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Authentic sires first stakes winner with debutante Power Connection
Authentic, the 2020 Horse Of The Year by Into Mischief, sired his first black type winner when his 2-year-old filly Power Connection won the $60,000 Manzano Stakes while defeating the boys on October 12. Trained by Todd Fincher, Power Connection finished second on debut at Los Alamitos in June, then… Read More
They can’t touch undefeated It’s Hammertime in Rocky Run Stakes
Undefeated 2yo colt It’s Hammertime earns his second straight stakes victory in the 2024 Rocky Run S. at Delaware Park Electric first year sire Vekoma was represented by another stakes winner, It’s Hammertime, in the Rocky Run Stakes at Delaware Park on October 9th, as well as a maiden winner… Read More
Vino Rosso 2yo colt wins stakes debut at Santa Anita, on to Breeders’ Cup
Second-crop 2yo colt Pali Kitten wins the 2024 Speakeasy S. at Santa Anita | Benoit photo Pali Kitten closed with a fury to out-footed Smash It in the final furlong and win the $100,000 Speakeasy S. by a neck on Oct. 5 at Santa Anita Park. This was the stakes… Read More
Citizen Bull becomes Into Mischief’s 22nd G1 winner, eyes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Citiezen Bull and jockey Martin Garcia win the Grade I, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes, Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia BENOIT PHOTO Citizen Bull stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The… Read More
Into Mischief’s Gina Romantica repeats in Keeneland’s G1 First Lady
Peter Brant’s Gina Romantica has won a G1 race at Keeneland 3 years in a row | Coady Media Gina Romantica won the $750,000 First Lady S. (G1) Saturday at Keeneland to give the 5-year-old daughter to Into Mischief her second straight win in the one-mile turf race. Into Mischief… Read More
Vekoma’s Mi Bago earns first stakes win in turf debut
Mi Bago became Vekoma’s third stakes winner from his first crop with a determined victory in Saturday’s $175,000 Algonquin S. at Woodbine. The 2-year-old colt was making his first start on the grass for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse. Mi Bago was never more than a few lengths… Read More
Jazzole wins third straight in $100,000 Circle City S.
Jazzole, a 2-year-old Mitole colt, earned his first stakes win Oct. 2 at Horseshoe Indianapolis with a gritty victory in the $100,000 Circle City S. After finishing second in his July 29 debut, the dark bay colt has reeled off three straight wins. He is the sixth stakes winner this… Read More
Vekoma colt finishes with a rush to score debut win at Aqueduct
Vekoma chalked up his 21st overall win, best among all First-Crop sires, on Sept. 29 at Belmont at the Big A when Super Swift came home a 2 ¼-length maiden special weight winner over a sloppy racetrack. The bay colt, who broke from the inside post in the six-furlong race,… Read More
Stakes winner Alwajeeh, highly-regarded Kalea Bay top big weekend for Authentic
Undefeated Alwajeeh (green cap) winning Sept. 28, 2024 in Saudi Arabia Authentic moved well into the top-10 on the 2024 First-Crop sire list with his first overseas stakes winner and a blowout maiden winner at Santa Anita over the final weekend of September. In Saudi Arabia, regally-bred Alwajeeh ran his… Read More
Authentic filly wins two-turn debut under a hand ride
Indigo Stunner in hand to break her maiden Sept. 26 at Horseshoe Indianapolis – Coady media Indigo Stunner made her second lifetime start a winning one with a comfortable 1 ½-length maiden special weight victory at a mile over the Horseshoe Indianapolis turf course. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic, the… Read More
With the Angels delivers stellar performance in stakes debut
With the Angels sails to victory in the 2024 Joseph A. Gimma S. – NYRA photo Omaha Beach’s undefeated filly With the Angels cruised to a 9 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $125,000 Joseph A. Gimma S. at Aqueduct, her second blowout win in as many starts. With the Angels won… Read More
Irish Maxima the seventh stakes winner of the year for Maximus Mischief
Irish Maxima winning the Weather Vane S. at Laurel Park – Laurel photo Irish Maxima came from just off the pace to score a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Weather Vane S. Sunday at Laurel Park, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Maximus Mischief filly. Maximus Mischief now has… Read More