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Champion Forte made a big splash with his first-ever Keeneland yearling on Monday when hip No. 27 sold for $800,000 to Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC. Four Star Sales, agent for breeder Spendthrift Farm, was the consignor for chestnut colt. The Kentucky-bred is the second foal out of the… Read More

Vino Rosso got his third graded winner of the year Saturday at Gulfstream Park in a heavy rain as Kerry’s Kiss went gate-to-wire to win the $225,000 Princess Rooney S. (G3). As part of the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ series, the Princess Rooney guarantees Kerry’s Kiss… Read More

Bottas earned his third career stakes win Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs in the $1.75 million KTDF Gun Runner S., coming from last in the field of ten to win by 1 ¼-lengths over Conducted. Bottas, a 3-year-old son of Vekoma, won the Hall of Fame S. (G2)… Read More

Omaha Beach, the nation’s leading Fourth-Crop sire, had a terrific Labor Day weekend, tallying three stakes winners over the holiday period. Kicking off the black-type trifecta on Sept. 5 at Del Mar was the Spendthrift Farm LLC homebred filly Magnificat, who took the $100,000 Tranquility Lake S. by… Read More

Hughes became the 101st lifetime graded winner for Into Mischief with a dominant performance in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1) on Sept. 6 at the southern California seaside track. A TDN ‘Rising Star’ following his June 21 debut, Hughes backed up that noteworthy accomplishment with a 7… Read More

Tomasello was ultra-tenacious in the stretch of the Sept. 5 Singspiel S. (G3) at Woodbine, fending off all comers to win the 1 3/8-mile turf marathon by a half-length over Dancin in Da’nile and Side Street. The victory marked the first graded win, and second stakes win overall,… Read More

Velora, who is now two-for-two after winning the $200,000 Seeking the Ante S. Sept. 4 at Saratoga, could be pointed towards graded stakes action in the near future. The 2-year-old Yaupon filly is one of 11 stakes winners this term for her sire, who holds a commanding lead… Read More

Omaha Beach got his ninth stakes winner of 2026 in heart-pounding fashion on Aug. 29 at Fairmount Park when Sharons Beach won a three-way battle in the $250,000 St. Louis Derby. The 3-year-old was making his stakes debut in the 1 1/16-mile contest following an Aug. 5 allowance… Read More

Yaupon’s 3-year-old filly Niche went gate-to-wire to win the $750,000 Charles Town Oaks (G2) by a half-length over post-time favorite At a Premium, who was second the entire seven-furlong trip. Niche was making her graded stakes debut following a solid second-place finish in last month’s Lady Erie S. Read More

Wood Island’s superlative performance in the Aug. 27 Skidmore S. at Saratoga ran the record of the 2-year-old Jackie’s Warrior colt to a perfect two-for-two, as well as give his sire his first stakes winner. With seven individual winners and nearly $750,000 in progeny earnings to date, Jackie’s… Read More

And One More Time fended off several challenges to score a neck victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Ballston Spa S. (G2) at Saratoga, the second career graded win, and fourth stakes win overall, for the 4-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach continues to hold a wide lead on… Read More

Iron Orchard seized the lead at the start of Saratoga’s Fleet Indian S. and never looked back, strolling to a 12-length win to give the 3-year-old daughter of Authentic her third career stakes victory. Iron Orchard is the sixth stakes winner this year for Authentic, who is fourth… Read More