Nyquist

1st-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:10p.m. Mathiesen Racing's ELLA GRACE (Nyquist) gets her start for trainer George Weaver, who calls on the services of the red-hot Flavien Prat. Bred by Killora Stud, the Kentucky bred is out of MSP Golden Artemis (Malibu Moon), herself a first-out winner who tasted limited success on the racetrack. Her greatest achievement to date is producing My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller), who also won at first asking in the one-mile GII Summer Stakes in 2013 before adding a victory over a synthetic surface in the...

Wathnan Racing's Crimson Advocate (Nyquist), who annexed the 2023 G2 Queen Mary Stakes for George Weaver, returned to the scene of her greatest triumph with a decisive victory in Wednesday's G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes. Her 1 3/4-length tally provided the Gosden stable with a record-extending sixth win in the one-mile contest. Crimson Advocate had previously registered a second stakes win in Goodwood's Listed Conqueror Stakes last month, her third outing and first win for John and Thady Gosden since joining from the Weaver stable, and the four-year-old landed a...

Take Charge Milady (f, 3, Take Charge Indy--Price too High, by Scat Daddy) defeated returning champion Immersive (Nyquist) by a neck in a thrilling renewal of Saturday's Monomoy Girl S. at Churchill Downs. The latter, sidelined due to bone bruising and off as the 2-5 favorite in a scratched-down field of four, was making her first start since capping a four-for-four season in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar. Take Charge Milady, winner of the Martha Washington S., second in the GI Ashland S. and 12th in...

One of the first horses on track in the penultimate breeze show ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, a colt by Nyquist (hip 634) wasted no time setting a new high-water mark of :9 3/5, the fastest time of the sale thus far. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, the colt is a homebred for Cypress Creek Equine out of Paquita Coqueta (Chi) (Scat Daddy), a Chilean champion female sprinter purchased by Cypress Creek for $170,000 at Keeneland November in 2021 in foal...

In approaching a Saturday that threatens to restore the Triple Crown viability of the American Thoroughbred-between Journalism (Curlin) here, and a son of Justify at Epsom-it feels timely to consider a horse often viewed as typifying the precarious compromise between size and speed, on the one hand, and soundness on the other. The double-edged reputation of Unbridled's Song traces right back to his own sales history. He was the perfect commercial model for a 2-year-old auction, so big and fast that the Barretts hammer fell at $1.4 million, back then...

2nd-Monmouth, $56,175, Msw, 6-1, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :53.21, ft, 2 1/2 lengths. DEE'S ON DOW (f, 2, Nyquist--Helena the First, by Lemon Drop Kid), sent off at 9-5 for this unveiling, broke alertly and was sent to the front, carving out an opening quarter in :22.54. Straightening for home while in the clear as the slow-breaking favorite Stormy City (Sea Wizard) took up chase on the outside, Dee's On Dow proved best on the day, scoring by 2 1/2 lengths over Stormy City. Jetty's Home (Enticed) rounded out the...

2nd-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, 1:14 p.m. Flying Dutchmen went to $675,000 to procure LOVE A LITTLE MO (Uncle Mo) as a yearling at Keeneland last September. The filly is the first foal out of SW/GSP Inject who is herself out of GI Spinaway Stakes winner Appealing Zophie, a $1.2m FTKNOV broodmare who is also responsible for GI Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit (Tapit) and MGSW/GISP Ride a Comet (Candy Ride {Arg}). Lined up to her outside is the J Kirk and Judy Robison homebred Essential Coffee (Nyquist), a half-sister...

Champion MGISW Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) and SW & MGISP Vodka With a Twist (Thousand Words) were on the work list Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a six-furlong move from each as other notable names made an appearance in the morning hours. The Bob Baffert-trained Citizen Bull posted the co-bullet move of three, clocking the six panels in 1:12.20 in his second work since finishing in the back half of the GI Kentucky Derby field. The filly, trained by Philip D'Amato, went from the blocks for her move, and...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Sunday running at Tokyo Racecourse. As part of the G1 Yushun Himba program, the race may be watched live across ADW platforms at 10 p.m. ET: Sunday, May 25, 2025 3rd-TOK, ¥10,600,000 ($74k), Maiden, 3yo, 1300m AMERICAN BEYOND (c, 3, McKinzie--Church by the...

TIMONIUM, MD - "Extraordinary circumstances and at the end of the day, an extraordinary sale," Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning said at the conclusion of a 12-hour renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale which, seemingly against all odds, set records for gross, average and median. The 2025 Midlantic May sale was upended by a series of rainy days, which more than once forced the postponement of the under-tack show which ultimately concluded Sunday with a session of untimed gallops. Originally scheduled to be held over two sessions,...

April Mayberry, bidding on behalf of an undisclosed partnership, went to $1 million to secure a colt by Nyquist (hip 79) early in Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The chestnut colt, who worked a furlong last week in :10 2/5, is out of Deja Vu (Giant's Causeway) and is a half-brother to stakes winner and Grade I placed Crystal Ball (Malibu Moon). He was consigned by Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables and was purchased as part of Dunne and Paul Reddam's Red Wings pinhooking partnership for $200,000...

10th-SA, $61k, Msw, 3-5yo, 6 1/2fT, 8:38p.m. ET Side by side in the gate for their debut, HARMONIQUE (Nyquist) and Neema (Curlin) will be unveiled for their respective connections in this night cap at Santa Anita Park. The former is a homebred for Thor-Bred Stables, and is a daughter of GI Oak Leaf Stakes victress Rigoletta (Concerto)--thus a half-sister to the late GI Breeder's Cup Dirt Mile winner Battle of Midway (Smart Strike). She also claims MSW & MGSP Moretti (Medaglia d'Oro) as a half-sibling as well as the dam...