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First-Crop sire Greatest Honour was represented by his first winner on July 6 at Presque Isle Downs when the 2-year-old filly Greatest Joy pounced late to win a five-furlong maiden special weight affair by a widening 1 ¼-lengths [WATCH RACE]. The bay filly, a Divine Light Healing Ministries homebred,… Read More

Mi Bago became the latest graded stakes winner for leading Third-Crop sire Vekoma with his gallant dead-heat victory in Sunday’s Kelso S. (G3) at Saratoga. Vekoma, who has 10 stakes winners this year, now has 12 lifetime graded winners, with five of them coming in 2026, including Hollywood Gold Cup… Read More

Booked has even bigger races in his future after rolling to a six-length win in the Sanford S. (G3) on Independence Day at Saratoga. The 2-year-old Yaupon colt, who broke his maiden a month ago at Saratoga, is likely heading to the Aug. 1 Saratoga Special (G2) according to his… Read More

Deep Flame’s scintillating victory in Sunday’s Maxfield S. (G3) at Churchill Downs etched the 3-year-old’s name in history as the 100th lifetime graded stakes winner for seven-time champion sire Into Mischief. The Spendthrift stallion joins Tapit, Frankel (GB) and Dubawi (IRE) as the only active North American hemisphere sires with… Read More

Meilani wore down pacesetter with an unwavering stretch drive to win Sunday’s $100,000 Alywow S. at Woodbine, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Omaha Beach filly. Meilani is the eighth stakes winner of the year for Omaha Beach, who leads the 2026 Fourth-Crop sire list with $6.1 million in… Read More

The nation’s leading Third-Crop sire Vekoma had a banner day Saturday with a pair of stakes winners as Brachetto won the Marine S. (G3) at Woodbine and Alpyland took the $275,000 American Derby at Churchill Downs. The Marine was the first stakes win for Brachetto, while Alpyland registered his four… Read More

Jackie’s Warrior had his first winner Friday at Colonial Downs when the 2-year-old filly Antiope streaked to a front-running score in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight affair on the main track in her career debut. Owned by Amy Moore and trained by Jane Cibelli, Antiope broke alertly under Paco… Read More

Hughes blasted away from his competition in the final furlong of a five-panel maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds, winning in hand by six lengths to become the latest TDN ‘Rising Star’ for Into Mischief. Trained by Bob Baffert for high-profile connections, Hughes was well-backed for Sunday’s unveiling. He tussled… Read More

Eclatant surged past Foie Gras in the final strides to win a thrilling renewal of the Chicago S. (G2) on Saturday night at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief has won all three of her starts this season, including the Madison S. (G1) at Keeneland in early April,… Read More

First-Crop sire Cyberknife had one of the top three colts during Thursday’s closing session of the OBS June 2-year-olds in Training sale when hip No. 995 brought a winning bid of $310,000. Consigned by First Call, agent, the colt went to MorPlay Racing LLC. The colt, who had breezed a… Read More

A fleet-footed filly from the first crop of Belmont S. (G1) winner Mo Donegal brought a winning bid of $370,000 during Tuesday’s opening session of the OBS June 2-year-olds in Training sale, the highest price paid for a filly, and second-highest overall, for the day. Consigned by Envision Equine, agent,… Read More

Freedom’s Not Free rocketed through the final furlong of Saturday’s Daytona S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park to score a heart-pounding win by a nose over Sumter. The win comes two days after Omaha Beach’s Magnificat won the Desert Stormer S., also at Santa Anita. A two-time listed stakes winner… Read More