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Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Bolt d’Oro filly Tamara drew post four in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. The 4-year-old filly certainly has affinity for the Del Mar surface, breaking her maiden and winning the Del Mar Debutante S. (G1) in 2023. Out of… Read More

Into Mischief, who is tied for the most Breeders’ Cup wins by a sire with eight, has seven chances to add to that total in the Oct. 31 – Nov. 1 championships at Del Mar, beginning on Friday with Tommy Jo in the Juvenile Fillies (G1) and Ted Noffey in… Read More

Omaha Beach, the leading Third-Crop Sire across the board in 2025, has a pair of solid contenders in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, with Kopion in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and Nevada Beach in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Both races are on Saturday, with the Sprint… Read More

Mystik Dan, winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1), drew post four in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), a race his sire Goldencents won back-to-back in 2013-2014. Mystik Dan comes into Saturday’s race off a gallant victory in the Sept. 27 Lukas Classic S. (G2) at Churchill… Read More

The nation’s leading Second-Crop sire Vekoma has three runners in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, and all three come into the championship series off graded stakes wins. On Friday in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), the undefeated Bottas drew post 12 in the field of 14. Bottas,… Read More

Intrepido, a Grade 1-winning son of Maximus Mischief, would put himself squarely in position to earn an Eclipse Award should he win Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar. The bay has already established his quality in winning the American Pharoah S. (G1) Oct. 4 at Santa… Read More

Bottle of Rouge, winner of the Del Mar Debutante (G1), is among the top choices for Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Fillies (G1) at Del Mar. A victory by the gray/roan filly would give Vino Rosso his first Breeders’ Cup winner. Vino Rosso himself won the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic… Read More

Authentic, the 2020 Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner, will have two chances to get his first Breeders’ Cup winner as a sire this Friday when Iron Orchard constests the Juvenile Fillies (G1) and Brave Deb goes postward in the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). Iron Orchard… Read More

Incredibolt, a 2-year-old Bolt d’Oro colt, won his stakes debut in thrilling fashion Sunday at Churchill Downs, coming from last to take the Street Sense S. (G3) by 1 ¾-lengths. Incredibolt earned 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby series that ultimately will determine the preference list for… Read More

Gallivant became the 183rd lifetime stakes winner for Into Mischief Saturday at Keeneland with his six-length victory in the $250,000 Bowman Mill S. The 2-year-old colt, who was a close third in his Oct. 4 debut at Keeneland, was a no-doubt-about-it winner in Saturday’s six-furlong contest that had just four… Read More

Top-ranked Freshman sire Yaupon scored a pair of stakes winners on Saturday afternoon, with Letmecounttheways getting her first black type win in the $200,000 Maid of the Mist S. at Aqueduct, while Crown the Buckeye made it two added money wins in a row with his victory in the $100,000… Read More

The Wine Steward took the lead in midstretch on his way to a 2 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Hudson S. at Aqueduct, the fourth career stakes win for the 4-year-old Vino Rosso colt. The winner is one of four stakes winners this term for Vino Rosso, who is currently… Read More