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Rock Your World filly rolls to victory in Pocahontas S. (G3)
Top-three First-Crop sire Rock Your World got his first stakes winner in emphatic fashion in Saturday’s $300,000 Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs when Taken by the Wind rolled home a 5 ¼-length winner with a devastating kick in the final furlong. Rock Your World now has four stakes horses from… Read More
Positano Sunset back to winning ways in $300,000 Open Mind S.
Goldencents’ classy mare Positano Sunset picked up her third career stakes win in Saturday’s $300,000 Open Mind S. and simultaneously became racing’s newest millionaire with the hard-fought victory. Freshened over the summer by trainer Ian Wilkes, Positano Sunset broke on top in the 6 ½-furlongs sprint, then settled off the… Read More
M.V. Magnier & White Birch Farm go $1,200,000 for handsome Into Mischief colt
Hip 717, a colt by the 6x General Leading Sire Into Mischief commands $1,200,000 at the first session of Book 2 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Out of the Lookin At Lucky mare Four Sugars, this colt is a half brother to the Grade 1 placed Gronkowski. Bred… Read More
$1,300,000 Jackie’s Warrior colt the highest price for a first crop yearling during the First Session of Book 2
Jackie’s Warrior was represented by multiple high-priced first-crop yearlings during Session 1 of Book 2 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale including a $1,300,000 colt, the highest priced horse from any stallion with their first yearlings being sold that day. Hip 546 was consigned by Woods Edge Farm for… Read More
$550,000 colt tops for Cyberknife during Keeneland opener
The first day of the Keeneland September sale included a pair of colts from much-anticipated first crop of Spendthrift stallion Cyberknife included a $550,000 colt that sold to CHC Inc., Maverick Racing and First Go Racing. The colt, consigned by Denali Stud and bred by Three Chimneys Farm, was cataloged… Read More
Vino Rosso’s Bottle Of Rouge victorious in G1 Del Mar Debutante
Bottle Of Rouge stamped herself as the top California juvenile filly after an impressive victory in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on September 6th. The daughter of Vino Rosso now has two wins in three starts, coming second on debut before breaking her maiden in her second start… Read More
Mitole’s Shisospicy burns her competition in the $2,000,000 Grade 2 Music City Stakes
Shisospicy made her return stateside a successful one, taking the $2,000,000 Grade 2 Music City Stakes at Kentucky Downs with ease. A TDN Rising Star on debut at 2 years old at Gulfstream Park, Shisospicy won three straight races in 2025, including the Grade 3 Mamzelle Stakes at Churchill… Read More
Bottle of Rouge the first Grade 1 winner for Vino Rosso
Bottle of Rouge came home a one-length winner in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1) on Aug. 6 to become the first Grade 1 winner for top-five Third-Crop sire Vino Rosso. The winner defeated her Bob Baffert-trained stablemate Explora, who led most of the seven-furlong trip. After a half-mile, Bottle… Read More
Ted Noffey caps historic weekend for Into Mischief in Hopeful S. (G1)
Ted Noffey’s 8 ½-length romp in the Hopeful S. (G1) Monday at Saratoga gave Into Mischief a sweep of the Grade 1 2-year-old stakes over the Labor Day weekend. Two days earlier Tommy Jo was a clear-cut winner of the Spinaway S. (G1), and Sunday at Del Mar Into Mischief’s… Read More
Citizen Bull cruises to easy win in Shared Belief S.
Citizen Bull, last year’s 2-year-old champion for Into Mischief, broke a three-race losing streak in the $125,000 Shared Belief S. on Aug. 31 at Del Mar. The 3-year-old Bob Baffert-trained colt, who had been off since the June 7th Woody Stephens S. (G1), faced just two foes following a pair… Read More
Thousand Words 2YO breaks maiden impressively in Louisiana Cup Juvenile
Two Good Old Guys ran away from the field in the Louisiana Downs stretch to post a 5 ¾-length victory in the $75,000 Louisiana Cup Juvenile S. Aug. 30 at Louisiana Downs [WATCH RACE]. A top-10 Second-Crop sire by earnings, Thousand Words is second only to Vekoma by stakes… Read More
Vekoma filly takes Prioress S. (G3) for first black type win
Praying put away Long Neck Paula with a furlong to go on her way to an emphatic victory in the Aug. 30 Prioress S. (G3) at Saratoga. The 3-year-old Vekoma filly, who had placed second in a pair of stakes earlier in her career, is the 11th stakes winner and… Read More