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Omaha Beach’s Desert Gate a runaway winner of the Best Pal S. (G3)
Desert Gate toyed with the competition in Saturday’s $150,000 Best Pal S. (G3) at Del Mar, rolling home an 8 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt was making his stakes debut following June 13 maiden special weight win at five furlongs. Desert Gate, ridden… Read More
Vekoma’s Rolando sets track record in $100,000 Petramalo Mile
Rolando rolled to a four-length victory in the $100,000 Petramalo Mile at Colonial Downs in a track record-breaking performance by the 3-year-old Vekoma colt. Rolando, who had been away from the races since early April, broke quickest of all from the outside post in the field of eight and opened… Read More
Reputation dominates Tyson Gilpin S. in black type debut
Bolt d’Oro’s 3-year-old filly could not have been more impressive in Saturday’s $100,000 Tyson Gilpin S. at Colonial Downs, galloping to a 6 ¾-length victory in the seven-furlong main track contest. The bay filly was making her stakes debut following a handy allowance win on July 13 at Ellis Park,… Read More
Mitole’s Diciassette weaves his way to victory in Proud Man S.
Diciasette did not have the easiest of trips in Saturday Proud Man S., but the 2-year-old son of Mitole found a way to win after changing paths multiple times in the Gulfstream Park stretch. Now undefeated in two starts following his July 20 maiden debut win, Diciassette is the sixth… Read More
Into Mischief rules over Saratoga Sale with $4.1 & $3 million colts
On a Tuesday night with endless fireworks in the Saratoga sales ring, no sire shone brighter than Into Mischief, with four of his yearlings bringing seven figures, led by the sales-topping $4.1 million colt sold by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent for the Don Alberto Corporation. After two days… Read More
$625,000 colt tops excellent opening session at Saratoga sale for Jackie’s Warrior
Led by a colt that brought $625,000 that ultimately was the top price paid for a colt by a freshman sire, Jackie’s Warrior had a stellar first day at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale on Monday. From five lots sold, Jackie’s Warrior had an average of $337,000, more than… Read More
Ted Noffey likely headed to stakes company after TDN ‘Rising Star’ debut win
Ted Noffey, a 2-year-old Into Mischief colt named after Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey, came home a 1 ½-length winner in his Aug. 2 debut at Saratoga to become the latest TDN ‘Rising Star’ for his sire. Ted Noffey, who was named after an inadvertent typo on a social… Read More
Bring Theband Home makes the grade in Saratoga’s Troy S. (G2)
Into Mischief’s ultra-fast turf sprinter Bring Theband Home earned his first graded stakes win Sunday at Saratoga with a front-running score in the $300,000 Troy S. (G2). The 5-year-old Live Oak Plantation’s homebred, who the July 4 Harvey Pack S., also over the Saratoga turf, is 6-3-1 in 13 starts… Read More
Destino d’Oro dominates Pucker Up S. (G3) for first stakes win
Top-three Fourth-Crop sire Bolt d’Oro earned her first stakes win in scintillating fashion Sunday at Ellis Park with a 3 ¾-length victory in the $400,000 Pucker Up S. (G3). Bolt d’Oro has a half-dozen stakes winners and over $6 million in progeny earnings to date in 2025. With Drop the… Read More
Beach Gold sets course record in KY Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf
Beach Gold had quite an afternoon in winning the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. Not only did the 4-year-old Omaha Beach colt set a course record in the one-mile race, he also earned a fees-paid berth in Kentucky Downs’ $2.5 million The Mint… Read More
Authentic colt tallies first stakes win in KY Downs Preview Nashville Derby
Tomasello won a race-long duel with Yinzer to earn his first stakes win in the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Nashville Derby Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. By virtue of the win, the 3-year-old Authentic colt is guaranteed a starting spot in the $3.5 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3), which runs… Read More
Delightful Claire first TDN ‘Rising Star’ for Thousand Words
After her 9 ¼-length maiden special weight romp Aug. 2 at Saratoga, Delightful Claire was a shoe-in to be named a TDN Rising Star, which she was and also the first for Thousand Words. With five stakes winners to date this year, Thousand Words ranks third on the Second-Crop sire… Read More