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Race Day colt highlights Thursday at Keeneland
Race Day’s $135,000 colt, hip No. 3076, at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale – Spendthrift photo Race Day, whose first crop are yearlings of 2018, had one of the top five lots during Thursday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale. Consigned by Warrendale Sales and cataloged… Read More
Kobe’s Traffic gallops to front-running score
Itsmyluckyday tallied first-crop winner number seven on Sept. 20 when the 2-year-old filly Kobe’s Traffic led all the way to break her maiden by 2 1/4-lengths at Presque Isle Downs. Never headed at any point, the gray/roan juvenile covered the 5 1/2-furlongs in 1:05.22 on a fast track. The winner… Read More
Strive for a Cure threads needle to take debut
Goldencents racked up his fifth winner in the last four days on Sept. 19 when Strive for a Cure made two daring moves to win a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight affair at Belmont Park (VIDEO). Goldencents now has a total of 17 winners from his first… Read More
Multiple G1 winner Mor Spirit retires to Spendthrift
Mor Spirit is the only G1-winning 2yo to capture the Met Mile since Holy Bull Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Mor Spirit, who’s best known for his dominant victory in the 2017 Metropolitan Handicap (G1), has been retired and will stand stud in 2019 at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift… Read More
Goldencents tallies two new MdSpWt winners on Sunday
Goldencents secured his spot atop the 2018 First-Crop Sire list with two more maiden special weight winners on Sept. 16, bringing his winners total to 16 for the year. Taking the Sunday spotlight was the filly Malibu Mischief, who rolled to a front-running, six length score at Belmont Park. Never… Read More
$750K colt anchors big Saturday for Into Mischief
Into Mischief’s $750,000 colt, hip No. 1185 at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale – photo by Z The first day of Book 2 at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale yielded another stellar day of results for Into Mischief, led by a $750,000 purchased by OXO Equine,… Read More
Malibu Moon exacta in $100K Sweet Briar Too S.
Moonlit Promise out-dueled Malibu Bonnie in an eventful renewal of the $100,000 Sweet Briar Too S. on Saturday at Woodbine. The pair of Malibu Moon distaffers were a half-length apart at the wire after finishing the 6 1/2-furlongs in 1:16.32. Moonlit Promise, who had a steady diet of graded… Read More
Goldencents filly takes debut at Gulfstream Park
The cleverly-named Noncents led nearly the entire trip to break her maiden at first asking on Sept. 15 at Gulfstream Park, winning the 6 1/2-furlong contest by 2 1/2-lengths. She is the 13th winner for Goldencents, who leads all Freshman Sires by winners and progeny earnings. After a bit… Read More
Winners keep coming for Cross Traffic
Cross Traffic got his second winner in as many days on Sept. 14 when Sneaky Dianne earned her diploma going one mile on the turf at Golden Gate Fields. Cross Traffic now has a dozen winners and is closing in on a half-million in progeny earnings, behind only fellow Spendthrift… Read More
Crosstown Shootout perfect after allowance win
Leading First-Crop sire Cross Traffic got his fourth repeat winner on Sept. 13 when Crosstown Shootout took a six-furlong allowance race at Presque Isle Downs by 1 1/2-lengths (VIDEO). Winner of his Aug. 2 debut by the same margin and at the same track, Crosstown Traffic is… Read More
Into Mischief colt brings $1.2 million at Keeneland
Into Mischief’s brilliant stud career hit another milestone Thursday at Keeneland when hip No. 948 sold for $1.2 million, the first seven-figure yearling sold at auction by the Spendthrift stallion. Castle Park Farm consigned the bay colt, who went to Larry Best’s OXO Equine after a spirited bidding battle. Read More
Keeneland Day 3 report: Into Mischief
Into Mischief’s $650,000 colt, hip No. 567, at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling sale – photo by Z The Sept. 10-23 Keeneland Yearling sale has yielded fantastic results for leading sire Into Mischief, and Wednesday was no exception, with eight lots bringing at least $250,000, topped by a… Read More