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Rodriguez and Mike Smith glide to victory in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) – NYRA photo Rodriguez earned his first stakes win and assured himself a starting spot in next month’s Kentucky Derby (G1) with a powerhouse performance in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old Authentic colt… Read More

Raging Torrent dominates the G2 Godolphin Mile | Photo: Dubai Racing Club Saturday, April 5, 2025 proved to be a banner day for promising young stallion Maximus Mischief, as he was represented by a pair of impressive graded stakes winners from his first crop with world-class miler Raging Torrent and… Read More

Tappan Street holds off Sovereignty to win the $1M Florida Derby (G1) – Ryan Thompson Into Mischief’s Kentucky Derby (G1) hand got even stronger when the Spendthrift stallion’s Tappan Street and Sovereignty finished 1-2 in Saturday’s Florida Derby (G1). Already the sire of Kentucky Derby winners Authentic and Mandaloun, Into… Read More

Five G glides to victory in the 2025 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) – Coglianese photo Five G earned her first graded stakes win and stamped her ticket to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a gate to wire victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) at the south Florida track. Read More

Mitole’s Tirupati gets her first stakes win in the Grade III Wilshire S. at Santa Anita Park – Benoit Photo Tirupati earned her first stakes win Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a front-running score in the $100,000 Wilshire S. (G3). The 4-year-old filly is the second graded stakes winner… Read More

Jackie’s Warrior, who holds the stakes record in the Hopeful, is one of two champions currently standing at Spendthrift that won Saratoga’s biggest race for 2-year-olds | NYRA The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and Spendthrift Farm has entered into a multi-year agreement for the storied farm to serve… Read More

Lion of Justice and Shred the Gnar, both 3-year-olds by Into Mischief, earned TDN ‘Rising Star’ status over the past weekend, the 50th and 51st for their six-time champion sire. Lion of Justice was a dominating winner of his March 15 debut at Colonial Downs, coming home a 6 ½-length… Read More

Booth powers to victory in the 2025 Whitmore S. (G3) at Oaklawn Park – Coady Media Booth posted his second straight dominating stakes score with his victory in the $250,000 Whitmore S. (G3) March 15 at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old Mitole colt romped by 2 ¼-lengths and earned a career-best… Read More

3yo colt Rolando wins the 2025 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream | Coglianese photo Vekoma, the nation’s leading Second-Crop sire by a wide margin, tallied his fifth stakes winner of the year March 15 at Gulfstream Park when Rolando fought off Multiverse to win the Hutcheson S. Saturday’s six-furlong race was… Read More

3yo colt Verifire becomes a TDN Rising Star after a dominant debut victory in 1:08.14, earning a 92 Beyer Speed Figure | Coady Media photo Verifire kicked clear of the field in the final furlong in his career debut March 15 at Colonial Downs to win the six-furlong maiden special… Read More

Yaupon’s $875,000 colt, hip 798, at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale – Judit Seipert photo The OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale finished with a bang for Yaupon when his last offering brought a winning bid of $875,000 during the Thursday afternoon session. From the first crop of his… Read More

Basin’s $270,000 filly, hip 302, at the 2025 OBS March 2yo sale – Judit Seipert photo After a very swift 9 4/5-second breeze at the Under Tack show, a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Basin garnered plenty of attention in the sales ring Wednesday at OBS,… Read More