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Into Mischief got his 22nd stakes winner of the year on Tuesday at Parx Racing when Point Dume tallied a 1 ½-length win in the M. P. Ballezzi Appreciation S. The 4-year-old was prominent throughout the one-mile contest. Second to Bernie’s Mitts early, he took command after three furlongs and… Read More

Kappa Kappa’s game victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Raven Run S. (G2) at Keeneland made her the fifth graded winner and 15th stakes winner overall this year for leading Third-Crop sire Omaha Beach. After making her first three starts all at Parx, the 3-year-old filly took a big step up in… Read More

Barnes was much the best in Saturday’s $350,000 Perryville S. (G3), rolling home an 8 ¼-length winner to give Bob Baffert his third winner of the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds. Barnes who won the San Vicente S. (G2) in early January, is one of Into Mischief’s 15 graded stakes winners… Read More

Into Mischief got his 90th lifetime graded stakes winner Saturday at Aqueduct when Love Cervere rallied from well off the pace to win the Glen Cove S. (G3). Already a two-time black type winner prior to Saturday’s race, Love Cervere is one of Into Mischief’s 180 overall stakes winners. Breaking… Read More

Major Dude, a four-time graded stakes-winning son of Bolt d’Oro, added the listed Artie Schiller S. to his resume on Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct, taking the one-mile turf affair by a length over Otago. Facing just four foes, Major Dude settled in third soon after the break as Big Everest… Read More

When Brave Deb won Sunday’s Surfer Girl S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, the Spendthrift Farm homebred filly not only added to a big weekend for her sire, but also for the farm. Spendthrift’s colors were carried to victory at Keeneland by Tommy Jo in the Darley Alicibiades S. (G1)… Read More

One day after Tommy Jo took the Alcibiades S. (G1) Friday at Keeneland, Ted Noffey had his turn in the spotlight with an emphatic victory in the $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). Both 2-year-olds are by Into Mischief and, by virtue of their wins, each earned an entry into the Breeders’… Read More

Maximus Mischief got his second Grade 1 winner of the year Saturday at Santa Anita Park when Intrepido closed with a rush to win the $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) by three-quarters of a length over heavily favored Desert Gate, with Plutarch a nose back in third. The top three… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s regally-bred filly Tamara made a triumphant return to the races Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a dominating victory in the Chillingworth S. (G3). By Spendthrift’s top-three Fourth-Crop sire Bolt d’Oro and out of four-time champion Beholder, Tamara has been held in the highest regard since she arrived… Read More

Vekoma got his second Grade 2 winner in as many days on Saturday at Keeneland when Praying bested a top-class field in the $400,000 Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2). The 3-year-old filly also earned an automatic berth in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at… Read More

Local Knowledge, carrying the Spendthrift Farm colors, overcame an extremely wide trip to break her maiden at first asking as well as being named the third TDN Rising Star for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon. Yaupon has a total of 18 individual winners and five stakes winners, leading the First-Crop list… Read More

Top-five Second-Crop sire Authentic got his first Grade 1 winner in thrilling fashion Saturday at Aqueduct when Iron Orchard rallied for a nose victory over Rileytole in the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1). Undefeated Iron Orchard had two easy wins sprinting during the Saratoga, though they were against lesser competitors than… Read More