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The year ended on a high note for Maximus Mischief when Maximus Meridius tallied his second straight stakes win on New Year’s Eve in the Blitzen S. at Parx. The bay 5-year-old won three stakes in 2025, finishing with an excellent record of 4-2-0 in eight starts this year.  Maximus… Read More

Law School drew off smartly in the Parx stretch to win the Filly Division of the Future Stars S. by a widening seven lengths in her stakes debut. The 2-year-old Mitole filly came into the seven-furlong race off a 14-length allowance romp three weeks ago, and was just as sharp… Read More

Mailata blew away the competition in the Future Stars S. at Parx on Dec. 30, cantering to a 19-length win to give the 2-year-old Maximus Mischief colt his second straight stakes win. After the start of the seven-furlong race, Mailata was third on the backstretch, about three lengths from the… Read More

Caitlinhergrtness reached millionaire status, the second to do so for leading Third-Crop sire Omaha Beach, with her victory in the $250,000 My Charmer S. Dec. 21 at Turfway Park. Winner of the King’s Plate as well as a pair of graded stakes at Woodbine, Caitlinhergrtness was the prohibitive favorite in… Read More

Into Mischief tallied his 27th stakes winner of 2025 on Dec. 20 when Not a Lady scored handily by 2 ½-lengths in the Toby Keith S. at Remington Park. The 2-year-old filly is the sixth juvenile stakes winner of the year for her sire, a list that is topped by… Read More

Tappan Street, winner of this year’s Florida Derby (G1), made his first appearance since that victory in late March Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park, coming away a one-length winner in the one-mile contest. After defeating Into Mischief’s Sovereignty in the Florida Derby, Tappan Street came to Churchill Downs as the… Read More

Destino d’Oro wrapped up a very good year with a come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Tropical Parks Oaks at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Bolt d’Oro was a convincing winner of the Pucker Up S. (G3) in August and completed the year with three wins in five starts. Ranked… Read More

Rising Inflation bounded home a 6 ¾-length winner in the $125,000 Ladies Turf S. at Fair Grounds to give the 4-year-old Mitole filly her third stakes win in her last four starts. Much like she did in the Valene Memorial S. a month ago on Fair Grounds’ main track, Rising… Read More

Dirty Rich broke on top in Friday’s $150,000 Advent S. at Oaklawn Park and never looked back, rolling to a 1 ¾-length win in the 5 ½-furlong sprint for 2-year-olds. Dirty Rich is the seventh stakes winner this year for Thousand Words, whose 2025 progeny earnings have surpassed $3.1 million. Read More

Liberation repelled a stiff challenge from Cecilia Street to win Sunday’s Soviet Problem S. at Los Alamitos by a half-length. The win was the first stakes score for the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach, who now has 16 black type winners in 2025. Omaha Beach is leading the Third-Crop sire… Read More

Into Mischief’s 2025 total stakes winners now stands at 26, including 17 graded winners, after both Consequent and Sneaky Good tallied their first stakes victories on Dec. 6. Consequent, a Juddmonte homebred 2-year-old filly, was the “star” of the day with her victory in the Starlet (G2) at Los Alamitos. Read More

Solitude Dude powered his way to an eight-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Inaugural S. at Tampa Bay Downs, the second blowout win in as many starts for the 2-year-old Yaupon colt. Solitude Dude is the eighth stakes winner this year, and one of 30 individual winners, for his sire. Both… Read More