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With a determined stretch run, Golden Vekoma surged past Shin Forever inside the final furlong of Saturday’s $1.5 million Saudi Derby (G3) at King Abdulaziz racetrack to give the 3-year-old Vekoma colt his third straight victory. A month removed from his win in the UAE 200 Guineas (G3) in Dubai,… Read More

Formula Rossa rolled past heavily-favored Brilliantly at the top of the Santa Anita Park stretch on her way to a four-length maiden special weight win in the career debut for the 3-year-old Vekoma filly. Winning under a hand ride is a lightning-quick 1:08.73 for the six furlongs, Formula Rossa was… Read More

Irish Maxima, a 4-year-old Maximus Mischief filly, was at her best once again in Saturday’s $200,000 Barbara Fritchie S. at Laurel Park, going gate-to-wire to score her fifth win in her last six starts, three of them in stakes races. As is her custom, Irish Maxima went right to the… Read More

El Potente earned his first stakes win in Saturday’s Thunder Road S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, dominating the one-mile turf race by three lengths in a career-best effort. The 6-year-old son of Temple City has been ultra-consistent since switching to the turf two years ago, never finishing worse than… Read More

Cajun Mitole rallied from last to win the $100,000 Prince S. Feb. 1 at Delta Downs, earning the 3-year-old Mitole filly her first stakes victory [WATCH RACE]. Stepping up in class off a January 11 allowance score, Cajun Mitole settled in the back of the eight-horse field from her… Read More

Vekoma got his newest stakes winner Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park when Vixen powered through the stretch to win the $165,000 Sweetest Chant S. by a widening 2 ¼-lengths. The 3-year-old filly, who was a very close second in last year’s Natalma S. (G1) at Woodbine, was making her first… Read More

Maximus Meridius won his second consecutive stakes over the Aqueduct surface in Saturday’s $175,000 Toboggan S., out-finishing Runninsonofagun by a neck in the seven-furlong contest for older horses. A 4-year-old son of Maximus Mischief, Maximus Meridius took the Gravesend S. on Dec. 28. Now represented by his third crop of… Read More

Into Mischief’s 2024 2-year-old champion Citizen Bull began his 2025 campaign in rousing style Saturday at Santa Anita Park, where he rolled to a 3 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3). Saturday was another stellar day for six-time reigning champion sire Into Mischief. Along with Citizen… Read More

Omaha Beach’s Kopion turned in arguably the best performance of her career in Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park, defeating a trio of Bob Baffert runners by 4 ½-lengths for her third career graded stakes win. The Spendthrift Farm LLC-owned 4-year-old was stellar in winning the… Read More

Eclatant put herself in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) picture with her rallying victory in Saturday’s $165,000 Forward Gal S. (G3), the first stakes victory of any type for the 3-year-old Into Mischief filly. Earlier in the day, Into Mischief’s Citizen Bull won the Robert B. Lewis S. (G3), and in… Read More

Vino Rosso’s multiple stakes winner The Wine Steward returned to the races from an extended layoff Saturday in Oaklawn Park’s $150,000 Fifth Season S., winning the one-mile contest by a neck in his first start since last year’s Belmont S. (G1). The 4-year-old broke well and tracked Patriot Spirit for… Read More

Coppola tallied his second stakes win in just over a month on Saturday when the 6-year-old son of Into Mischief went gate-to-wire in the $165,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. The bay speedster, who led all the way in the Dec. 21 Janus S. over the same five-furlong distance, was… Read More