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Practical Joke, who looked super in his Aug. 6 maiden win, validated that five-length score with a gutty neck victory in the $350,000 Hopeful S. (G1) Monday at Saratoga. The victory propelled the 2-year-old colt to the top of the list of Into Mischief’s seven stakes horses in 2016. Read More

All Right may have entered the $350,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile a maiden but emerged as Dominus’ first stakes winner with a game neck victory in the seven-furlong turf contest for 2-year-olds. The winner propelled Dominus into the top five on the 2016 First-Crop Sire list and is now one of… Read More

U. S. A. Jewel maiden victory turned into a one-horse race about half-way through Thursday’s 5 1/2-furlong contest, when the 2-year-old Dominus filly emerged from the pack to assumed command and ultimately win by a gaudy 8 1/4-lengths. Dominus, who stood this year at Spendthrift Farm for $3,500 live… Read More

Miss Sunset, a 2-year-old filly by leading sire Into Mischief, remained perfect and captured her first career stakes victory on Saturday, cruising to an easy 5 ¼-length win as the 1-2 odds-on favorite in the $150,000 Generous Portion S. at Del Mar. Trained by Jeff Bonde, the promising bay filly… Read More

First-year sire Flat Out had a $130,000 filly at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale on Aug. 14, the second six-figure auction yearling of the week for the Spendthrift stallion. Vinery Sales, agent for Windhorse Thoroughbreds, consigned hip No. 454, which went to St. Elias, J. J. Crupi… Read More

A colt from the first crop of Spendthrift stallion Flat Out sold for $150,000, at the Aug. 8-9 Fasig Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale, more than 17-times his 2016 live foal stud fee of $8,500. The dark bay colt was cataloged as hip No. 125 and consigned by James Herbener, Jr. Read More

Following Straight Fire’s electrifying performance on Saturday at Del Mar, First-Crop Sire Dominus got his second maiden special weight winner in two days on Sunday when Bitacora prevailed by a neck in a one-mile affair on the turf. The outcome for Bitacora wasn’t decided until the final strides, when… Read More

Straight Fire’s 10 1/2-length maiden special weight victory Saturday at Del Mar left his foes reeling in his wake, with the 2-year-old Dominus colt never looked like he got out of a strong gallop despite setting very fast fractions. Straight Fire, who was second to a TDN Rising Star in… Read More

Practical Joke’s debut Saturday put smiles on his connections’ faces as the 2-year-old Into Mischief colt rolled to a five-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight affair on the Saratoga main track. After a solid start, Practical Joke made his way up into fourth after a half-mile, then really… Read More

One Liner, a 2-year-old Into Mischief colt, forged to the lead in mid-stretch and went on to a 1 1/2-length maiden special weight win Saturday afternoon at Saratoga. The colt, who was making his debut, was a $150,000 purchase for co-owners China Horse Club and WinStar Farm at the 2015… Read More

Multiple Grade One winner Flat Out has a total of 10 yearlings cataloged in the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale, one of the top numbers for a freshman sire represented in the one-day auction. “Flat Out was pinhooked by and raised at Machmer Hall, so I am a bit biased towards… Read More

Into Mischief’s stellar 3-year-old racked up his third straight stakes victory on Sunday with a front-running score in the $100,000 Charlie Barley S. at Woodbine. Conquest Enforcer, Into Mischief’s leading runner in 2016, is one of five stakes horses this year by his sire. Making just his fourth lifetime… Read More