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Zero Blitz surged in the final furlong to win the $100,000 City of Laurel S. Saturday at Laurel Park by a half-length over Otter Mischief (Maximus Mischief) to complete a Spendthrift Farm-sired exacta in the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds. The 3-year-old son of Jimmy Creed was making his stakes debut… Read More

Cannoneer outclassed a strong field of 2-year-old maidens Saturday at Churchill Downs, rolling home a 7 ¼-length winner to become Into Mischief’s 58th lifetime TDN Rising Star. The bay colt was in charge from the outset of the seven-furlong contest. In hand through a half-mile of :45.34, Cannoneer lengthened his… Read More

Satono Voyage (JPN) earned his first 10 points on the Road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a victory in the $194,621 Cattleya S. Nov. 29 at Tokyo Racecourse. The 2-year-old son of Into Mischief won the 1,600 meter (about one mile) race by 1 ¼-lengths. He was third… Read More

Maximus Mischief kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in stellar fashion on the eve of the holiday with three stakes winners to up his 2025 total to 10. Maximus Mischief is a top-five Third-Crop sire of 2025 by stakes winners, stakes horses, Grade 1 stakes winners, overall winners and by… Read More

Faster Gator became leading Second-Crop sire Vekoma’s 15th stakes winner of 2025 with a commanding performance in the $300,000 Steel Valley Sprint S. Nov. 24 at Mahoning Valley. The 3-year-old colt, who was second in the Bay Shore S. in January, won Monday’s six furlong contest by a 1 ¾-lengths. Read More

Nevada Beach returned to his winning ways with a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Native Diver S. (G3) at Del Mar, the second graded stakes win this year for the 3-year-old son of Omaha Beach. With just over a month remaining in the year, Omaha Beach continues to dominate the 2025… Read More

Rising Inflation rolled to a 4 ½-length victory in the $100,000 John Valene Memorial S. Nov. 20 at Fair Grounds, the opening day of the 2025-2026 meet at the New Orleans oval. The 4-year-old Mitole filly, who won the Louisiana Cup Distaff S. in August, has won four of her… Read More

Shred the Gnar’s win in the $300,000 Chilukki S. (G3) Nov. 15 at Churchill Downs helped pushed Into Mischief’s 2025 progeny earnings over the $30 million mark, making him the first stallion in history to have surpassed that figure in consecutive years. Three-year-old Shred the Gnar, who was making her… Read More

Zandon, one of Spendthrift Farm’s four first-year sires represented at the Keeneland November sale, showed healthy returns of over five times his bred-on stud fee. Leading the way for the Grade 1 winner was hip No. 670, consigned by Airdrie Stud Raised and Offered and sold to CTR LLC. The… Read More

Taiba was one of the most popular First-Crop sires at the Keeneland November sale, with his weanlings averaging $143,500, topped by a colt that went for $385,000 to Go Go Greys, BSW/Crow, agent. The colt, hip No. 699, was consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent. The Kentucky-bred bay is out of… Read More

The first offering for Grade 1 winner Arabian Lion proved popular at the Keeneland November sale, led by a $235,000 colt. Overall, his weanlings averaged a healthy $$86,400, more than five times his bred-on average. Arabian Lion’s top seller, hip No. 395, was consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, and… Read More

Forte, the Champion 2-year-old Male of 2022, got his stud career off to a hot start when his first weanling hit the sales ring at the Keeenland November sale, with three lots bringing $300,000, and 14 individuals surpassing the $100,000 mark. Hip No. 205 was Forte’s first offering to hit… Read More