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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

Patch Adams used every bit of the Saratoga stretch to win Saturday’s $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. (G1), besting Captain Cook by a nose in the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds. Patch Adams was the first of Into Mischief’s two Grade 1 winners on the Saratoga card, coming about an… Read More

Bottas showed an explosive turn of foot in the Saratoga stretch to win his debut going away by 2 ¼-lengths in the 1 1/16-mile turf contest for 2-year-olds. The dark bay son of Vekoma was named a TDN ‘Rising Star’ after the sparkling effort. Vekoma has 78 individual winners to… Read More

Intrepido repelled a pair of highly-regarded colts at the top of the Del Mar stretch to break his maiden by 3 ¼-lengths and earn a ‘TDN Rising Star’. The 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief looked very strong in the final quarter-mile. After dueling with Biggiebiggiebiggie for the first five furlongs,… Read More

Iron Orchard toyed with her competition for the second time in as many starts in Friday’s $150,000 Seeking the Ante S. at Saratoga, rolling home a 6 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong contest. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic is the fifth stakes winner of the year for her sire, who… Read More

Iron Dome rolled to a 6 ¾-length win in the $200,000 Albany S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt his first stakes win. Iron Dome now has won three races in a row by a combined 28 ¼-lengths, all at 1 1/8-miles,during the Saratoga meet. Read More

Vehemente became the 10th stakes winner of the year for top-ranked Second-Crop sire Vekoma with her front-running win in the $200,000 Fleet Indian S. Aug. 21 at Saratoga. Vekoma has 22 stakes horses overall this year, far more than any other Second-Crop sire, while his $7.5 million in progeny earnings… Read More

Tennessee Belle gave Yaupon his fifth winner of the week on Aug. 16 when the 2-year-old filly romped to a 7 ¼-length maiden special weight win at Saratoga. The dark bay filly was named a ‘TDN Rising Star’ following the superlative effort. Caught up in a three-way duel in the… Read More