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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

A filly by Into Mischief topped Thursday’s session of the June 14-17 OBS June Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, with John Fort going to $250,000 for hip No. 866. Consigned by Eisaman Equine, the bay Kentucky-bred filly is out of Simple Symphony, dam of a pair of winners from three starters… Read More

Spendthrift Farm freshman sire Dominus, the multiple Grade 2-winning son of Smart Strike, sired his first winner from his first starter on Wednesday, when 2-year-old filly P Boo was an impressive 4 1/4-length wire-to-wire winner at first asking in a $28,000 Maiden Special Weight race at Evangeline Downs. Owned and… Read More

Into Mischief had one of the top five fillies at the May 23-24 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training Sale, with trainer Linda Rice placing the winning bid of $450,000 for the De Meric Sales consignment. Listed as hip No. 527, the gray/roan Florida-bred is out of Firey Glow, a half-sister… Read More

Conquest Enforcer returned to the races in a big way in Saturday’s $150,000 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine, demolishing his foes by 7 3/4-lengths and setting up the Into Mischief colt for a possible run in the Queen’s Plate (G1), the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Off since winning… Read More

Ossetra scampered to a one-length victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Tall Stacks S. at Belterra Park, the first stakes start and victory for the 3-year-old Into Mischief colt. Going 6 1/2-furlongs on the main course, Ossetra got a confident ride as the 6-5 favorite under Rodney Prescott, tracking along in fourth… Read More

Into Mischief had the highest priced lot during Day 1 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, a $335,000 colt consigned by Bridlewood Farm and purchased by Spendthrift Farm. The Kentucky bred colt, hip No. 289, had breezed an eighth-mile in a rapid :10 seconds flat during the… Read More