Horse Racing

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...

In a battle worthy of a big stage, Cugino (Twirling Candy--Adorable Miss, by Kitten's Joy) threw down the gauntlet in the lane and fortune smiled on him as he claimed the GII Red Smith Stakes by the slimmest of noses. Quite consistent in his career, Cugino showed up when they called on him, but kept coming just a bit short of claiming that elusive first graded win. He lost a desperately close photo in the GIII Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland in Spring of 2024 when MGSW Neat (Constitution) got the...

Some 90 minutes after Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) finished a brave second in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, Godolphin's Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) came running at the fence with time ticking away and was along in time to prevail in the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar. It was a fourth win in five years for Godolphin, jockey William Buick, trainer Charlie Appleby and the legendary Dubawi and came 12 months after Notable Speech finished a valiant third in a bid to run the Mile winning...

"Tum-ta-tum-tum-TUMS!!" Ordering up some hot sauce with the ring of the bell, Shisospicy (Mitole--Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief) dished out a torrid serving of pace and winged her way to World Championship glory as she downed the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint to beat the boys and give them a dose of heartburn. Maybe an appearance by the filly on 'Hot Ones' is in the offing? Shisospicy broke her maiden on first-asking at trainer Jose D'Angelo's Gulfstream base with a 16 1/4-length score last October, which made her a...

Just outside of 48 hours before she is set to take her place as hip 155 at Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Special Wan (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) enhanced her resume with a straight-forward success as the favorite in Saturday's GIII Goldikova Stakes at Del Mar. Away neatly from the three hole, Special Wan was with the early pace, but was wisely taken a hold of by Joel Rosario as 77-1 Violeta M (Arg) (John F Kennedy {Ire}) opened up a sizeable advantage through enervating early splits of :22.82 and :46.29. Kept...

Trenchtown Cat (Discreet Cat), the dam of Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Mr. A.P. (American Pharoah) has been supplemented to Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the auction house said in a release Saturday afternoon. The 9-year-old mare, who is being consigned to the sale by Taylor Made Sales Agency, is one of two winners from two to race for the mare, a sister to Japanese Group 3 winner Air Khalifa and the Grade III-placed winner Princess Princess. The current yearling out of the mare, a colt by Constitution, fetched $325,000...

Team Ballydoyle was dealt a bit of a blow Friday when having to scratch their once-beaten dual Group 1 winner Precise (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) out of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf with a cough. But the opening day of championship weekend ended on a high note for the operation, as heavily favored Gstaad (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) overcame a slow break and torrid trip to take out the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf by a 3/4-length margin that entirely belies the dominating nature of the victory. For trainer Aidan...

DEL MAR, Calif. - Hopefully they don't make a typo on his Eclipse trophy. Spendthrift Farm's Ted Noffey (Into Mischief), a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' completed his championship season a perfect four-for-four with a one-length decision in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar. Longshot Mr. A. P. (American Pharoah) rallied to grab second from 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Brant (Gun Runner). Ted Noffey is the 16th Breeders' Cup winner for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and his fifth in the Juvenile. "What I...

Connections had Queen Maxima (Bucchero) under serious consideration for another start against the boys in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, but instead opted for Friday's sex-restricted $200,000 Listed Senator Ken Maddy Stakes over those same five furlongs. Firming into 7-5 favoritism in the final tick or two, the dual graded winner made that decision look good when racing over the top of her rivals to post a soft victory while snapping a baby two-race skid. Having found trouble when 2 3/4 lengths' sixth as the favorite in the one-mile...

Bryson Butterfly, who was an up-and-coming teenage apprentice jockey in Maryland when he was arrested two years ago on first-degree murder charges for his part in a staged robbery that went wrong and killed a 17-year-old high-school student, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday by a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge. Butterfly, now 20, started riding horses as a toddler while growing up on a Native American Indian reservation in rural Washington. He had graduated from Pacific Northwest bush-track horsebacking to being a $2-million winning apprentice based primarily...

It wasn't a perfect night for Paco Lopez Thursday night at Delta Downs as he was 0-for-2, finishing eighth with his first mount of the night and third in his second try. But, according to his agent, Jose Garcia, Lopez saw it as a positive night for the simple fact that he was back doing what he loves. "He was very happy to be back," Garcia said. "You have a rider who, basically, loves to ride horses." Lopez had not ridden since Sept. 22 at Parx. Afterward he was suspended...

Eclipse champion and Grade I winner Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg})--Indyan Giving, by A.P. Indy) has been relocated permanently to Haras Fazenda Mondesir in Brazil after standing there for the 2025 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, according to a press release from Lane's End Farm. Game Winner is the sire of four crops with 202 foals of racing age. Led by 3-year-old colt Gaming, the Lane's End sire claims a pair of graded winners and has netted four black-type scores. Owned and raced by Gary and Mary West, Game Winner was...