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Top-ranked First-Crop sire Yaupon tallied his 10th winner on Aug. 10 at Del Mar when Mohaven went gate-to-wire in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies. Mohaven was never seriously threatened at any point in the race. She broke on top from her outside post in the… Read More

First-Crop sire By My Standards got his latest winner on Aug. 10 when Zeus’s Echo scored a 3 ¼-length maiden special weight win going 5 ½-furlongs on the turf [WATCH RACE]. Zeus’s Echo was prominent immediately after the break as he zipped through a quarter-mile in :21.77. The lively… Read More

Desert Gate toyed with the competition in Saturday’s $150,000 Best Pal S. (G3) at Del Mar, rolling home an 8 ¾-length winner in the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt was making his stakes debut following June 13 maiden special weight win at five furlongs. Desert Gate, ridden… Read More

Rolando rolled to a four-length victory in the $100,000 Petramalo Mile at Colonial Downs in a track record-breaking performance by the 3-year-old Vekoma colt. Rolando, who had been away from the races since early April, broke quickest of all from the outside post in the field of eight and opened… Read More

Bolt d’Oro’s 3-year-old filly could not have been more impressive in Saturday’s $100,000 Tyson Gilpin S. at Colonial Downs, galloping to a 6 ¾-length victory in the seven-furlong main track contest. The bay filly was making her stakes debut following a handy allowance win on July 13 at Ellis Park,… Read More

Diciasette did not have the easiest of trips in Saturday Proud Man S., but the 2-year-old son of Mitole found a way to win after changing paths multiple times in the Gulfstream Park stretch. Now undefeated in two starts following his July 20 maiden debut win, Diciassette is the sixth… Read More

Led by a colt that brought $625,000 that ultimately was the top price paid for a colt by a freshman sire, Jackie’s Warrior had a stellar first day at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale on Monday. From five lots sold, Jackie’s Warrior had an average of $337,000, more than… Read More

Into Mischief’s ultra-fast turf sprinter Bring Theband Home earned his first graded stakes win Sunday at Saratoga with a front-running score in the $300,000 Troy S. (G2). The 5-year-old Live Oak Plantation’s homebred, who the July 4 Harvey Pack S., also over the Saratoga turf, is 6-3-1 in 13 starts… Read More

Top-three Fourth-Crop sire Bolt d’Oro earned her first stakes win in scintillating fashion Sunday at Ellis Park with a 3 ¾-length victory in the $400,000 Pucker Up S. (G3). Bolt d’Oro has a half-dozen stakes winners and over $6 million in progeny earnings to date in 2025. With Drop the… Read More

Beach Gold had quite an afternoon in winning the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. Not only did the 4-year-old Omaha Beach colt set a course record in the one-mile race, he also earned a fees-paid berth in Kentucky Downs’ $2.5 million The Mint… Read More

Tomasello won a race-long duel with Yinzer to earn his first stakes win in the $250,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Nashville Derby Aug. 2 at Ellis Park. By virtue of the win, the 3-year-old Authentic colt is guaranteed a starting spot in the $3.5 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3), which runs… Read More

After her 9 ¼-length maiden special weight romp Aug. 2 at Saratoga, Delightful Claire was a shoe-in to be named a TDN Rising Star, which she was and also the first for Thousand Words. With five stakes winners to date this year, Thousand Words ranks third on the Second-Crop sire… Read More