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Fight On prevails in wild Juvenile Stallion S. finish
Fight On (far right) digs in to win the 2017 $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile S. at Churchill Downs – Coady photo The top five finishers of Sunday’s $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Stallion S. were separated by less than a length, with the Spendthrift-owned Fight On, a son of Into Mischief,… Read More
Moonlit Promise gets first graded stakes win
Malibu Moon’s 4-year-old filly Moonlit Promise earned her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Ontario Fashion S. (G3) at Woodbine. The bay filly, a Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings homebred, previously won a pair of listed stakes and is now 5-2-0 in eight starts, with earnings of $250,109. Read More
Sultry sails to Spendthrift Juvenile Filly S. victory
Sultry snuck through a gap on the inside and the top of the stretch en route to a 1 1/4-length in Sunday’s $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Filly S. at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). Restricted to 2-year-old fillies by current or previous Spendthrift stallions, Sultry is by leading sire Malibu… Read More
Into Mischief has top colt and filly at F-T October sale
Leading Spendthrift Farm stallion Into Mischief had both the highest priced filly and co-highest colt during the fourth and final session of the Oct. 23-26 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearlings sale. Tied for the top price of the Thursday’s session was hip No. 1178, a colt consigned by Dromoland Farm Inc. Read More
Miss Sunset makes the grade in Raven Run S. (G2)
Into Mischief’s multiple stakes-winning filly Miss Sunset got her first graded stakes win on Saturday afternoon at Keeneland in the $250,000 Raven Run S. (G2). She is Into Mischief’s fourth graded stakes winner this year and his 12th lifetime. Into Mischief ranks in the top 10 on the General… Read More
Blu Moon Ace shows class in Maryland Million Sprint
Blu Moon Ace rolled to a comfortable three-length win in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Sprint at Laurel Park, the second stakes win in three starts for the 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon. Blu Moon Ace left little doubt as who was the best horse in Saturday’s six-furlong contest, powering… Read More
Engage rolls home in the Futurity S. (G3)
Engage wins the Futurity S. (G3) Engage became Into Mischief’s newest graded stakes winner after his romp in Saturday’s Futurity S. (G3) at Belmont Park. The colt sat last in the six-furlong contest as the pack set fractions of 22.52 for the opening quarter and 45.76 at the… Read More
Jimmy Creed filly hangs tough in Laurel MdSpWt
Chauncey fought off the late charge of Frechette to secure her maiden special weight win by a head on Oct. 14 at Laurel Park. With 13 winners and five stakes horses to date, Jimmy Creed ranks in the top three in both categories on the 2017 Freshman Sire list. Read More
United Patriot prevails in Keeneland maiden
Flat Out’s United Patriot rallied to win a four-way photo in a six-furlong maiden 2-year-old affair Oct. 13 at Keeneland. He is the 10th winner from Flat Out’s first crop, fourth-most for all Freshman Sires standing in North America. United Patriot, who rallied from several lengths off the pace with… Read More
150K colt opens OBS October for Jimmy Creed
Jimmy Creed’s $150,000 colt, hip No. 31, at the 2017 OBS October Yearlings Sale – Serita Hult photo Jimmy Creed had one of the top four colts during Tuesday’s opening session of the Oct. 10-11 2017 OBS Yearling Sale when Stephanie Wedge & Del Secco, DCS, Inc. went… Read More
Gormley, multiple G1 winner by Malibu Moon, retires to Spendthrift
Gormley, Malibu Moon’s winner of the FrontRunner S. (G1) at two and Santa Anita Derby (G1) this year at 3, has been retired from racing and taken up residency at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY, where he will enter stud new for 2018. Now available for inspection,… Read More
Mia Mischief blasts to TDN Rising Star status
Mia Mischief rolls to victory at Keeneland – Mathea Kelley photo Mia Mischief registered arguably the most impressive 2-year-old maiden win of the year on Sunday at Keeneland when the Into Mischief filly rolled to a 16 1/4-length victory going six furlongs on the sloppy main track. Trained… Read More