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A daughter of Gun Runner won Sunday's Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita going one mile on the dirt, but it wasn't the one everyone expected. Bridlewood Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners maiden winner Meaning (f, 3,

Rolling like an express train late, Yellow Card (Lost Treasure {Ire}) gave his connections an emotional victory to kick off his 2026 campaign in the Clocker's Corner Stakes. A runner-up in the GII Eddie D Stakes three back Sept. 27 at this venue, the Michael McCarthy trainee missed the board in his last two jumps

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The 2026 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale opens for a single-day session in a frigid Lexington, Kentucky, Monday at Newtown Paddocks with bidding set to begin at 10 a.m. on 411 catalogued entries. And while temperatures have failed to eclipse the freezing mark for days and wind chills below zero have left buyers and consignors alike

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FIRST CALL BOB (c, 4, Uncle Mo–Walk Close {GSW, $294,458}, by Tapit) was late to the races, but he was first home on this unveiling. Giving the gate crew some trouble before the start, they finally managed to convince him to load and he broke well to push the leading pair until about the half-mile

John Oxley's Silent Tactic (Tacitus) will likely make his next start in the Mar. 1 GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park following his upset victory in the GIII Southwest Stakes Friday in Arkansas, trainer Mark Casse confirmed. The Southwest was Casse's third consecutive victory in a Kentucky Derby q...

Dutch Girl Holdings and Irving Ventures's Intrepido (Maximus Mischief), a game second in the GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes Saturday at Santa Anita, could make his next start in the Mar. 7 GII San Felipe Stakes or could wait for the Apr. 4 GI Santa Anita Derby if he looks to have earned enough points

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Mrs. J. Magnier, D. Smith, and M. Tabor's Plutarch (c, 3, Into Mischief–Stellar Wind, by Curlin) was bred to be a star–he is out of 2015's champion 3-year-old filly turned $6-million Keeneland mare–and he made good on that promise Saturday in the $100,000 GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Sant...

Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael B. Tabor's Plutarch (c, 3, Into Mischief–Stellar Wind, by Curlin) was bred to be a star–he is out of 2015's champion 3-year-old filly turned $6-million Keeneland-topping mare Stellar Wind–and he made good on that promise Saturday in the $101,000...

It was hard not to lament the loss when asked about D. Wayne Lukas in the paddock, but trainer Bob Baffert was given an emotional win in the race named after his longtime friend when Splendora (Audible) kicked home to claim the inaugural running of the GII D. Wayne Lukas Stakes at Santa Anita...

Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low's RENEGADE (c, 3, Into Mischief–Spice Is Nice, by Curlin) entered Saturday's Sam F. Davis as a high-profile, three-start maiden and after 8 1/2 furlongs in the diminishing daylight, emerged as a leading Classics contender, as he turned in an irresistible late ral...

The betting public thought it would be a welcome parade, and Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) did not let them down, striding home much the best in the GIII Bayakoa Stakes to kick off her 2026 campaign at Oaklawn. In no rush from the outside as 40-1 longshot Rose Palace (Palace) showed the way though an opening

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Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...

Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at ju...