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Authentic filly wins two-turn debut under a hand ride

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 10th winner for her top-10 First-Crop sire, entered Thursday’s race off a good third-place effort over… Read More
Indigo Stunner in hand to break her maiden Sept. 26 at Horseshoe Indianapolis - Coady media

With the Angels delivers stellar performance in stakes debut

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 her Aug. 22 debut at Saratoga by 11 ½-lengths and was named a TDN Rising Star… Read More
With the Angels sails to victory in the 2024 Joseph A. Gimma S. - NYRA photo

Irish Maxima the seventh stakes winner of the year for Maximus Mischief

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 seven stakes winners this year, second to only fellow Spendthrift stallion Omaha Beach… Read More
Irish Maxima winning the Weather Vane S. at Laurel Park - Laurel photo

Into Mischief’s Show Card takes Dark Mirage S. for second straight stakes win

Show Card made it two stakes wins in a row Saturday at Los Alamitos with her 1 ¼-length victory in the $125,000 Dark Mirage S. [WATCH RACE] The 3-year-old Juddmonte homebred won the Tranquility Lake S. on Sept. 2 at Del Mar by 10 lengths, and along with Top… Read More
Show Card holds off Coffee In Bed to win the Dark Mirage S. - Benoit photo

Into Mischief’s Top Gunner returns to stakes-winning ways in Parx Sprint S.

Top Gunner weaved his way to a 2 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Parx Sprint S., the second career stakes win, and first since 2022, for the son of Into Mischief. Top Gunner was one of two stakes winners Saturday for Into Mischief, who also accounted for Show Card’s win… Read More

Vekoma gets 20th First-Crop winner in Churchill Downs MdSpWt

Vekoma tallied his third winner of the week and 20th overall Friday at Churchill Downs when Alyeska came from last to first to win 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight contest. The 2-year-old filly, a Mary Lou Whitney Stables LLC homebred, was making her career debut for trainer Norm Casse. Read More

And One More Time gives Omaha Beach first Grade 1 winner in Natalma S. (G1)

And One More Time rallied gamely between horses to win Saturday’s $500,000 Natalma S. (G1) at Woodbine to become the first Grade 1 winner for Omaha Beach. The 2-year-old filly is the latest of seven stakes winners this year for Omaha Beach, who also has 14 black type horses, three… Read More

Musical Mischief overcomes trouble to take $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2)

Into Mischief got his 13th graded stakes winner of the year Saturday at Churchill Downs when Musical Mischief drew off to a 3 ¼-length victory in the $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2). The victory, the first black type win of any kind for the 4-year-old filly, was not without drama. Read More
Musical Mischief gets her first stakes win in the Locust Grove S. (G2) - Renee Torbit/Coady Media

Jonathan’s Way takes Iroquois S. (G3) to top huge day for Vekoma

Jonathan's Way went gate to wire in the $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs as the highlight of a stellar Saturday for Vekoma... Read More
Jonathan's Way glides to victory in the Iroquois S. (G3) - Nicole Finch photo

Undefeated Thousand Words filly romps by 7 ¾-lengths in stakes debut

Much like she did in her July 26 debut, Andrea went right to the front of Saturday’s Hallandale Beach S. and never looked back, rolling home a 7 ¾-length winner to become the third stakes winner for Thousand Words. Thousand Words, with 11 winners and nearly $1 million in progeny… Read More

Vekoma colt streaks to big win in $100,000 First State Dash

It’s Hammertime became Vekoma’s second stakes winner with a dominating performance in the $100,000 First State Dash at Delaware Park on Sept. 11. The 2-year-old colt, who won his debut by eight lengths at the same track on June 5, led at every point of call in the First State. Read More

Neecie Marie storms home to win $2 million Light & Wonder Ladies Marathon S. (G3)

Neecie Marie made a bold move in upper stretch and rolled to a 2 ¾-length victory in the $2 million Light & Wonder Ladies Marathon S. (G3) Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs to give the Cross Traffic filly her second graded stakes victory. The bay filly also became racing’s newest… Read More
Neecie Marie wins the $2 million Ladies Marathon at Kentucky Downs - Coady media