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Bolt d’Oro’s Generous Lover in her own league with 26-length stakes win
Generous Lover turned in a virtuoso performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Best of Ohio Distaff S., cantering to a gaudy 26 ¾-length win to give the 4-year-old daughter of Bolt d’Oro her third career stakes win. With three crops of racing age, Bolt d’Oro is once again among the… Read More
Authentic filly proves best Aqueduct turf contest
Competitive Market jumped on top early and never relinquished her lead in a gritty maiden special weight win Oct. 25 at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old daughter of Authentic is her sire’s 16th winner and part of an outstanding October for the top-five First-Crop sire. Authentic has had a half-dozen… Read More
Vekoma’s latest winner wires field in Keeneland MdSpWt
Chatter, a 2-year-old Vekoma filly, overcame the outside post in a field of 10 to break her maiden going 6 ½-furlongs at Keeneland on Oct. 24. The chestnut filly, who led the entire trip to score by a half-length, is the 28th winner for her sire. No other… Read More
Mister Omaha a clear-cut winner of his stakes debut
Leading Second-Crop sire Omaha Beach added yet another stakes winner to his roster on Oct. 18 when Mister Omaha rolled to a 5 ½-length victory in the $100,000 Oklahoma Classic Juvenile S. at Remington Park. The 2-year-old colt was making his stakes debut following his Sept. 27 maiden… Read More
Mitole filly earns TDN Rising Star tag following 16 1/4-length debut romp
Shisospicy heated up the Gulfstream Park track on Friday afternoon when the 2-year-old Mitole filly ran away from the field to a 16 ¼-length maiden special weight win in her career debut. The gray/roan filly is the fourth TDN Rising Star for Mitole, who leads all Second-Crop sires… Read More
First-crop Cyberknife filly tops the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale at $230,000
Cyberknife was represented by a sale-topping filly out of his first crop of weanlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale when she hammered down for a price of $230,000 to Diamond I. Bred by Waldorf Farm and consigned by Gracie Bloodstock, the filly’s final price was… Read More
Authentic sires first stakes winner with debutante Power Connection
Authentic, the 2020 Horse Of The Year by Into Mischief, sired his first black type winner when his 2-year-old filly Power Connection won the $60,000 Manzano Stakes while defeating the boys on October 12. Trained by Todd Fincher, Power Connection finished second on debut at Los Alamitos in… Read More
They can’t touch undefeated It’s Hammertime in Rocky Run Stakes
Electric first year sire Vekoma was represented by another stakes winner, It’s Hammertime, in the Rocky Run Stakes at Delaware Park on October 9th, as well as a maiden winner at Keeneland during their exciting opening weekend. Undefeated in three starts, It’s Hammertime was coming into the… Read More
Vino Rosso 2yo colt wins stakes debut at Santa Anita, on to Breeders’ Cup
Pali Kitten closed with a fury to out-footed Smash It in the final furlong and win the $100,000 Speakeasy S. by a neck on Oct. 5 at Santa Anita Park. This was the stakes debut for the 2-year-old son of Vino Rosso, who now has a total of… Read More
Citizen Bull becomes Into Mischief’s 22nd G1 winner, eyes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Citizen Bull stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The 2-year-old Into Mischief colt is the 22nd lifetime Grade 1 winner for his sire, as well as being the second of the day,… Read More
Into Mischief’s Gina Romantica repeats in Keeneland’s G1 First Lady
Gina Romantica won the $750,000 First Lady S. (G1) Saturday at Keeneland to give the 5-year-old daughter to Into Mischief her second straight win in the one-mile turf race. Into Mischief would add a second Grade 1 winner of the day to his 2024 skein when Citizen Bull… Read More
Vekoma’s Mi Bago earns first stakes win in turf debut
Mi Bago became Vekoma’s third stakes winner from his first crop with a determined victory in Saturday’s $175,000 Algonquin S. at Woodbine. The 2-year-old colt was making his first start on the grass for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse. Mi Bago was never more than… Read More