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King of Speed stormed from last to first in the stretch to win the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Turf by three-quarters of a length on Sept. 2, the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Jimmy Creed colt. Though he was a maiden after four starts, King of Speed is… Read More

First-Crop sire Can the Man tallied his fourth winner on Sept. 3 when Spectacular Gem won his debut at six furlongs at Ellis Park. After overcoming a troubled start, Spectacular Gem rallied strongly to win going away by 2 1/4-lengths in 1:12 flat on the fast main track. The winner… Read More

Goldencents padded his lead atop the 2018 First-Crop Sire list with a pair of maiden winners on the final two days of August. Goldencents now has 11 individual winners this year, including stakes winners Silvercents and Pickett, and is nearing a half-million dollars in progeny earnings. Closing out the… Read More

Malibu Moon’s 4-year-old filly Shimmering Aspen hit her best stride inside the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $75,000 Timonium Distaff on Saturday afternoon. A two-time stakes winner last year, Shimmering Aspen now has six wins in 11 starts and has earned $233,110 for Hillwood Stable. For… Read More

Musada cruised to a 7 3/4-length maiden special weight win in his six-furlong debut on Friday evening at Evangeline Downs to become the eighth First-Crop winner for Goldencents. Leaving little doubt from the outset, Musada was away from the gate to quickly open up a two-length lead. From there the… Read More

Jaywalk powered past Congrats Gal in the final furlong to score by 1 1/2-lengths in the White Clay Creek S. at Delaware Park on Aug. 22, becoming the first black type stakes winner for Spendthrift Farm’s freshman sire Cross Traffic. Jaywalk, who broke her maiden by an impressive 7… Read More

Cross Dancer gave Cross Traffic his ninth winner on Aug. 19 when the 2-year-old colt won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race by four lengths. Cross Traffic leads all First-Crop sires by winners and is in the top five by progeny earnings. Cross Dancer was a close second… Read More

Moonlit Garden, a 4-year-old Malibu Moon filly, scored her first stakes victory on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga with a front-running score in the $100,000 Summer Colony S. The bay filly is the eighth stakes winner this year for her top-10 sire, joining the likes of Grade 1 winners Ransom… Read More

The Money Dance rallied strongly in the stretch to win the $150,000 Governor’s S. on July 15 at Indiana Grand going away by 3 ½-lengths, giving the 3-year-old Jimmy Creed colt his first stakes victory. Racing over a sloppy surface that was hit by rain while the horses were being… Read More

Goldencents’ $210,000 filly, hip No. 394, at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearling sale – photo by Mathea Kelley Goldencents, the #1 First-Crop Sire of 2018, had another strong auction showing at the Aug. 11-12 Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale, topped by a $210,000 filly during… Read More

Mi Nieto Ryan scored his third straight blowout victory on Aug. 12 at Camarero Racetrack, this time winning by nearly 15 lengths in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance affair for 2-year-olds. The dark bay son of Itsmyluckyday has won his three starts by a combined 35 1/2-lengths and has never… Read More

Cross Traffic added to his impressive August resume on Saturday when the 2-year-old filly Dress Shopping broke her maiden by eight lengths at first asking in a six furlong maiden special weight contest at Canterbury Park. Running in the colors of Norman Tremblay, Dress Shopping left little doubt as who… Read More