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Booth posted his second straight dominating stakes score with his victory in the $250,000 Whitmore S. (G3) March 15 at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old Mitole colt romped by 2 ¼-lengths and earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 107, topping the 105 he earned last month over the same track… Read More

Vekoma, the nation’s leading Second-Crop sire by a wide margin, tallied his fifth stakes winner of the year March 15 at Gulfstream Park when Rolando fought off Multiverse to win the Hutcheson S. Saturday’s six-furlong race was the first stakes start for the 3-year-old colt, who was a sharp allowance… Read More

Verifire kicked clear of the field in the final furlong in his career debut March 15 at Colonial Downs to win the six-furlong maiden special weight race by a widening 6 ¼-lengths [WATCH RACE]. With a final time of 1:08.14 that was less than a half-second off the track… Read More

Freedom’s Not Free became Omaha Beach’s third stakes winner of the year with his two-length win in Sunday’s $100,000 Pasadena S. over the Santa Anita Park turf course. The 3-year-old colt was making his two-turn turf debut in the one-mile affair. Breaking from the inside post, he settled comfortably into… Read More

Accelerize debuted in devastating fashion Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, rolling home the easiest of winners by 7 ¾-lengths in a seven-furlong maiden special weight contest for 3-year-olds. The Omaha Beach colt, bred by Spendthrift Farm LLC and co-owned with Repole Stable, stole the show on a day that featured… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s trio of Grade 1-winning first-season stallions – Dornoch, Kingsbarns, and National Treasure – have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal. Dornoch, Good Magic’s multiple Grade 1 winner, classic winner & Eclipse finalist of 2024, had his first mare reported as in foal at Hidden Springs… Read More

Maximus Mischief tallied his fourth stakes winner of the year on March 4th at Parx when Baby Dukes fought off a stern challenge from Right Wing Runner to win the $75,000 City of Brotherly Love S. The pair of 3-year-olds battled for the top spot the entire 1 1/16-mile trip. Read More

Drexel Hill’s come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Busher S. earned the 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro filly 50 points in Road to the Kentucky Oaks championship series, virtually assuring herself of a starting position the May 2nd race at Churchill Downs. Bolt d’Oro has a trio of graded stakes winners, tops among… Read More

Sovereignty added his name to a burgeoning list of Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls by Into Mischief after a dramatic last-to-first run in Saturday’s $415,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Joining the likes of Barnes and Citizen Bull as top 3-year-olds by Into Mischief, Sovereignty picked up an… Read More

Thousand Words has a likely Kentucky Oaks contender after The Queens M G dominated Saturday’s Davona Dale S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park, drawing off to win by 2 ¾-lengths and up her Oaks qualifying points to a total of 43.5, currently fifth on the list. The top 14 point-getters qualify… Read More

Vekoma’s Vixen earned her first graded win in dramatic fashion Saturday at Gulfstream Park, taking the $215,000 Herecomesthebride S. (G3) by a neck in a four-horse photo finish. Getting a stalking trip under John Velazquez, Vixen was never worse than third in the one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds. In the… Read More

Vekoma’s Mi Bago gave his sire the second of two stakes winners on Gulfstream Park’s Saturday card with a dominant performance in the $200,000 Colonel Liam S. The 3-year-old colt’s win came about two hours after Vixen took the Herecomesthebride S. (G3). Vekoma is leading the 2025 Second-Crop sire list… Read More