ontario Matron S. (G3) Saturday afternoon at Woodbine. The 4-year-old Omaha Beach filly, who won the Belle Mahone S. (G3) over the same track in April, is one of 14… Read More

Top-three First-Crop sire Rock Your World got his first stakes winner in emphatic fashion in Saturday’s $300,000 Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs when Taken by the Wind rolled home a 5 ¼-length winner with a devastating kick in the final furlong.  Rock Your World now has four stakes horses from… Read More

Into Mischief notched his sixth seven-figure horses of the Keeneland September sale on Saturday when hip No. 1197 sold for $2 million early in the session. The price was the highest paid for any of Into Mischief’s yearlings to this point in the sale, and also was the top price… Read More

Goldencents’ classy mare Positano Sunset picked up her third career stakes win in Saturday’s $300,000 Open Mind S. and simultaneously became racing’s newest millionaire with the hard-fought victory. Freshened over the summer by trainer Ian Wilkes, Positano Sunset broke on top in the 6 ½-furlongs sprint, then settled off the… Read More