Keeneland September

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - You better get used to failure and you better get used to losing if you're striving to do something historic or epic. Those are the words of Mike Repole after coming within a neck of winning his first GI Kentucky Derby with Renegade (Into Mischief), the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. "I probably take losing better than I take winning," said Repole, who campaigns the $975,000 Keeneland September graduate in partnership with breeders Robert and Lawana Low. "If you ask me...

1st-SAR, 115K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 11:45 a.m. The first foal out of SW/GISP Lady Kate, STORMING (Curlin) cost $850,000 at Keeneland September in 2024 for the partnership of Arnmore Thoroughbreds, Pine Racing Stables, Belmar Racing and Breeding and Legendary Thoroughbreds. Bred by Stonestreet who purchased Lady Kate for $1.15-million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale in 2021, Storming's impressive sales tag was usurped by that of his Into Mischief half-brother who sold to Resolute Racing for an eye-popping $3-million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale last summer. Another son of Curlin,...

Twirling Aces (Twirling Candy) took plenty of money as the even-money favorite despite being the only first-time starter in this auction price-restricted field. Encountering plenty of early trouble from the gate, she had to settle wide in the middle of the pack as Annie Bee (Collected) showed the way. Coming with plenty of steam down the outside of the track, Twirling Aces kept driving, pushed past late leader By La Rina (Echo Town) and cleared off to graduate on debut by 2 3/4 lengths. A $50,000 Keeneland September pick up,...

1st-SAR, 115K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 12:35 p.m. Trainer Todd Pletcher debuts a pair of 2-year-old fillies in the Thursday opener at Saratoga. Rail-drawn PERPETUAL (Drain the Clock) impressed at OBS March earlier this year, working a quarter-mile in :20.1 before selling to Lee Ackerley Racing & Gainesway for $500,000. Her unraced Street Boss first dam has already produced two winners from as many to race and Pletcher will leg up Hall of Famer John Velazquez for this unveiling. In the middle of the gate, stablemate Dinner Party (Not...

7th-IND, $43k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, 5:16 p.m ET A $400,000 purchase by Everett Dobson's Cheyenne Stable out of the 2024 Keeneland September Sale, PRIVATE TEXT (Nyquist) makes a belated first trip to the races Tuesday afternoon. The March foal marks the first runner for her unraced dam Batik (Honor Code), who was purchased by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa for $390,000 with this filly in utero at the 2022 Keeneland November Sale. Batik is a daughter of the stakes-winning Private Gift (Unbridled), whose seven winners include SW & GSP...

Gervais Racing's American Man (Maclean's Music) was overshadowed on paper and on the tote by 'TDN Rising Stars' presented by Hagyard Munnings Challenge (Munnings) and Doublecents (Goldencents), but capitalized on a stalk-and-pounce trip to win for the second time in three career appearances. The $120,000 KEESEP yearling turned $475,000 OBS April breezer led throughout to graduate at first asking as the favorite at Oaklawn Mar. 17, but any chances of another speed try were dashed when he was bothered at the break of a first-level allowance in Hot Springs Apr....

A day after the closest finish in the history of the the legendary 500-mile road race not far away, there was horse power of a different variety on display at Horseshoe Indianapolis when Shadwell Stable's well related Nahla (Authentic) graduated in convincing style to enhance her future residual value. They didn't need a photo finish to call the winner of this one. The bay filly ran very well against much tougher in her first two appearances, finishing second over an extended mile at Tampa on debut Feb. 28 before rounding...

2nd-MTH, $45k, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f, post time: 1:19 p.m. ET A $1.4-million graduate of the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale, REGENT'S PARK (Bolt d'Oro) kicked off his career from the rail at the Jersey Shore. The bay colt is a son of the three-times stakes-placed Spark (Speightstown), also the dam of SW and Irish Group 3 placegetter Launch (Omaha Beach). The colt's second dam Mon Belle (Maria's Mon), a full-sister to 2001 GI Kentucky Derby hero Monarchos, dropped six winners, including SW & GSP Supreme (Empire Maker),  whose son...

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 weekend running at Kyoto and Niigata Racecourses: Saturday, May 23, 2026 6th-KYO, ¥15,620,000 ($98k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m MON SOUHAIT (c, 3, McKinzie--Fashion World {GB}, by Dubawi {Ire}) was unplaced in two juvenile appearances and again on 3-year-old debut in January, but put it...

4th-CD, $120k, Msw, 2yo, 5f, post time: 6:27 p.m. ET CUT THROAT should have his fair share of admirers to get first-crop sire Cyberknife (Gun Runner) off to a flying start with his first runner. A half-brother to the stakes-placed Arman (Bolt d'Oro) and April Vintage (Vino Rosso), the February-foaled chestnut is out of an unraced half-sister to SW & MGSP Two Thirty Five (Stay Thirsty). The deeper female family includes Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly Halfbridled (Unbridled). Cut Throat breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 flat at this...

Danon Bourbon (Maxfield), who finished fifth in this year's GI Kentucky Derby behind Golden Tempo (Curlin), has been found to have a fractured knee upon his return to Japan, trainer Manabu Ikezoe announced Wednesday. "The fracture in his knee was discovered after the Kentucky Derby," Ikezoe said. "After returning to Japan, he had X-rays taken for confirmation and has completed quarantine at the Japan Racing School, so he will now undergo surgery to remove the bone fragments at the Shadai Clinic in Hokkaido in preparation for his return. The timing...

13th-CD, $127k, Alw/OC ($125k), 3yo, 6 1/2f, 8:00 p.m. ET About an hour after the Derby goes official, a strong group of 3-year-olds are set to slug it out over 6 1/2 furlongs. Pin Oak Stud will be represented in the Run for the Roses by Albus (Yaupon) and Incredibolt (Bolt d'Oro) and the famed farm colors will be carried aboard GILDED BANDIT (Charlatan) in the evening's penultimate raced. A slow-starting fourth on Gulfstream debut Feb. 28, the $550,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad added blinkers and got just the better of...