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Icona Mama powered through the Parx stretch to win the $150,000 Liberty Bell S. by two lengths over Irish Maxima, triggering a Maximus Mischief-sired exacta in the 6 ½-furlong sprint for fillies and mares. Icona Mama is the sixth stakes winner of 2026 for Maximus Mischief. Irish Maxima,… Read More

Stradale’s powerful stretch run carried the 3-year-old Yaupon colt to victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Gallant Bob S. (G2), just a month after the bay speedster took the Mahony S. (G3) over the Saratoga turf. Stradale is one of six graded winners and a dozen overall stakes winners this… Read More

Into Mischief had the top price through the first two days of the Keeneland September sale after the conclusion of Book 1 when hip No. 242 hammered for a stratospheric $3.7 million. The colt was consigned by John Gunther’s Glennwood Farm. Gunther, in partnership with Eurowest Bloodstock, bred… Read More

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