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Vekoma, who is currently dominating the Second-Crop sire list in nearly every category, made a splash Tuesday at the Keeneland September sale when his first offering of the marathon auction brought a top bid of $850,000. From the St. George Sales, Agent consignment, hip No. 206 was purchased by Resolute… Read More

Into Mischief’s yearlings surpassed the $1 million mark four times during book 1 of the 2025 Keeneland September sale, topped by a $1.6 million colt that sold on Tuesday. Cataloged as hip No. 293 and consigned by Gainesway III, agent, the colt went to Spendthrift Farm LLC. He was bred… Read More

The first day of the Keeneland September sale included a pair of colts from much-anticipated  first crop of Spendthrift stallion Cyberknife included a $550,000 colt that sold to CHC Inc., Maverick Racing and First Go Racing. The colt, consigned by Denali Stud and bred by Three Chimneys Farm, was cataloged… Read More

Bottle Of Rouge stamped herself as the top California juvenile filly after an impressive victory in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on September 6th. The daughter of Vino Rosso now has two wins in three starts, coming second on debut before breaking her maiden in her second start… Read More

Shisospicy made her return stateside a successful one, taking the $2,000,000 Grade 2 Music City Stakes at Kentucky Downs with ease. A TDN Rising Star on debut at 2 years old at Gulfstream Park, Shisospicy won three straight races in 2025, including the Grade 3 Mamzelle Stakes at Churchill… Read More

Bottle of Rouge came home a one-length winner in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1) on Aug. 6 to become the first Grade 1 winner for top-five Third-Crop sire Vino Rosso. The winner defeated her Bob Baffert-trained stablemate Explora, who led most of the seven-furlong trip. After a half-mile, Bottle… Read More

Ted Noffey’s 8 ½-length romp in the Hopeful S. (G1) Monday at Saratoga gave Into Mischief a sweep of the Grade 1 2-year-old stakes over the Labor Day weekend. Two days earlier Tommy Jo was a clear-cut winner of the Spinaway S. (G1), and Sunday at Del Mar Into Mischief’s… Read More

Citizen Bull, last year’s 2-year-old champion for Into Mischief, broke a three-race losing streak in the $125,000 Shared Belief S. on Aug. 31 at Del Mar. The 3-year-old Bob Baffert-trained colt, who had been off since the June 7th Woody Stephens S. (G1), faced just two foes following a pair… Read More

Praying put away Long Neck Paula with a furlong to go on her way to an emphatic victory in the Aug. 30 Prioress S. (G3) at Saratoga. The 3-year-old Vekoma filly, who had placed second in a pair of stakes earlier in her career, is the 11th stakes winner and… Read More

Tommy Jo kicked off the Labor Day weekend with a stellar effort in the Aug. 30 Spinaway S. (G1) at Saratoga, cruising to a 6 ½-length win in the $300,000 race for 2-year-old fillies. The Spinaway is a ‘Win and You’re In’ race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1)… Read More

Will Happen rolled to a 4 ½-length debut win over the Del Mar turf course on Sunday to give Vekoma his second ‘TDN Rising Star’ in as many days. Will Happen’s dominating performance capped a terrific week for Vekoma that included Bottas’ Rising Star outing Saturday over the Saratoga turf,… Read More

Sovereignty scored an emphatic 10-length victory in Saturday’s $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt his fourth straight graded stakes win. Sovereignty’s win capped a huge day at Saratoga for Into Mischief that also included Patch Adams winning the H. Allen Jerkens S. Read More