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Vekoma got his second Grade 2 winner in as many days on Saturday at Keeneland when Praying bested a top-class field in the $400,000 Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2). The 3-year-old filly also earned an automatic berth in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at… Read More

Local Knowledge, carrying the Spendthrift Farm colors, overcame an extremely wide trip to break her maiden at first asking as well as being named the third TDN Rising Star for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon. Yaupon has a total of 18 individual winners and five stakes winners, leading the First-Crop list… Read More

Top-five Second-Crop sire Authentic got his first Grade 1 winner in thrilling fashion Saturday at Aqueduct when Iron Orchard rallied for a nose victory over Rileytole in the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1). Undefeated Iron Orchard had two easy wins sprinting during the Saratoga, though they were against lesser competitors than… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Into Mischief filly Tommy Jo earned her second consecutive Grade 1 win when she was awarded first place in Friday’s $650,000 Darley Alcibiades S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 2-year-old filly, who won the Spinaway S. (G1) in her prior start, also earned an automatic berth in the… Read More

Vekoma’s 2-year-old colt Bottas would not be denied in the Pilgrim S. (G2) Oct. 3 at Aqueduct, squeezing his way between horses in upper stretch then gamely holding off Heeere’s Johnny to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a head. The victory assured Bottas a spot in the Oct. Read More

Imagination roared past last year’s sprint champion Straight No Chaser in deep stretch to win the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2) on Sept. 28. The victory in the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ race earned the 4-year-old Into Mischief colt an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1),… Read More

Bracket Buster took the lead with a quarter-mile to go in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) and never looked back, rolling home a 3 ¼-length winner to give the 3-year-old Vekoma colt his first graded stakes victory. Vekoma, a runaway leader of the 2025 Second-Crop sire list, now has eight… Read More

Leading First-Crop sire Yaupon got his fifth stakes winner in dominating fashion Sept. 28 at Remington Park when Woodstock rolled home a 10 ½-length winner of the E. L. Gaylord Memorial S. [WATCH RACE] After winning her July 28 debut, Woodstock tried the turf at Kentucky Downs before returning… Read More

Into Mischief’s Whiskey Decision got her second stakes win of the summer Sunday at Aqueduct with a flying finish to win the $150,000 Athenia S. The 4-year-old turf specialist took the Eatontown S. (G3) in June and also won the Christiana S. last year at Delaware Park. In the 1… Read More

Caitlinhergrtness earned her second graded stakes win of the year in emphatic fashion with a 3 ¼-length win in the Ontario Matron S. (G3) Saturday afternoon at Woodbine. The 4-year-old Omaha Beach filly, who won the Belle Mahone S. (G3) over the same track in April, is one of 14… Read More

Top-three First-Crop sire Rock Your World got his first stakes winner in emphatic fashion in Saturday’s $300,000 Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs when Taken by the Wind rolled home a 5 ¼-length winner with a devastating kick in the final furlong.  Rock Your World now has four stakes horses from… Read More

Goldencents’ classy mare Positano Sunset picked up her third career stakes win in Saturday’s $300,000 Open Mind S. and simultaneously became racing’s newest millionaire with the hard-fought victory. Freshened over the summer by trainer Ian Wilkes, Positano Sunset broke on top in the 6 ½-furlongs sprint, then settled off the… Read More