D J Stable

Belmont Notes: Journalism Might Make Return Trip To Saratoga This Summer

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Michael McCarthy would like nothing more than to have the wildly popular Journalism (Curlin) return to Saratoga Race Course this summer. "It would be awfully nice if he could," McCarthy said just outside Journalism's stall at the Oklahoma Training Track Thursday morning. "Saratoga, as I keep on saying, is a magical place for horses and people alike. We would be more than happy to bring him back here if the opportunity presented itself." First things first. Journalism, owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don...

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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 took home the hardware in the Dania Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park and in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. The Mark Casse trainee finished fourth in the GI American Turf Stakes on the...

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Breeding Digest: Abarrio and Eclatant Add Coal to the Fire

He was still somewhat Gray Abarrio when first coming on the scene, but has by now been around long enough to develop the dazzling coat appropriate to his naming. So long, in fact, that there has even been time for White Abarrio (Race Day) to brighten up his pedigree, as well. Its fundamentals remain familiar: his freakish status in the resume of his own sire, who was exported to South Korea around the time White Abarrio was sold for $7,500 as a yearling; and, conversely, the early marker he laid...

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First OwnerView Webinar Of The Year Discusses Breeding To Race

The first installment in the 2026 OwnerView webinar series was held Mar. 17 and featured a discussion of the benefits and challenges of breeding Thoroughbreds to race, the conference series said via a Thursday press release. Guests included Carrie Brogden, Machmer Hall Farm; Kate Galvin, Godolphin; Len Green, D.J. Stable; and Walker Hancock, Claiborne Farm. The event, hosted by The Jockey Club of America and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, was presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland and Dean Dorton Equine. Panel sponsors included the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Airdrie...

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Sandman works at Saratoga July 5
D.J. Stable To Send Sandman, Ewing To Ocala To Be Reevaluated

With Eclipse Award-winner Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), who will be heavily favored in Saturday's GII Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn, having won her 2026 debut in the GIII Bayakoa Stakes, D.J. Stable could well be on its way to another successful year. But not everything has gone right in 2026 for the Green family and its stable. Two of its most prominent horses--Sandman (Tapit) and Ewing (Knicks Go)--have been surprisingly disappointing in recent races. In hopes of getting them back on track, the stable will be sending both to Mark Casse's farm...

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Back Sooner Than Expected, Champion Nitrogen Will Kick Off Year In Saturday's Bayakoa At Oaklawn

This wasn't the plan. Jon Green, the general manager of D.J. Stable, and trainer Mark Casse were ready to give 3-year-old filly champion Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) a nice break after her second-place finish in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff. But just 67 days after her last race, she will go in Saturday's GIII Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn, where she is the 4-5 morning-line favorite. Why? Because Nitrogen was telling Casse that she had had enough of taking it easy. "The game plan, initially, was that when she was done...

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'A Lot of Positives': Keeneland January Kicks Off in Style

LEXINGTON, KY - The 2026 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale opened with the first of two sessions Monday and optimism remained high across the board as a pair of top-class mares crossed the seven-figure mark for the first time in two years. "Today was a great day," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "Obviously, it's a long day, but I think the structure of what we did in creating two big sessions sort of lent itself into building a momentum that carried through right to the end...

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Mandy Pope Goes to $3.2 Million for Tiffany Case, Dam of Nitrogen, at Keeneland

 Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo) (hip 465), the dam of Eclipse finalist and Grade I winner Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), lit up the board at Keeneland Monday when selling to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $3.2 million. The 13-year-old mare, in foal to Not This Time, was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, as agent for the Green family's D J Stable. D J Stable purchased Tiffany Case, in foal to Violence, for $320,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale. That in-utero foal became Love to Shop, who co-topped last year's...

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Nitorgen is good on dirt at the Spa
'She's A Standout': Tiffany Case Keeps D.J. Stable In The Keeneland January Spotlight

Six years after purchasing her at Keeneland November for $320,000 in 2019, Jonathan Green's D. J. Stable will return Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo) (hip 465) to the ring Monday in the opening session of this year's Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. The dam of Canadian champion 2-year-old filly and Eclipse Award finalist 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) has only continued to back up what Green initially saw in her as a then-unproven 6-year-old carrying her first foal, a Violence filly who became SW/MGSP Love to Shop. "We were...

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Keeneland To Offer Nitrogen's Dam Tiffany Case At January Horses Of All Ages Sale

Keeneland will offer the dam of top-ranked 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo)--who is in foal to red-hot sire Not This Time--during the 2026 January Horses of All Ages sale on Monday, Jan. 12, the auction company said via a Friday release. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, is consigning the 12-year-old, a winning stakes-placed mare whose two foals to race are both stakes winners. "Tiffany Case transcends mere investment value--she's young, proven and in foal to arguably the top stallion in the country," said Jonathan Green, general...

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American Pharoah Filly Zany Debuts A Winner At Gulfstream

7th-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 11-2, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:16.98, ft, 6 1/2 lengths. ZANY (f, 2, American Pharoah--Mo' Green {GSW, $279,420}, by Uncle Mo), sent off at 2-1 in this unveiling, battled on the front end through a quarter in :22.58, but had asserted control as the half went up in :45.72. She sailed clear down the lane to win by 6 1/2 lengths. Favored Clean Winner (Charlatan) was second. Zany was a $350,000 FTSAUG yearling. Graded stakes winner Mo' Green has a yearling filly by Twirling Candy who sold...

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Nitrogen and Good Cheer in the Alabama
Nitrogen Will Go Next in the Spinster

Coming off an impressive victory in the GI Alabama S. at Saratoga, Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) will be tested against older horses in her next start. Co-owner Jon Green revealed Tuesday on his Rail Talk podcast that his star 3-year-old filly will go next in the GI Spinster on Oct. 5 at Keeneland. "There are a number of factors that played into our decision," Green told the TDN. "Number one, we wanted to give Nitrogen the proper amount of time. The Alabama took a lot out of her. The competition was...

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