Nyquist

The Five Fastest Maidens, Feb. 2- Feb. 8

5 -- HIGH CAMP, GP, 2/7-6th, 7 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-85 (c, 3, by Instagrand-Summer Silk, by Uncle Mo) O/B-OXO Equine (Ky). T-Will Walden. J-John Velazquez. Owner-breeder Larry Best continues to get mileage out of his former stakes star Instagrand, but you wouldn't have bet a dollar on High Camp at the quarter-pole. He was 2nd under a ride when two rivals blew past him--prematurely, as it turned out - and he dropped to 4th then swung wide and came back again to win. He's the first foal from...

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Nyquist's Taj Mahal Runs Up the Score at Laurel to Break Maiden

TAJ MAHAL (c, 3, Nyquist--Oola Gal {SP, $117,257}, by Quality Road) was made the 3-2 favorite for this unveiling after posting a series of strong works over the track for trainer Brittany Russell. Out slowly and finding himself last in the early stages, he navigated to the outside of runners entering the far bend and was rolling with a full head of steam from five wide as they swung for home. Taking command not long after as Sir George (Street Sense) tried to make a race of it, Taj Mahal...

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Litmus Test at Los Alamitos
Morning-Line Favorite Litmus Test Will Be Scratched from the Southwest Stakes

Trainer Bob Baffert has confirmed that GII Los Alamitos Futurity winner Litmus Test (Nyquist) will be scratched from Friday's $1-million GIII Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Litmus Test was listed at 5-2 on the morning line. "We're waiting for the San Felipe," Baffert said via text. "Never intended to run him at Oaklawn." The GII San Felipe Stakes will be held at Santa Anita Mar. 7. Baffert will still be represented by Buetane (Tiz the Law) in the Southwest. He is the 4-1 second choice, but could go off favored...

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Nyquist Firster Current Yield Takes The Heat, Won't Be Beat On Debut

Klaravich Stables' CURRENT YIELD (f, 3, Nyquist--Denali Tizadream, by Colonel John) overcame a tricky inside trip, belying her inexperience to graduate impressively at first asking as the 2-1 favorite Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. Away fairly from the inside gate in a full field of sophomore fillies, the $400,000 Keeneland September purchase mustered for speed and argued the pace from a tight spot down on the fence entering the turn. Ridden along as they lined up five abreast to take a crack at her on the swing for home, Current...

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2026 Mating Plans: Hinkle Farms

In the latest installment of 2026 Mating Plans, Anne Archer and Tom Hinkle discusses upcoming mating plans for Hinkle Farms. SEEKING GABRIELLE, 19, Forestry - Seeking Regina, by Seeking the Gold. Booked to Twirling Candy Seeking Gabrielle has been a very special mare for us and is the dam of Nyquist. Being 19, we know the number of foals she will have are few. Our hope is to get as many fillies as we can. Twirling Candy with Forestry mares is a proven cross and we believe this mating can...

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Nyquist's Jackson Hole Aces Step Up in Class, Named Newest Rising Star

He won at first-asking, but proved that the increase in real estate was no problem for him, and Jackson Hole (Nyquist) strolled home on seasonal bow at Fair Grounds to become the latest 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' for his sire. A length winner against maidens Dec 13 at Gulfstream Park, the son of GI Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist was strongly supported at the windows to the tune of 4-5 favoritism here, and never gave them a scare. Loping along from the rail, he set a controlled pace in...

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Kentucky Value Sires for 2026: Part 6 – The Big Guns

And so we reach the apex of the fee pyramid we've scaled in stages all the way up from the basement. In reality, this final ascent is too extensive to be coherent: we're clearly not comparing like with like, between stallions available at $60,000 and la crème de la crème at $250,000. But since we can hardly reveal to an unsuspecting world that Into Mischief is a pretty good stallion, let's establish our parameters straightaway. Our purpose today is to seek the residual value that lurks even at this rarefied...

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Keeneland January Concludes With Day Of 'Solid Trading'

LEXINGTON, KY - The 2026 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale concluded its compressed two-day run Tuesday. "Another really good day," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "Overall, it was a great, solid day of trading. Everyone felt like it was a very honest and strong market overall." That market strength and diversity was on display with as the top 25 horses came from 18 different consignors and sold to 24 individual buyers. The top 13 yearlings were also each by different stallions. After a three-day sale...

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Sister Troienne at Gulfstream
Gutierrez Getting Reacquainted with Gulfstream

Edited Press Release Prior to riding his first race on the Thanksgiving Day opener of the 2025-2026 Championship Meet, Mario Gutierrez hadn't been part of the action at Gulfstream Park since he rode Nyquist to a popular victory in the $1-million GI Florida Derby April 2, 2016. "I was going to stay in Kentucky, but I got a great opportunity from Mr. Brian Lynch to come here for the winter," Gutierrez said. "I'm extremely happy with the support I'm getting from the local trainers. I'm very, very happy. I'm relatively...

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Sovereignty at Saratoga
446 Graded Races in 2025: What Did We Learn?

Despite a few downgrades due to weather and a cancellation here and there, the U.S. and Canada still combined to run 446 graded races in 2025. What stands out after another full year of North American graded racing is in the books? All 98 scheduled Grade I races were run, with just three horses scoring a trio of successes at the elite level: Journalism, Sovereignty, and Ted Noffey. Another nine horses doubled up with two Grade I wins on the year. In addition to the 98 Grade I events, there...

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Heavily-Favored 'Rising Star' Knightsbridge Rolls In Mr. Prospector

In a race initially billed as a showdown between this year's GI Pegasus World Cup winner White Abarrio (Race Day) and the up-and-coming 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Knightsbridge (Nyquist), Saturday's GIII Mr. Prospector Stakes turned into a parade for the latter as the Godolphin homebred took advantage of an overmatched field to earn his first graded stakes win. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. had been clear earlier in the week that White Abarrio was not 100% to start Saturday and, once that rail-drawn runner was officially scratched Friday, Knightsbridge...

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Well-Bred Munnings Colt Set For Debut As Santa Anita Opens

2nd-SA, $70K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 2:31 p.m. ET. NEWTON (Munnings) went through the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale ring and brought $975,000. Sent to Bob Baffert, the colt is out of $1.2-million buy Secret Jewel (Bernardini), whose other progeny include GSW Twenty Carat (Into Mischief) and SW Point Proven (Gun Runner). Secret Jewel's half-sisters include Canadian GSW Colonial Flag (Pleasant Tap), MGSW Sparkle Blue (Hard Spun) and last but not least GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf victress Shared Account (Pleasantly Perfect)--herself the dam of GI Breeders' Cup...

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