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Faster Gator became leading Second-Crop sire Vekoma’s 15th stakes winner of 2025 with a commanding performance in the $300,000 Steel Valley Sprint S. Nov. 24 at Mahoning Valley. The 3-year-old colt, who was second in the Bay Shore S. in January, won Monday’s six furlong contest by a 1 ¾-lengths. Read More

Nevada Beach returned to his winning ways with a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Native Diver S. (G3) at Del Mar, the second graded stakes win this year for the 3-year-old son of Omaha Beach. With just over a month remaining in the year, Omaha Beach continues to dominate the 2025… Read More

Rising Inflation rolled to a 4 ½-length victory in the $100,000 John Valene Memorial S. Nov. 20 at Fair Grounds, the opening day of the 2025-2026 meet at the New Orleans oval. The 4-year-old Mitole filly, who won the Louisiana Cup Distaff S. in August, has won four of her… Read More

Shred the Gnar’s win in the $300,000 Chilukki S. (G3) Nov. 15 at Churchill Downs helped pushed Into Mischief’s 2025 progeny earnings over the $30 million mark, making him the first stallion in history to have surpassed that figure in consecutive years. Three-year-old Shred the Gnar, who was making her… Read More

Taiba, the only 3-time Grade 1 winning 3-year old-by Gun Runner, had his first-crop weanlings represented at the November breeding stock sales in Lexington, led by a $385,000 colt at each of the major sales. At Fasig-Tipton’s “Night of the Stars” Sale, Taiba had 5 weanlings catalogued at the prestigious… Read More

Newly crowned Breeders’ Cup Champion Shisospicy by Mitole lights up the board at Fasig-Tipton’s November sale, selling for $5,200,000.  The buyer was not new to her ownership, as Morplay Racing bought out co-owners Qatar Racing. She will remain with trainer Jose d’Angelo who conditioned her to 4 stakes wins in… Read More

Shisospicy went gate-to-wire in an electrifying performance in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) Saturday at Del Mar to become the first Breeders’ Cup winner for Mitole. She also made some Breeders’ Cup history with the win, joining other legendary 3-year-old fillies like Goldikova (Ire), Miesque and… Read More

Ted Noffey capped a perfect 2-year-old campaign Friday at Del Mar with his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Ted Noffey is an all-time record ninth Breeders’ Cup winner for Into Mischief. Ted Noffey came out well to settle into second, with the highly-regarded Brant setting the pace. Ted… Read More

Bolt d’Oro closed out the month of October in style, with two stakes winners over the final week of the month, the latest coming at Del Mar on Halloween when Ocean Bear won the Golden State Juvenile in his stakes debut. Ocean Bear was riding a two-race winning streak coming… Read More

Mohaven became Yaupon’s seventh First-Crop stakes winner Friday at Del Mar with a 4 ¼-length score in the Golden State Juvenile Fillies. Yaupon is nearly an across-the-board leader of the First-Crop sire list, currently with over $2.1 million in progeny earnings. Yaupon’s fee for 2026 is $60,000 live foal. After… Read More

Into Mischief has five entries on the card for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup championship, including last year’s 2-year-old champion male Citizen Bull in the Dirt Mile (G1). Into Mischief’s day starts with Bring Theband Home in the Turf Sprint (G1), race 5 at 3:41 pm ET. The Live Oak Plantation homebred… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Bolt d’Oro filly Tamara drew post four in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. The 4-year-old filly certainly has affinity for the Del Mar surface, breaking her maiden and winning the Del Mar Debutante S. (G1) in 2023. Out of… Read More