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Goldencents became the first Kentucky-based Freshman Sire to get four winners on Thursday when Thousand Percent sprinted to a 2 1/2-length victory in a five-furlong contest for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs. The Steve Asmussen trainee took command in upper stretch after a three-wide rally, drawing off smartly to stop the… Read More

Into Mischief’s ultra-consistent 4-year-old filly took Saturday’s $100,000 Lady Canterbury S. by 1 1/4-lengths for her second stakes win. Trained by Mike Maker for Three Diamonds Farm, I’m Betty G let Burma Road set the early pace for the first half-mile, then took over willingly to lead the rest… Read More

Bano Solo glides home in his Churchill Downs debut – Coady photography Bano Solo became Goldencents’ third winner and first TDN Rising Star on Saturday at Churchill Downs when the $400,000 OBS March purchase rolled to a three-length victory in his career debut. The bay colt had some… Read More

Raising the Ante scored a 4 1/2-length maiden special weight win on Friday at Evangeline Downs to become the second winner for Spendthrift Farm’s freshman sire Cross Traffic. Making her debut in the five-furlong affair, the 2-year-old filly came from off the pace early on, sneaking up the rail at… Read More

Goldencents got his second winner from his first crop on June 17 when Valla tallied a three-length maiden special weight win going 4 1/2-furlongs at Prairie Meadows [WATCH RACE]. Goldencents is one of only two Freshman Sires standing in Kentucky to have multiple winners to his credit. Read More

Bitacora rallied impressively in the stretch to win the $100,000 Ginger Punch S. by a half-length on Saturday afternoon, the first stakes win for the 4-year-old Dominus filly. Second in this same race a year ago, Bitacora upped her lifetime earnings to $242,275 for owners Paradise Farms Corp., Walder… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s multiple stakes winner Can the Man was represented by his first winner on June 14 when Johannasan scored an impressive four-length maiden special weight victory at Prairie Meadows. Racing for his breeder Iron Oaks Farm, the chestnut juvenile led nearly every step of the way in the five-furlong… Read More

Pickett becomes Goldencents’ first winner on May 30, 2018 at Evangeline Downs – Coady photography Spendthrift Farm’s two-time Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Goldencents sired his first winner on May 30 at Evangeline Downs when Pickett rolled to a 6 1/2-length win in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden… Read More

Malibu Max drew off in the final furlong to take the $50,000 Paul Bunyan S. on May 5 at Canterbury Downs to give the accomplished son of Malibu Moon his first stakes win. Owned by his breeder Novogratz Racing Stables, Malibu Max is 5-2-3 in 15 starts and has earned… Read More

Engage out-dueled Forced in a spirited stretch-long battle to win the $100,000 Gold Fever S. by a nose on Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park. The 3-year-old Into Mischief colt, winner of last year’s Futurity (G3), is now 3-2-0 and has banked $266,400 for his owner Woodford Racing LLC. With… Read More

Sly Beauty overcame trouble on the backstretch to rally to a half-length win in the $100,000 Star Shoot S. at Woodbine on Saturday, the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old Into Mischief filly. Owned by her breeder Debby Oxley, Sly Beauty was making just her fifth lifetime start in… Read More

Jimmy Creed’s star 3-year-old colt Kanthaka chalked up his second graded stakes win of 2018 on Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a three-quarter length score in the $100,000 Laz Barrera S. (G3). Kanthaka is Jimmy Creed’s second stakes winner this month and sixth stakes horse of 2018. Read More