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Local Knowledge, carrying the Spendthrift Farm colors, overcame an extremely wide trip to break her maiden at first asking as well as being named the third TDN Rising Star for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon. Yaupon has a total of 18 individual winners and five stakes winners, leading the First-Crop list… Read More

Top-five Second-Crop sire Authentic got his first Grade 1 winner in thrilling fashion Saturday at Aqueduct when Iron Orchard rallied for a nose victory over Rileytole in the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1). Undefeated Iron Orchard had two easy wins sprinting during the Saratoga, though they were against lesser competitors than… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Into Mischief filly Tommy Jo earned her second consecutive Grade 1 win when she was awarded first place in Friday’s $650,000 Darley Alcibiades S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 2-year-old filly, who won the Spinaway S. (G1) in her prior start, also earned an automatic berth in the… Read More

Vekoma’s 2-year-old colt Bottas would not be denied in the Pilgrim S. (G2) Oct. 3 at Aqueduct, squeezing his way between horses in upper stretch then gamely holding off Heeere’s Johnny to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a head. The victory assured Bottas a spot in the Oct. Read More

Imagination roared past last year’s sprint champion Straight No Chaser in deep stretch to win the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2) on Sept. 28. The victory in the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ race earned the 4-year-old Into Mischief colt an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1),… Read More

Bracket Buster took the lead with a quarter-mile to go in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) and never looked back, rolling home a 3 ¼-length winner to give the 3-year-old Vekoma colt his first graded stakes victory. Vekoma, a runaway leader of the 2025 Second-Crop sire list, now has eight… Read More

Leading First-Crop sire Yaupon got his fifth stakes winner in dominating fashion Sept. 28 at Remington Park when Woodstock rolled home a 10 ½-length winner of the E. L. Gaylord Memorial S. [WATCH RACE] After winning her July 28 debut, Woodstock tried the turf at Kentucky Downs before returning… Read More

Omaha Beach’s lightly-raced and rapidly-improving 3yo colt Nevada Beach landed a breakthrough victory in the $300,000 Goodwood Stakes (G1) on Sept. 27th at Santa Anita, out-finishing a field of older horses including defending Breeders’ Cup winner Full Serrano in the storied 1 1/8-mile race. Hall of Fame trainer Bob… Read More

Basin, the G1-winning juvenile son of Liam’s Map, sired his first black type winner from his debut crop of 2-year-olds, as his filly Somavia turned on the jets late to impressively win the $100,000 Iowa Sorority Stakes on Sept. 27 at Prairie Meadows. The flashy chestnut filly proved to be… Read More

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