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Red-hot Vekoma gets second ‘TDN Rising Star’ of the weekend
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 keeps rolling with 10-length Travers (G1) win
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

Into Mischief’s Patch Adams takes Allen Jerkens S. for second straight Grade 1 win
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

Vekoma colt very impressive in Saratoga maiden debut
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

Maximus Mischief’s Intrepido named a ‘TDN Rising Star’
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

By My Standards colt wins in Gulfstream unveiling with rail-skimming trip
By My Standards got his fifth First-Crop winner Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park when Timeless Victory won a five-furlong maiden special weight 2-year-old contest in his career debut. Racing in a steady downpour, Timeless Victory was tucked behind horses until the top of the stretch, when an opening appeared along… Read More
Basin colt debuts with sharp maiden special weight win
Fuel became the sixth winner for First-Crop sire on Aug. 22 at Ellis Park with a handy 2 ½-length maiden special weight win at six furlongs. The 2-year-old colt, who was breaking from post 10, quickly put himself into second behind pacesetter Zamboni, who led through a half-mile in :45.99. Read More
Undefeated Authentic filly dominates Seeking the Ante S.
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

Into Mischief colt impressive once again in Albany S.
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

Vekoma’s Vehemente gets first stakes win in $200,000 Fleet Indian S.
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 waltzes in ‘TDN Rising Star’ dazzler
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

A Million Dreams the latest winner for By My Standards
A Million Dreams turned away very determined Resolute to break his maiden by a neck on Aug. 15 at Presque Isle Downs [WATCH RACE]. The 2-year-old colt is the fourth winner for First-Crop sire By My Standards, and his second in the past five days. Grab My Tab was the… Read More