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Into Mischief’s Love Cervere now a four-time stakes winner
With a swift turn of foot in the stretch Love Cervere rolled past the field to win the $150,000 License Fee S. at Aqueduct on May 3rd. This was the fourth lifetime stakes win for the 4-year-old Into Mischief filly, who counts the Glen Cove S. (G3) among her black-type… Read More
Basin’s Bolero Bay goes gate-to-wire to win English Channel S.
Bolero Bay repelled every challenge he faced in the $100,000 English Channel S. on Derby Day at Gulfstream Park to come home a 1 ½-length winner in the one-mile turf event for 3-year-olds. From the first crop of Grade 1 winner Basin, Bolero Bay was making his stakes debut on… Read More
Shred the Gnar the newest Grade 1 winner for Into Mischief
Shred the Gnar’s one-length victory in Friday’s $1 million La Troienne S. (G1) made the 4-year-old the 31st lifetime Grade 1 winner for seven-time champion sire Into Mischief. Shred the Gnar is also undefeated in three starts at Churchill Downs, including a win in the Chilukki S. (G3) last autumn. Read More
Into Mischief a major player in 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1)
With three of the most highly-regarded horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1), Into Mischief looks to become the first horse in the history of the Derby to sire four winners. Into Mischief’s previous Derby winners were Authentic (2020), Mandaloun (2021) and Sovereignty (2025). Into Mischief is currently tied with… Read More
Maximus Mischief’s Intrepido draws post 3 for Kentucky Derby (G1)
Maximus Mischief’s Grade 1 winner Intrepido will face a full field when he breaks from post 3 in Saturday’s $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old colt, who sold for $385,000 at last year’s OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, won the American Pharoah S. (G1)… Read More
Incredibolt creating backside buzz for Kentucky Derby 152
Bolt d’Oro’s Virginia Derby winner Incredibolt has caught the eyes of many folks on the Churchill Downs backside with his strong daily gallops as he trains for the May 2nd Kentucky Derby (G1). The dark bay 3-year-old has trained forwardly since his four-length win in the March 14tgh Virginia Derby. Read More
Wood Memorial (G2) winner Albus the first Derby starter for Yaupon
Leading Second-Crop sire Yaupon will be represented by his first Kentucky Derby (G2) starter this Saturday when Wood Memorial (G2) winner Albus breaks from post 2 in the 152nd Run for the Roses. Albus is definitely a colt whose stock is on the rise. He started twice at 2 last… Read More
Vekoma’s Lovely Grey confirmed for Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1)
Lovely Grey’s connections decided on Monday morning that the 3-year-old Vekoma filly would run in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) rather than the Edgewood S. (G2) on the same day. Lovely Grey, who was first on the Oaks also-eligible list, was able to draw in the race after the scratch of… Read More
Vekoma filly unleashes huge rally for first stakes win
Have Faith overcame a 10-length deficit in the final half-mile to win the $135,000 Southern Hospitality S. Apr. 24 at Oaklawn Park to give the 3-year-old Vekoma filly her first stakes win. She is the sixth stakes winner this year for the nation’s leading Third-Crop sire, who tops the list… Read More
Maximus Mischief’s Carmelina now a six-time stakes winner
Carmelina won the $100,000 Unique Bella S. for the second consecutive year on April 22nd, giving the 5-year-old daughter of Maximus Mischief her sixth career stakes win. One of seven stakes horses this year for Maximus Mischief, Carmelina was making her third start of the year following a six-month break… Read More
Vekoma’s Reb Five weaves his way to victory in $300,000 Palisades S.
Reb Five made two daring moves in the final quarter-mile of Sunday’s Palisades S. at Keeneland to give the 3-year-old Vekoma colt his first stakes victory in breathtaking style. Reb Five is the fourth stakes winner of the year for Vekoma, who leads the 2026 Third-Crop sire list by progeny… Read More
Yaupon’s Solitude Dude takes Bay Shore S. for third stakes win
Solitude Dude turned in another professional effort in Saturday’s Bay Shore S. at Aqueduct, rolling past Time to Roll in midstretch to win going away by two lengths. The 3-year-old Yaupon colt has won four of five lifetime starts, three of them in stakes races. His only loss to date… Read More