J.N. Campbell

Friday's Racing Insights: Well-Bred Daughter Of Curlin Set For Her First Start At Los Alamitos

5th-LRC, $50K, Msw, 3yo/up, f&m, 6 1/2f, 6:03 p.m. ET. RABEEBA (Curlin) gets unveiled for owner Michael Lund Petersen and trainer Bob Baffert. A $750,000 Keeneland September grad, the 3-year-old filly has a younger full-brother in-training named Stone Aged who Juddmonte purchased for $450,000 during the 2026 OBS Spring Sale. The siblings' dam is Arthur [...]

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Friday's Racing Insights: Flightline Colt Set To Buzz The Twin Spires Towers Over Churchill Strip

5th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 5f, 2:45 p.m. ET. As TDN's Bill Finley reported earlier this week, Horse of the Year Flightline (by Tapit) has his first foal ready to hit the track at Churchill Downs on Friday. GREENWELL was a $500,000 buy for Greg Tramontin during the 2025 Keeneland September Sale. Sent to trainer Mark [...]

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Churchill's Matt Winn Stakes Caps Blockbuster Graded Weekend

There might be a touch of malaise come Sunday, but the GIII Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs for 3-year-olds is the way to revive any Belmont Stakes reveler with the proper racing tonic. Add in a pair of competitive graded grass races at the Spa for good measure and Sunday's higher level slate should [...]

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Well-Bred Money Game Stays Perfect In Optional Claimer At The Spa

Money Game (Candy Ride {Arg}–Miss Bling Bling, by Tapit) won on debut at Oaklawn Park in March of last year, then the chestnut cleared an optional claimer over course and distance in early May. Heading to the sidelines, the colt returned to action with a win at Fair Grounds Mar. 19. The 5-2 second choice [...]

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Roja Holds Sway To Take GII Intercontinental Stakes At The Spa

Using her speed from the outside gate, Roja (Karakontie (Jpn)–Redmeansgo, by Red Ransom) made the lead and never looked back in the GII Intercontinental Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday afternoon. The win was the first graded victory of her career. In her lone 2026 start, the blazing fast filly hurdled a turf sprint [...]

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Churchill's Foster Preview Day Takes Center Stage On Graded Stakes Weekend

With June around the corner, the graded stakes calendar heats back up as Churchill Downs hosts its Stephen Foster Preview on Saturday. The local prep for the June 28 running of the GI Stephen Foster Stakes, the GIII Blame Stakes is one of six higher-level races on the card and could be deemed as wide-open. [...]

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Manhattan Project: Walden's Off-Season Regimen Keys Rhetorical's Rise

For 60 days straight over the winter at Will Walden's Palm Meadows base in Florida, MGISW Rhetorical (Not This Time) underwent a different kind of training. Instead of being turned out for the off-season like so many horses, his trainer decided that it was time to unveil a new project where skills like dressage would [...]

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Penn Mile A Competitive Turf Affair On Friday Night

Seven 3-year-old males have assembled to contest the annual renewal of the GIII Penn Mile Stakes over the turf on Friday evening. Look for D J Stable's MSW Alpyland (Vekoma) to garner quite a bit of interest by the betting public. Starting back in January, the gelding captured a pair of black-type wins when he [...]

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Family Matters: Kristin Brennan Carries On Tradition Of Horsemanship

The major yearling sales are still a few months out, but to Kristin Brennan they are right around the corner. The yearling manager at Colin Brennan Bloodstock at Highlander Training Center isn't concerned because she's always dialed in. As part of a family of horsemen, including her father Niall and brother Colin, who helms the [...]

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Highgrove Off The Mark On Debut At Belmont At The Big A

HIGHGROVE (Frosted–Bell Court, by Street Sense), who as an 'Insight' runner went off as the 2-1 second choice here, fired out of the blocks and proceeded to make every pole a winning one through the top of the lane. The filly clearly had more left in the tank and she went on to graduate by [...]

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Freshman Sire Nashville Celebrates First Winner At Horseshoe Indy

In the opener at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon, Tigrado (Nashville–Dancensing, by Tiznow) delivered the first win for freshman sire Nashville (by Speightstown). The 2-year-old colt, who already had a pair of attempts under his belt, was third on debut at Keeneland Apr.3 and finished off the board in an auction restricted maiden at Churchill [...]

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Friday Insights: Quality Over Quantity In MSW At Santa Anita

1st-SA, $65K, Msw, 3-5yo, 6f, 4:00 p.m. ET. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has an uncoupled entry with 3-year-old Sir Davis (Justify) and 4-year-old Pecos River (McKinzie). The former was a $450,000 Keeneland September grad, while the latter went for $750,000 at the 2024 OBS March sale. Out of MSW Lovely Syn (Freud), Sir [...]

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