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The ultra-consistent Stormcast, a first-crop daughter of Mitole, won her first graded stakes on November 9th in the Grade 3 Bessarabian Stakes at Woodbine. Already a stakes winner this year, Stormcast has placed in all 8 starts, including three wins and four seconds. Ridden to victory by jockey Rafael… Read More

Into Mischief has now accounted for the winners of eight Breeders’ Cup races following Citizen Bull’s scintillating victory in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar. Into Mischief is now tied with Curlin for the most wins in the 41-year history of the championship event. Citizen Bull… Read More

Leading Second-Crop sire Omaha Beach tallied his tenth stakes winner of the year Friday at Aqueduct when Warheart went gate-to-wire in the $135,000 Atlantic Beach S. The 2-year-old broke on top from his outside post position in the field of eight and never looked back in the six-furlong contest. He… Read More

Raging Torrent, winner of three straight races, will put his winning streak on the line in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. The 3-year-old son of Maximus Mischief won his most recent start, the Pat O’Brien S. (G2) Aug. 24 at Del Mar. His first stakes… Read More

Citizen Bull will be the first of four Breeders’ Cup starters for Into Mischief when he goes postward in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar. The 2-year-old colt, hailing from the powerful Bob Baffert barn, won the American Pharoah S. (G1) Oct. 5 at Santa Anita… Read More

Vodka With a Twist, who will be Thousand Words’ first Breeders’ Cup starter, drew the rail in the field of 10 2-year-olds in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) Friday at Del Mar. The Phil D’Amato trainee brings a solid resume into the 1 1/16-mile race, including runner… Read More

Vekoma, the leading First-Crop sire of 2024 by winners and stakes horses, will have his first Breeders’ Cup starters Friday at Del Mar with Vixen in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) and Jonathan’s Way in the Juvenile (G1). Vixen, trained by Mark Casse for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and D. J. Read More

Sovereignty became Into Mischief’s 16th graded stakes winner of 2024 on Oct. 27 with a dynamic, come-from-behind victory in the $200,000 Street Sense S. (G3) at Churchill Downs. Though he was still a maiden coming into the Street Sense, Sovereignty had run very well in his two prior starts in… Read More

With the Angels chalked up another front-running win in Sunday’s $200,000 Maid of the Mist S. at Aqueduct, the third win in as many stars for the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach. The dark bay filly has won her races by a combined 24 ½-lengths and has never been headed… Read More

Generous Lover turned in a virtuoso performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Best of Ohio Distaff S., cantering to a gaudy 26 ¾-length win to give the 4-year-old daughter of Bolt d’Oro her third career stakes win. With three crops of racing age, Bolt d’Oro is once again among the best of… Read More

Competitive Market jumped on top early and never relinquished her lead in a gritty maiden special weight win Oct. 25 at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic is her sire’s 16th winner and part of an outstanding October for the top-five First-Crop sire. Authentic has had a half-dozen new winners… Read More

Chatter, a 2-year-old Vekoma filly, overcame the outside post in a field of 10 to break her maiden going 6 ½-furlongs at Keeneland on Oct. 24. The chestnut filly, who led the entire trip to score by a half-length, is the 28th winner for her sire. No other First-Crop stallion… Read More