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F-T Saratoga Sale day 2: $700K colt tops day for Malibu Moon
Malibu Moon’s $700,000 colt, hip No. 163, at the 2017 F-T Saratoga Yearling sale – photo by Tibor Szlavik The Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale wrapped up on Tuesday evening with another banner day for Malibu Moon, topped by a $700,000 colt and four lots selling… Read More
Day 1 at Saratoga Yearling sale: $650K Malibu Moon colt
Malibu Moon’s $650,000 colt, hip No. 49, at the 2017 F-T Saratoga Yearling sale – photo by Z Malibu Moon had one of the top-five priced colts during the first night of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale when Woodford Racing topped the bidding at $650,000… Read More
“Perfect” Into Mischief colt sells for $850,000
Into Mischief’s $850,000 colt, hip No. 98, at the 2017 F-T Saratoga Yearling sale – photo by Z Lael Stables came away with one of the top sellers during the first night of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale when Gretchen Jackson topped the bidding at… Read More
Spectator first stakes winner for Jimmy Creed
Spectator turned in a sparkling performance in Saturday’s $200,000 Sorrento S. (G2) at Del Mar, winning the 6 ½-furlong contest for 2-year-old fillies by 5 ¼-lengths to become Jimmy Creed’s first stakes winner. Jimmy Creed leads all First-Crop Sires of 2017 by stakes horses with four to date, and… Read More
Malibu Moon fillies impress in debuts at Delaware and Woodbine
A pair of fillies by Malibu Moon turned in outstanding performances in their debuts over the past weekend, both scoring open-length maiden special weight wins in dominating fashion. Maya Malibu, 2, was a six-length winner at Delaware Park in a six-furlong main track affair. Several lengths off the lead early,… Read More
Into Mischief filly fires on all cylinders at Del Mar
Gas Station Sushi hit her best stride in the Del Mar stretch on Sunday afternoon to win her debut by a widening 3 ½-lengths in a 6 ½-furlongs maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies. Bred by Spendthrift Farm, the Into Mischief filly was head-to-head with Broome for the lead… Read More
Carina Mia earns well-deserved victory in Shine Again S.
Though she didn’t get the best trip, Malibu Moon’s Carina Mia showed her class to take the $100,000 Shine Again S. Wednesday at Saratoga. The win was the fourth stakes victory for the 4-year-old filly, who has racked up $1,193,520 in earnings for owner Three Chimneys Farm from wins… Read More
Miss Sunset dominates in $150,000 Fleet Treat S.
Into Mischief’s multiple stakes winner Miss Sunset chalked up her fourth added-money win of her career on Sunday at Del Mar with a dominating performance in the $150,000 Fleet Treat S. The 5 ½-length margin of victory was the largest in the 3-year-old filly’s career and was the first… Read More
Ransom the Moon wins eventful Bing Crosby S. (G1)
Ransom the Moon became Malibu Moon’s 12th lifetime Grade 1 winner on Saturday with a gritty, 1 ½-length win in the $300,000 Bing Crosby (G1) Saturday at Del Mar. The six-furlong contest was full of drama even before the start. Longshot Magic Taste broke through the starting gate, but… Read More
Aveenu Malcainu triumphs in Saratoga unveiling
For the second time in three days at the prestigious Saratoga meet, a 2-year-old by Into Mischief scored a debut maiden special weight win. Aveenu Malcainu got the job done on July 28 with a three-quarter length victory going 5 ½-furlongs. The bay colt came from off the pace, collaring… Read More
Into Mischief filly dominates in Spa debut
Trouble for Skylar rolled to an eight-length maiden special weight win on July 26 at Saratoga in the racing debut for the bay 2-year-old Into Mischief filly. After some early pressure from Super Stone and Climb the Ladder, Trouble for Skylar was too much to handle in the stretch, as… Read More
Malibu Moon 3YO delivers in $100K Toronto Cup
Final Copy posted his third straight winning performance in Sunday’s $100,000 Toronto Cup on the Woodbine turf course, defeating Conquest Lemonraid for his first black type win in his stakes debut. The gray or roan 3-year-old is Malibu Moon’s 101st lifetime stakes winner. The Spendthrift stallion is once again… Read More