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Into Mischief’s top 3-year-old took another major step on his way to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a powerful last-to-first rally to take the $400,000 Gotham S. (G3) Saturday at Aqueduct. The victory gave Vyjack 50 points in the new “Road to the Kentucky Derby” qualifying system, which is… Read More

Malibu Moon’s rising 3-year-old colt Orb stamped himself as a major contender on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday by rolling past the previously unbeaten Violence in the stretch to win the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) [VIDEO] at Gulfstream Park. The victory marked the third consecutive win for the… Read More

Malibu Moon’s Kauai Katie left her foes far behind in the stretch run of the Forward Gal S. (G2) Saturday at Gulfstream Park, drawing off to win by 5 1/2-lengths in the seven furlong contest for 3-year-old fillies. The winner keyed a Spendthrift stallion exacta, with Tiz Wonderful’s My Happy… Read More

Dominus, the multiple Grade 2-winning son of Smart Strike, has been retired from racing and will stand stud at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm for the upcoming 2013 breeding season for a fee of $6,500 stands and nurses. Dominus will be offered in Spendthrift’s “Share The Upside” program for breeders. Read More

More Chocolate rolls to victory in the G2 La Canada S. ©Benoit Photo Malibu Moon got his second graded stakes winner of 2013 on Jan. 20 at Santa Anita Park when More Chocolate, with Garrett Gomez in the irons, rolled to a 1 ¾ length victory in the… Read More

Into Mischief’s Goldencents, already considered a top 2-year-old of 2012, kicked off his 2013 campaign in style with a length and a half win in the Grade 3 Sham S. Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Along with Vyjack, who took the Jerome S. (G3) at Aqueduct earlier in the… Read More

Into Mischief’s sophomore son Vyjack handled his first two-turn Saturday to remain undefeated with a hard-fought victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct Racetrack. The win kicked off a huge day for Into Mischief, who also accounted for the Grade 3 Sham S. at Santa Anita… Read More

Into Mischief got his second stakes winner of the weekend when Vyjack won the $75,000 Traskwood S. Sunday at Aqueduct. With Sittin At the Bar taking the $100,000 Louisiana Lassie S. on Saturday, Into Mischief now has three stakes winners from his first crop, the second-most of all freshman sires. Read More

Moonlit Malibu took the $50,000 Municipalities Mayors H. Oct. 19 at Charles Town Races for the second time in her career (VIDEO). The 4-year-old filly is the ninth stakes winner of 2012 by Malibu Moon, who ranks fifth on this year’s General Sire List. Bred in partnership… Read More

Freshman sire Into Mischief got the second stakes horse from his initial crop when Sittin at the Bar was a solid second in the $150,000 My Trusty Cat S. Friday night at Delta Downs. Into Mischief, a top-15 First-crop sire, has six winners to date, with Grade 1 Champagne S. Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Moonwalk held off Kitten’s Point by a nose to win the $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S. (G3) Wednesday at Keeneland. The 2-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon earned a berth in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita with… Read More

Into Mischief and Tiz Wonderful both got their first graded stakes-placed runners Saturday at Belmont Park as Goldencents ran second in the Grade 1 Champagne S., and My Happy Face was beaten just a nose in the Grade 1 Frizette S. Both young stallions are in the top 12… Read More