Leading stallion Into Mischief picked up his newest Grade I winner Friday, bringing his total to 31, when 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Shred the Gnar (Into Mischief) took down the GI Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes on the Kentucky Oaks undercard ahead of Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law).
Unraced since a sixth after a rough trip in the GIII Royal Delta on Feb. 14, a race which is really her only blemish in an otherwise beautiful career, Shred the Gnar is already a graded stakes winner having captured the GIII Chilukki Stakes over his track at a mile late last year.
Friday's 3-1 shot had plenty of early pace, breaking with enough speed to shadow frontrunner Miss Justify (Justify) and sitting just off that rival's flank through moderate fractions of :24.01 and :48.54.
Poised between horses with 5-2 race favorite Fully Subscribed positioned just to her outside, Shred the Gnar split that pair at the quarter pole and got first jump, then had to hold off that favorite ahead of a closing Bless the Broken (Laoban) to earn the win under Luis Saez.
“It's a really good way to celebrate a birthday with a Grade I,” said winning trainer Brian Lynch. “She didn't handle things well at Gulfstream Park but once we got her back here to Churchill she returned to the filly we knew she always was. She really touted herself coming into this race that she'd run a big race.”
“She broke pretty well today and got herself in a good position,” added Saez. “She has been training to be behind horses. She was able to respond very well today in that situation. I'm so proud of the way she ran today.”
Pedigree Note:
Into Mischief continues his stellar run atop the stallion standings and picks up his fourth Grade I winner of 2026 here with Shred the Gnar joining Renegade, Commandment and Eclatant. She is bred on the same cross as last year's Horse of the Year Sovereignty.
A $610,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad, Shred the Gnar is a full-sister to MGSW/MGISP Owendale who banked more than $1.5 million on the track. First dam Aspen Light, picked up by Eaton Sales for $360,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale, is a Bernardini half-sister to GISW Great Hunter (Aptitude) and to the dam of both GSW Promise Keeper (Constitution) and SW/GSP Wicked Awesome (Awesome Again). This is also the family of Eclipse-winning 3-year-old filly Stellar Wind (Curlin).
Aspen Light has nine winners from 10 to the track and still has a 2-year-old Uncle Mo filly, who sold to Mike Repole for $650,000 through the same Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale last year, and a yearling Practical Joke filly, who was a $425,000 Keeneland November weanling to Wesley Ward, to represent her.
It's all SHRED THE GNAR in the GI La Troienne Stakes! 🏆 A 31st Grade I winner for @spendthriftfarm's star sire Into Mischief as the Oaks card rolls on at @ChurchillDowns. pic.twitter.com/xQ3uEGDZ9r
— TDN (@theTDN) May 1, 2026
Friday, Churchill Downs
FASIG-TIPTON LA TROIENNE S.-GI, $1,000,000, Churchill Downs, 5-1, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:42.24, ft.
1–SHRED THE GNAR, 123, f, 4, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Aspen Light, by Bernardini
2nd Dam: Zenith, by Roy
3rd Dam: Sequins, by Northern Fashion
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($610,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG). 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'. O-Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing LLC; B-Camas Park Stud & Lynch Bages LTD. (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Luis Saez. $590,100. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0, $904,010. *Full to Owendale, MGSW & MGISP, $1,538,435. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Fully Subscribed, 123, f, 4, by Tiz the Law
1st Dam: Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride (Arg)
2nd Dam: Rutherienne, by Pulpit
3rd Dam: Ruthian, by Rahy
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($65,000 RNA Wlg '22 KEENOV; $35,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Payson Stud Inc (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $191,000.
3–Bless the Broken, 123, f, 4, by Laoban
1st Dam: The Nightingale, by Tapit
2nd Dam: Storm Dixie, by Catienus
3rd Dam: Golden Wave Band, by Dixieland Band
($950,000 3yo '25 FTKNOV). O-Qatar Racing LLC, Mountmellick Farm and Hunter Valley Farm; B-Cypress Creek Equine, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $95,500.
Margins: 1, 1HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 3.21, 2.15, 3.33.
Also Ran: Miss Justify, Chasten, Drexel Hill, Take Charge Omaha, Nerazurri, Dry Powder, Scalable. Scratched: Snowyte.
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