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Liberation repelled a stiff challenge from Cecilia Street to win Sunday’s Soviet Problem S. at Los Alamitos by a half-length. The win was the first stakes score for the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach, who now has 16 black type winners in 2025. Omaha Beach is leading the Third-Crop sire… Read More

Into Mischief’s 2025 total stakes winners now stands at 26, including 17 graded winners, after both Consequent and Sneaky Good tallied their first stakes victories on Dec. 6. Consequent, a Juddmonte homebred 2-year-old filly, was the “star” of the day with her victory in the Starlet (G2) at Los Alamitos. Read More

Solitude Dude powered his way to an eight-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Inaugural S. at Tampa Bay Downs, the second blowout win in as many starts for the 2-year-old Yaupon colt. Solitude Dude is the eighth stakes winner this year, and one of 30 individual winners, for his sire. Both… Read More

Zero Blitz surged in the final furlong to win the $100,000 City of Laurel S. Saturday at Laurel Park by a half-length over Otter Mischief (Maximus Mischief) to complete a Spendthrift Farm-sired exacta in the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds. The 3-year-old son of Jimmy Creed was making his stakes debut… Read More

Cannoneer outclassed a strong field of 2-year-old maidens Saturday at Churchill Downs, rolling home a 7 ¼-length winner to become Into Mischief’s 58th lifetime TDN Rising Star. The bay colt was in charge from the outset of the seven-furlong contest. In hand through a half-mile of :45.34, Cannoneer lengthened his… Read More

Satono Voyage (JPN) earned his first 10 points on the Road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a victory in the $194,621 Cattleya S. Nov. 29 at Tokyo Racecourse. The 2-year-old son of Into Mischief won the 1,600 meter (about one mile) race by 1 ¼-lengths. He was third… Read More

Maximus Mischief kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in stellar fashion on the eve of the holiday with three stakes winners to up his 2025 total to 10. Maximus Mischief is a top-five Third-Crop sire of 2025 by stakes winners, stakes horses, Grade 1 stakes winners, overall winners and by… Read More

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