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Tommy Jo a flashy Saratoga TDN ‘Rising Star’ for Into Mischief
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 earns first graded win in Saratoga’s Honorable Miss S. (G2)
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
Bolt d’Oro’s Generous Lover repeats in Vivacious S.
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
Goldencents colt wins Hoover S. in career debut
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
Yaupon first-timer proves best in tough Saratoga maiden special weight
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
Into Mischief’s Leslie’s Rose very sharp in Shuvee S. (G2) victory
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
Leading First-Crop sire Yaupon scores pair of maiden special weight winners
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
Thousand Words filly repels challengers to win Gulfstream’s Azalea S.
Andrea fought off a stiff challenge from Nerazurri to earn her first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Azalea S. at Gulfstream Park. The 3-year-old Thousand Words filly, who was second in the May 31st Game Face S. over the same surface, proved best in Saturday’s seven-furlong contest with a stalking… Read More
Sugaree the first winner for Freshman sire By My Standards
Sugaree rallied strongly in the stretch to become the first winner for Spendthrift Farm’s By My Standards on July 12 at Monmouth Park in a 5 ½-furlong maiden race for 2-year-old fillies [WATCH RACE]. Away in midpack in the field of eight, Sugaree was in the three path going… Read More
Regally-bred Into Mischief colt named TDN ‘Rising Star’ after debut Saratoga win
Dr. Agne, a son of champion Lady Eli by six-time champion sire Into Mischief, lived up to lofty expectations in his debut on July 11 at Saratoga, winning a seven-furlong “off the turf” maiden special weight affair with an impressive stretch run. The 2-year-old colt was named a TDN ‘Rising… Read More
Rock Your World colt tabbed for $180,000 at Fasig-Tipton July sale
Top-five First-Crop sire Rock Your World’s first offering at the Fasig-Tipton July sale in central Kentucky brought a winning bid of $180,000 from Ken McPeek, agent. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent and catalogued as hip No. 106, the dark bay colt is out of the Speightstown mare Private Estate, also… Read More
Undefeated Bolt d’Oro filly rallies strongly to win Malvern Rose S.
Our Lady threaded her way between horses in the stretch to win the $75,000 Malvern Rose S. on July 7 at Presque Isle Downs [WATCH RACE]. Now a perfect three-for-three, the 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro filly was making her stakes debut in Monday’s 6 ½-furlong contest. Unlike her first two… Read More