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Intrepido repelled a pair of highly-regarded colts at the top of the Del Mar stretch to break his maiden by 3 ¼-lengths and earn a ‘TDN Rising Star’. The 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief looked very strong in the final quarter-mile. After dueling with Biggiebiggiebiggie for the first five furlongs,… Read More

Iron Orchard toyed with her competition for the second time in as many starts in Friday’s $150,000 Seeking the Ante S. at Saratoga, rolling home a 6 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong contest. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic is the fifth stakes winner of the year for her sire, who… Read More

Iron Dome rolled to a 6 ¾-length win in the $200,000 Albany S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt his first stakes win. Iron Dome now has won three races in a row by a combined 28 ¼-lengths, all at 1 1/8-miles,during the Saratoga meet. Read More

Vehemente became the 10th stakes winner of the year for top-ranked Second-Crop sire Vekoma with her front-running win in the $200,000 Fleet Indian S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga. Vekoma has 22 stakes horses overall this year, far more than any other Second-Crop sire, while his $7.5 million in progeny earnings… Read More

Tennessee Belle gave Yaupon his fifth winner of the week on Aug. 16 when the 2-year-old filly romped to a 7 ¼-length maiden special weight win at Saratoga. The dark bay filly was named a ‘TDN Rising Star’ following the superlative effort. Caught up in a three-way duel in the… Read More

Crown the Buckeye turned the $100,000 Cleveland Kindergarten S. into a one-horse race with a powerhouse performance to win the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds by 12 ¼-lengths. The bay colt is the second stakes winner of the year for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon, who now has 11 winners overall. Crown… Read More

Desert Gate toyed with the competition in Saturday’s $150,000 Best Pal S. (G3) at Del Mar, rolling home an 8 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt was making his stakes debut following June 13 maiden special weight win at five furlongs. Desert Gate, ridden… Read More

Rolando rolled to a four-length victory in the $100,000 Petramalo Mile at Colonial Downs in a track record-breaking performance by the 3-year-old Vekoma colt. Rolando, who had been away from the races since early April, broke quickest of all from the outside post in the field of eight and opened… Read More

Bolt d’Oro’s 3-year-old filly could not have been more impressive in Saturday’s $100,000 Tyson Gilpin S. at Colonial Downs, galloping to a 6 ¾-length victory in the seven-furlong main track contest. The bay filly was making her stakes debut following a handy allowance win on July 13 at Ellis Park,… Read More

Diciasette did not have the easiest of trips in Saturday Proud Man S., but the 2-year-old son of Mitole found a way to win after changing paths multiple times in the Gulfstream Park stretch. Now undefeated in two starts following his July 20 maiden debut win, Diciassette is the sixth… Read More

On a Tuesday night with endless fireworks in the Saratoga sales ring, no sire shone brighter than Into Mischief, with four of his yearlings bringing seven figures, led by the sales-topping $4.1 million colt sold by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent for the Don Alberto Corporation. After two days… Read More

Led by a colt that brought $625,000 that ultimately was the top price paid for a colt by a freshman sire, Jackie’s Warrior had a stellar first day at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale on Monday. From five lots sold, Jackie’s Warrior had an average of $337,000, more than… Read More