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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

Woodstock drew off nicely in the final furlong of her maiden special weight win July 28 at Horseshoe Indianapolis to become the latest winner for Yaupon. Now with eight winners, Yaupon has twice as many as any other First-Crop sire. Woodstock was third in the early stages of Monday’s five-furlong… Read More

Scarlet Sands and Mondogetsbuckets both scored their first stakes wins over the past weekend for Omaha Beach, bringing his total number of black type winners up to 12 for the year. Omaha Beach is the leading Third-Crop sire list by nearly every metric and is tied for second by stakes… Read More

In what was termed a “prep” by trainer Bill Mott for next month’s Travers S. (G1), Sovereignty turned in another winning performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) at Saratoga in his first start since winning the June 7th Belmont S. (G1). With his victory, the 3-year-old Into Mischief… Read More

As a prelude to Sovereignty winning the Jim Dandy S. (G2) later on the card, Into Mischief picked up his 53rd lifetime TDN ‘Rising Star’ when Tommy Jo rolled to a 3 ¾-length maiden special weight win Saturday at Saratoga. The debuting Spendthrift Farm homebred 2-year-old was simply stellar in… Read More

Halina’s Forte passed front-running R Disaster inside the final furlong to win the $200,000 Honorable Miss S. (G2) in the first graded victory for the 4-year-old daughter of Mitole. Mitole now has four graded stakes winners in 2025, the most for any Third-Crop sire. He is also third on the… Read More

Generous Lover chalked up her fourth career stakes win on July 18 at Belterra Park with an easy win in the $75,000 Vivacious S., a race the 5-year-old also won in 2024. The daughter of Bolt d’Oro made quite a splash on the upper Midwest circuit last year when she… Read More

No More Cents accomplished the rare feat of winning a stakes race in his career debut with his 2 ¼-length victory in the $75,000 Hoover S. at Belterra Park on July 18. The gray/roan 2-year-old is the fifth stakes winner this year for his sire, whose lifetime progeny earnings are… Read More

Leading First-Crop sire Yaupon got his seventh winner on July 19 at Saratoga when Emphasis won a six-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds by a length over a highly-regarded group of juveniles. Emphasis, in post 4, broke well and made the lead after a contentious start. He led through… Read More

Leslie’s Rose rolled to a 3 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 Shuvee S. (G2) July 18 at Saratoga, giving the 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief her first graded stakes win since capturing the 2024 Ashland S. (G1). A former TDN Rising Star, Leslie’s Rose has competed exclusively in graded company… Read More

Yaupon, the top-ranked sire on the 2025 First-Crop sire list, now has a half-dozen individual winners after Bonsai Warrior and Sav’n Money both tallied maiden special weight wins on July 13th. First-time starter Bonsai Warrior earned his victory at Monmouth Park in a five-furlong affair, closing strongly in the stretch… Read More