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Vino Rosso colt goes from last to first to win Mine That Bird Derby

Avery Place made his stakes debut a winning one on Easter Sunday at Sunland Park with a last-to-first victory in the $175,000 Mine That Bird Derby. The chestnut colt is the third black type winner of the year for Vino Rosso, tying him with Omaha Beach for the most on… Read More

Yaupon’s Albus squarely in Derby picture after Wood Memorial (G2) victory

Albus secured himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate after his come-from behind victory in Saturday’s $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2), which was run for the final time at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old Yaupon colt earned his first 100 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series,… Read More
Albus earns his first graded stakes win in the $750,000 Wood Memorial S. (G2) - NYRA photo

Eclatant gives Into Mischief his second graded winner of the day

Eclatant won a thrilling renewal of the Madison S. (G1) Saturday at Keeneland, nosing out Grand Job after a furious stretch battle. For Into Mischief, the 4-year-old filly’s win came about two hours after his 5-year-old son Point Dume collected his first graded win in the Carter S. (G2) at… Read More
Eclatant noses out Grand Job in the Grade 1 Madison S. at Keeneland - Coady Media

Into Mischief’s Point Dume bests champion Book’em Danno in Carter S. (G2)

Point Dume won Saturday’s $300,000 Carter S. at Aqueduct in front-running style, holding off a stern challenge from last year’s champion sprinter Book’em Danno to win the seven-furlong race by a neck. A winner of two listed races prior to Saturday, 5-year-old Point Dume is the 98th lifetime graded stakes… Read More
Point Dume holds off Book'em Danno to win the 2026 Carter S. (G2) at Aqueduct - Chelsea Durand/NYRA photo

Cornucopian adds to huge weekend for Into Mischief           

One day after a pair of Into Mischief colts won the Arkansas Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1), Cornucopian earned his first graded stakes win in Sunday’s San Carlos S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park. The lightly-raced 4-year-old was for the last seven months of 2025 before returning Jan. 31… Read More

Vekoma colt leads all the way to win OBS Sales Sophomore S.

Maykomotion grabbed the lead in Saturday’s $100,000 OBS Sales Sophomore S. just a few jumps after the start and was never headed the rest of the way, winning by two lengths in the stakes debut for the 3-year-old Vekoma colt. The striking steel-gray colt set a very solid pace of… Read More
Maykomotion wins his stakes debut in the OBS Sales Sophomore S. at Tampa Bay Downs - SV photography

Into Mischief filly wins Serena’s Song S. in black type debut

Hen Party swept past the leaders at the top of the Turfway Park stretch on her way to victory in the $125,000 Serena’s Song S. Saturday night at the northern Kentucky oval. The 3-year-old Into Mischief filly was making her stakes debut following a close second to Cadenza in a… Read More
Hen Party on her way to victory in the Serena's Song S. at Turfway Park - Coady media

Into Mischief completes Saturday Grade 1 double with Renegade in Arkansas Derby (G1)

Renegade became the second of Into Mischief’s two colts to punch their ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with his dominating performance in Saturday’s $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1). The win came about an hour after Into Mischief’s Commandment won the $1 million Florida Derby (G1). Both colts earned 100… Read More
Renegade and Irad Ortiz, Jr. float to victory in the 2026 Arkansas Derby (G1) - Renee Torbit/Coady

Commandment kicks off huge day for Into Mischief in Florida Derby (G1)

Commandment rallied from last to win Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) by a nose over The Puma under a perfectly-timed ride by Flavien Prat. About an hour after Commandment secured his spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Into Mischief got his second derby winner of the day when Renegade… Read More
Commandment wins a thriller over The Puma in the 2026 Florida Derby (G1) - Susie Raisher

Omaha Beach’s Desert Gate rolls by nearly 10 lengths in Hot Springs S.

Desert Gate led start-to-finish in Thursday’s $200,000 Hot Spring S. at Oaklawn Park, drawing off at the top of the stretch to come home by officially 9 ¾-lengths on the wire. Bob Baffert trains the 3-year-old Omaha Beach colt for long-time partners Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman. With… Read More
Desert Gate streaks to victory in the 2026 Hot Springs S. - Kara West/Coady Media

Weekend Princess the latest TDN ‘Rising Star’ for Vekoma

Weekend Princess bounded home a 6 ¼-length winner in her March 20 debut at Santa Anita Park, earning the coveted TDN Rising Star tag. The 3-year-old Vekoma filly, trained by Bob Baffert, is the eighth Rising Star for her sire. Weekend Princess made her winning move approaching the quarter pole… Read More

Regally-bred Into Mischief filly sets track record in Sandy Bottom S.

Chasten tallied her first stakes win in Saturday’s $100,000 Sandy Bottom S. at Colonial Downs to become the 193rd lifetime black type winner for Into Mischief. Chasten, who is half-sister to two-time Older Filly and Mare champion Idiomatic, was making just her second start following a seven-month hiatus from the… Read More
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