The same week Donald R. Dizney lost his beloved homebred and Double Diamond Farm stallion First Dude, another homebred Dizney star came to the forefront when Little Opal (f, 3, Caravaggio–Il Mulino, by Elusive Quality) blazed to a frontrunning score in the GIII John C. Harris Stakes at Santa Anita in her stakes debut Saturday.

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A romping winner of the GII Hollywood Gold Cup earlier this year when bet into 3-1, Forged Steel (c, 4, Vekoma–Scorecard, by Tale of the Cat) was no better than a 12-1 chance in Saturday's Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' GI Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita and struck from close range to punch his

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The 2026 Keeneland September Yearling Sale had a tough act to follow after the record-setting double-digit gains of a year ago, but the 12-day auction concluded Saturday with new highwater marks at every metric. The September gross, which surpassed the $500-million mark for the first time a year ago, improved again in 2026 when 2,856

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The ultra hard-knocking 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo) was there for the taking in the final 100 yards of Saturday's $400,000 GIII Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill Downs, but he knuckled down gamely with rivals coming after him inside and out to win for the 11th time in 18 career

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Evergreen Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) went right to the lead and refused to be run down late, taking the GII City of Hope Mile with a gate-to-wire effort and stamping his plane ticket to Keeneland in the fall for the World Championships. Cabo Spirit is more or less part of the furniture on the

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