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Vekoma colt holds off challengers to win Chick Lang in stakes debut

Retribution surged to the front in upper stretch on his way to a 1 ¾-length win in the May 17 Chick Lang S. at Pimlico in the stakes debut for the 3-year-old son of Vekoma. Retribution is the seventh stakes winner of the year for Vekoma, which leads all Second-Crop… Read More
Retribution earns his first stakes win in the $100,000 Chick Lang S. - MJC photo

Booth rolls to fourth straight stakes win in Maryland Sprint S. (G3)

Mitole’s top-class sprinter extended his stakes-winning streak to four Saturday at Pimlico with a front-running victory in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint S. (G3). The 4-year-old led at every point of call in the six-furlong dash. Epic Ride was his closest pursuer the entire trip, but could never get within a… Read More
Booth posts a 100 Beyer Speed Figure in winning the Maryland Sprint S. (G3) - Bill Denver

Authentic’s Verifire delivers second straight blowout win in Pimlico allowance

Verifire strutted to a 6 ½-length allowance win in the opening race Friday at Pimlico in what was the second open-length victory in as many starts for the 3-year-old Authentic colt. After winning his March 15 debut by 6 ¼-lengths and being named a TDN ‘Rising Star’ with a 92… Read More
Verifire rolls to a 6 1/2-length win on May 16, 2025 at Pimlico - Bill Denver

TDN ‘Rising Star’ Color Comin’ In First winner for Rock Your World

Spendthrift Farm’s Grade 1 winner Rock Your World was represented by his first winner as a sire on May 15 at Churchill Downs when his first starter Color Comin’ In scored a three-length victory in a five-furlong maiden special weight affair for 2-year-old fillies. The impressive performance netted the dark… Read More
Rock Your World's first winner, Color Comin' In, scores by three lengths on May 15 at Churchill Downs - Coady Media

Freedom’s Not Free a handy winner of the Cinema S.

Omaha Beach’s 3-year-old colt Freedom’s Not Free tallied his second straight stakes win Sunday at Santa Anita Park with his victory in the $100,000 Cinema S. The dark bay colt won the Pasadena S. over the same turf course two months ago, and is now 3-0-2 in six starts and… Read More
Freedom's Not Free wins the Cinema S, Sunday, May 11, 2025 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia CA. © BENOIT PHOTO

Love Cervere the 10th stakes winner of the year for Into Mischief

One week after Sovereignty gave Into Mischief his third Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Love Cervere became her sire’s 10th stakes winner of 2025 with a rousing stretch run to win the $150,000 Take the A Train S. at Aqueduct. Into Mischief now has 174 lifetime stakes winners and over $212… Read More

Shisospicy scorches foes in $225,000 Mamzelle S. (G3)

Mitole’s 3-year-old filly Shisospicy racked up her third win in a row Saturday at Churchill Downs with a near track-record performance in the Mamzelle S. (G3). Going 5 ½-furlongs on the turf, Shisospicy pushed Dreamaway through rapid fractions of :21.72 and :44.03, then with a big kick in the lane,… Read More
Shisospicy rolls to victory in the 2025 Mamzelle S. (G3) - Coady Media

On Command takes License Fee S. to top terrific weekend for Omaha Beach

One day after Kopion took the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff at Churchill Downs on Derby Day, On Command gave Omaha Beach his second stakes winner of the weekend with a front-running score in the $150,000 License Fee S. at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old filly was making her stakes debut following… Read More
On Command goes gate-to-wire for her first stakes win in the License Fee S. - NYRA

Into Mischief makes history with Sovereignty’s Kentucky Derby (G1) triumph

When Sovereignty crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), he became the third Derby winner for Into Mischief, making him just one of five sires, and the first since 1957, to achieve the feat. What is more remarkable is that Into Mischief’s three winners have come in… Read More
Sovereignty gives Sheikh Mohammed and Godolphin their first Kentucky Derby (G1) victory in 2025

Kopion pulls away to win the $1 million Derby City Distaff (G1)

Kopion’s powerhouse win in Saturday’s Derby City Distaff (G1) at Churchill Downs gave the 4-year-old Omaha Beach filly her third straight graded stakes win in what was the toughest field she has faced in her career. Kopion is Omaha Beach’s leading earner this year and has helped put him in… Read More
Kopion strides home first in the 2025 Derby City Distaff S. (G1) - Coady Media

Bolt d’Oro’s Look Forward perseveres for first graded win in $600,000 Eight Belles S. (G2)

Look Forward got a clean trip over a sealed Churchill Downs surface to win the Eight Belles S. (G2) on Kentucky Oaks Day at the Louisville oval. The 3-year-old daughter of Bolt d’Oro was in post 10 in the 11-horse field going seven furlongs, and after a good break, found… Read More
Umbert Rispoli salutes Look Forward's victory in the May 2nd Eight Belles S. (G2) - Stephen Ibanez

Yaupon’s first starter Sassy C W romps at Churchill Downs, named TDN ‘Rising Star’

Sassy C W flew out of the Churchill Downs starting gate in her debut on April 30 and never looked back, rolling to a 5 ¼-length maiden special weight win and earn a TDN ‘Rising Star’ tag. The 2-year-old filly, the first starter for freshman sire Yaupon, got the Spendthrift… Read More
Sassy C W, Yaupon's first starter, rolls to victory on April 30, 2025 at Churchill Downs - Coady Media