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To better accommodate buyers and sellers in the wake of a nationwide winter storm and persistent freezing temperatures, Inglis Digital USA has pushed back the key dates for its

February Sale, the company said in a release on Tuesday.

The catalogue for the online auction will now be released on Monday, Feb. 2, and bidding will close on Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. ET, with each lot closing in three-minute increments.

By moving the dates of the sale, sellers will have more time to arrange their vet work and produce better quality media for offerings, such as photos and walk videos.

The new schedule also means buyers will have more time to schedule in-person inspections. Many parts of the country remain under heavy snow with hazardous travel conditions following last weekend's winter storm.

“We've taken the time to speak with our sellers and believe it is in everyone's best interest to start the sale on Monday [Feb. 2] instead of Friday [Jan. 30],” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle

Wilson. “Central Kentucky and a large portion of the United States experienced some very severe weather causing delays and closings.

“We want to give everyone involved the necessary time to prepare themselves for a sale and offer their best product possible,” he said. “Flexibility is key with digital sales and I encourage any and all customers to reach out to us at Inglis Digital USA if there is anything we can do to help.”

With the added time until the release of the catalogue, Inglis Digital USA welcomes potential sellers to discuss adding entries to the February Sale up to the catalogue going live on Feb. 2.

To enter a horse for the February Sale or register as a bidder, visit www.inglisdigitalusa.com.

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The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program's 2026 Championship horse show will be held at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday. The championship show is part of a schedule which includes 8,000 awards and classes at more than 1,600 shows in 42 states and five Canadian provinces in 2026.

Awards are available for multiple disciplines, including eventing, dressage, Western and English pleasure, ranch horse, hunter/jumper, competitive trail, barrel racing, polo, and polocrosse. A full calendar of shows offering awards is available at tjctip.com/CalendarOfEvents and will be updated as show dates are confirmed.

“This year marks the 15th year in which T.I.P. is offering awards, and we are proud of the success of this initiative in promoting the versatility of the Thoroughbred,” said Kristin Werner, deputy general counsel and director of industry initiatives for The Jockey Club and administrator of T.I.P. “Through 2025, there have been more than 13,000 shows that have offered T.I.P. awards, more than 48,000 T.I.P. numbers that have been assigned, and more than 114,000 award entries submitted for horses. We look forward to celebrating the talents of Thoroughbreds in a range of disciplines and putting their versatility on display in the greater equestrian community.”

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The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the New York Thoroughbred Breeders are partnering to offer a bus trip from Saratoga Springs to Aqueduct Racetrack for Wood Memorial Stakes Day Apr. 4. This year's edition of the Wood

Memorial will be the final time the event is held at Aqueduct before moving to the new Belmont Park in 2027.

Tickets are $75 for Museum and NYTB members and $90 for non-members and are on sale now here: https://1049a.blackbaudhosting.com/1049a/Aqueduct-Bus-Trip.

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Keeneland's newly constructed Paddock Building–offering  more than 1,000 new public dining tickets in a variety of venues each race day–will make its debut at the track's 2026 Spring Meet, which opens Apr. 3.

“The Paddock Building represents an investment in the Thoroughbred industry and furthers Keeneland's mission to support and grow the sport,” said Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin. “It speaks to our confidence in racing's future while creating new, meaningful ways to engage guests year-round. These new venues will enrich the experience for racing fans, sales customers and special event guests and allow us to further showcase the very best of Keeneland's world-renowned hospitality.”

The Paddock Building, which is designed for year-round use, will serve as a setting for sales and private events, as well as an area to enhance the race-day experience with a range of distinctive dining options.

The new public ticketed venues in the Paddock Building include:

The 1936 Room, featuring lounge seating, high-top tables, passed heavy hors d'oeuvres and premium bar service in a reception-style setting that affords fans exclusive access to the Paddock Lawn next to the Saddling Paddock;

The Sycamore Room, offering a la carte high-end dining and located on the south end of the first floor of the Paddock Building adjacent to the new Stakes Winner's Circle;

The Dogwood Room, a second-floor venue overlooking the Saddling Paddock featuring buffet-style dining;

The Ivy Room, designed for private group gatherings and not included in public ticket offerings; and

The Rooftop, located on the third floor of the Paddock Building, and featuring two distinct spaces with sweeping views of the Paddock and the entire Keeneland campus. There is a fully enclosed premium indoor dining room and a covered outdoor space anchored by a focal bar.

Fans can explore the new Paddock Building here.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. at Tickets.Keeneland.com.  The Keeneland Spring Meet runs from Apr. 3-24.

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Live racing has been cancelled at Turfway Park on Wednesday and Thursday due to severe winter weather in the Florence, Kentucky area. Officials from the National Weather Service are forecasting wind chill values to not rise above the single digits over the next 48 hours and dip as low as minus 11 degrees on Wednesday.

Turfway Park officials continue to monitor the forecast and will make a determination Wednesday regarding Friday and Saturday's racing cards.

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Graded stakes winner Stormcast (Mitole) is among 19 additional entries to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, which will be held Feb. 9 in Lexington. The latest group of supplements to the auction are catalogued as hip 386-404 and include several stakes winners and a half-sibling to a recent Grade I winner.

The 5-year-old mare Stormcast, winner of the 2024 GIII Bessarabian Stakes, will be offered as hip 395 and will be consigned as a racing or broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Other supplemental entries include: Athena's War (Kor) (New Year's Day) (hip 386), a full-sister to champion Maximum Security, in foal to Oscar Performance and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent; Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia d'Oro) (hip 388), a full-sister to graded stakes winner Marzo consigned as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent; stakes-winning My Sassenach (Uncaptured) (hip 389), in foal to Flameaway and consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent; Mia's Mom (Maclean's Music) (hip 397), a winning half-sister to recent GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational winner Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator), who is carrying her first foal by Essential Quality and is consigned by Buckland Sales, agent; Leo Toro (Nyquist) (hip 398), winner of last year's Ginger Punch Stakes at Gulfstream who is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect byGainesway, agent; and multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-placed Dancing N Dixie (Neolithic) (hip 399), consigned as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

To view the entire Kentucky Winter Mixed catalogue, click here.

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5. SHARONS BEACH, SA, 1-23, 4th race, 6 1/2 furlongs

BEYER SPEED FIGURE-89 (2nd)
(g, 3, Omaha Beach–Cosmic Code, by Into Mischief)
O-Panic Stable. B-Bryan Hawk (Ky). T-Jonathan Thomas. J-Umberto Rispoli.
He has always been auspiciously supported: as a debut 2-1 choice on turf when he lost by 22 3/4 lengths, then at 8-5 on dirt when he faded to lose by 9 1/4 lengths, and again last week at 9-5. This time, he lived up to the stubborn optimism. Few could have expected a Beyer leap from 58 to 89, but he pressed 6-5 favorite Liam Smith (below) from the outset, dropped about two lengths behind in upper stretch yet kept doggedly pursuing until he came up short by a diminishing neck–as they stopped the timer in a swift 1:15.95.

4. LIAM SMITH, SA, 1-23, 4th race, 6 1/2 furlongs

BEYER SPEED FIGURE-89
(c, 3, Midshipman–Mama Joyce, by First Dude)
O/B-Donald Dizney (Ky). T-Doug O'Neill. J-Ernesto Jaramillo.
In the race described above, it took less of a leap of faith to expect such improvement from Liam Smith. He never got untracked in his debut against a strong maiden field, as he was shuffled back to last and climbed from kickback while the leaders sped through a half in :43.45–faster even than the Malibu Stakes later on the card. In this spot, he dashed right to the lead in :44.52 and led all the way. He was also one of three horses entered to be claimed, and was taken for $50k.

3. CANALETTO, GP, 1/25, 7th race, 1 mile

BEYER SPEED FIGURE-89
(c, 3, Into Mischief–Distorted Music, by Distorted Humor)
O-Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Peter Brant and Brook Smith. B-Lothenbach Stables (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat.
Ever since Minnesota racing and breeding titan Bob Lothenbach passed away unexpectedly in November 2023, his dispersed stock has lit up tracks from coast to coast. Last year it was GI Arkansas Derby winner Sandman (Tapit). And the latest is Sandman's half-brother, Coolmore's promising Canaletto, a pinhooked $1-million Saratoga yearling who kicked off his career Sunday with an eight-length romp at Gulfstream, earning 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' honors. In the same race, Coolmore also had Spartacus, a half-brother to Nest, but he finished a well-beaten fifth.

2. CORONA DE ORO, FG, 1-24, 7th race, 6 furlongs

BEYER SPEED FIGURE-92 (2nd)
(c, 3, Bolt d'Oro-Lemon de Oro, by Lemon Drop Kid)
O-On Our Own Stable, U Racing Stables, Commonwealth Stable, James Nichols, Saints or Sinners, Edwin Barker, Daniel Rivers, John Haines, Titletown Racing, Deborah Self and Dallas Stewart. B-Willow Oaks Stable (Ky). T-Dallas Stewart. J-Brian Hernandez Jr.
At the very least, Corona De Oro has shattered the Five Fastest Maidens record for most ownership principals by a single entry: 11. As the 2-1 favorite making his third start, he burst from the pack to attack pacesetter Noble Affair (below) but couldn't get past him despite speeding his final quarter-mile in :23.61 and opening 8 1/2 lengths on the rest of the field. If he wins next time, the winners' circle should be crowded.

1. NOBLE AFFAIR, FG, 1-24, 7th race, 6 furlongs

BEYER SPEED FIGURE-93
(c, 3, Vekoma-Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor)
O-Wathnan Racing. B-Sandra Sexton and Silver Fern Farm (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-James Graham.
Wathnan's $600k 2-year-old buy led from the start in his debut, refusing to let Corona de Oro by as the two colts flew down the Fair Grounds stretch. Based on earlier dirt races Saturday, the swift 1:09.84 final time translates to a sparkling Beyer, but a rainstorm hit just before the race, which in theory could have tightened the surface. That's why the performance of horses in this race will be monitored going forward to determine if the 93 figure needs to be adjusted.

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Racing at Aqueduct was cancelled Wednesday through Friday by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) in advance of forecasted arctic temperatures and extremely low wind chill values hitting the New York metro area.

NYRA, in consultation with the Jockeys' Guild, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) and New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB), will request formal approval from the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) to conduct live racing on Wednesday, Feb. 4 with additional make-up days to be determined at a later date.

Aqueduct Racetrack will be closed to the public on Wednesday but will re-open for simulcast operations on Thursday and Friday. The Ladies Stakes, originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17 and subsequently moved to Friday, Jan. 30, will be brought back Saturday, Jan. 31. Entries for this Saturday's card will be taken Tuesday, Jan. 27. The Interborough Stakes will be brought back Friday, Feb. 6, with entries to be taken Saturday, Jan. 31.

NYRA will bring back races carded for Wednesday and Thursday as extras for Feb. 1 and beyond with entries commencing Wednesday, Jan. 28. The races currently offered in the condition book for Friday, Jan. 30, will be used for the proposed Wednesday, Feb. 4 program with entries to be taken on Thursday, Jan. 29.

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More Than Looks (More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday), winner of the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Mile, was represented by his first three foals Saturday, when a colt and a filly arrived in Kentucky and a second colt was born in Florida.

Multiple stakes-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed Eden Prairie (Mizzen Mast) produced a colt, bred by Sampson Racing Stables, at Chesapeake Farm in Kentucky.

“We couldn't be more pleased with this colt. He's a strong, good-looking individual,” said Chesapeake Farm's Collier Mathes. “The dam's success with More Than Ready made the decision to breed to More Than Looks an obvious choice after his Breeders' Cup win. We have big expectations for his future.”

Eden Prairie is the dam of multiple stakes winner and graded-placed Minnesota Ready (More Than Ready).

Also in Kentucky, Clear Voice (Kantharos) produced her first foal, a filly bred by Machmer Hall.

“We are thrilled to bits with this darling, leggy filly by Breeders' Cup Mile Winner More Than Looks,” said Carrie Brogden of Machmer Hall. “She has a beautiful expression and is the epitome of class for a newborn.”

A colt bred by Tag Stables, and out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Spirited Storm, was born at Lambholm South in Florida. Spirited Storm is the dam of the graded-placed Uncaptured Spirit (Uncaptured) and stakes winner Spirited Boss (Street Boss).

“He is a huge colt with lots of personality, but smart,” said Shelly Fournier of Lambholm South.

In addition to his Breeders' Cup victory, More Than Looks won the 2023 GIII Manila Stakes and was second in the 2024 GI Coolmore Turf Mile and GI Fourstardave Handicap.

More Than Looks stands at Lane's End for $10,000.

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Stablemates Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and White Abarrio (Race Day) exited their one-two finish in Saturday's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational in good shape and connections are still contemplating next moves for the 7-year-olds, according to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.

“Nothing's signed yet. Just talking it over briefly, something like the GII Oaklawn Handicap comes into play for one of them,” Joseph said. “And also the G1 Dubai World Cup. But nothing's really been decided yet. We're going to sleep on it and then decide.”

The Oaklawn Handicap will be run at Oaklawn Park Apr. 18. The Dubai World Cup is scheduled for Mar. 28 at Meydan Racecourse.

Skippylongstocking was a 10-time graded stakes winner before earning his first Grade I victory at Gulfstream Saturday.

“He ran fast enough at times to win one, but he never did it. People were always knocking, knocking him, saying he's not a Grade I winner, not a Grade I winner, and look, he showed up,” Joseph said. “He did it in a race that a lot of great horses have won.”

Skippylongstocking rated well off the early pace under Tyler Gaffalione before rallying to catch defending champion White Abarrio in deep stretch in what was the later's first start since being controversially scratched by attending veterinarians at Del Mar just minutes before the start of the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

“Obviously, there was a lot of pressure running Abarrio after being scratched from the Breeders' Cup. You're overthinking everything–that's not the way you want to train a horse. You have to train with confidence, but we couldn't be confident because of the lack of preparation,” Joseph said. “I didn't know how he would run. Going into the race, there was no confidence. To do what he did [Saturday] was special.”

Test Score (Lookin at Lucky) and One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}), another pair of stablemates who finished one-two Saturday at Gulfstream, this time in the G1 Pegasus Turf World Cup Invitational, were reported in fine shape by trainer Graham Motion Sunday.

“Everybody looks really good,” Motion said. “One Stripe's a little irritated about being beaten, I think, but they both seem really good.”

Amerman Racing's 4-year-old homebred Test Score, second by less than a length after a troubled trip in the Nov. 29 GI Hollywood Derby, and jockey Manny Franco split horses in the stretch and held off One Stripe's dramatic late run to earn his second career Grade I victory and push his bankroll over $2 million.

“I've rewatched it a lot,” Motion said. “It was hard to watch at the time. I kind of focused on One Stripe at the top of the stretch and I didn't realize that the horse he was going to nail if he got there was Test Score. It was a little bit surreal.”

Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam's 5-year-old One Stripe, a two-time Group 1 winner at home under regular South African rider Gavin Lerena, found himself well out in the center of the turf course when they uncorked a furious late surge.

“Around the three-eighths pole Gavin said [One Stripe] got a little tight and got a little intimidated there and it took him a little while to get going. Once he straightened away, it took him a while to kind of switch leads and run on, which I think is why he ended up so far out on the track. But what a brave race he ran,” Motion said.

“Both jocks were great. I think the difference was the trip Manny had. It was just a perfect trip,” Motion added. “Test Score is just so resilient. He always just tries so hard. He's such a tough horse. He's a kind, kind horse in the morning but he's such a competitor.”

Motion said Test Score will get some time off after racing nine times at seven different tracks in 11 months and could point for the May 2 GI Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard.

“I'm definitely going to freshen him up. A race like the [Turf Classic] on Derby Day would probably make sense,” Motion said. “It's the right distance for him, it's a big purse and the timing would be good.”

One Stripe was making his second start of the Championship Meet Saturday, having earned his first North American victory in a one-mile optional claiming allowance Dec. 26 and may be pointed long-term at the GI Arlington Million at Colonial Downs in August.

“I really think a mile and a quarter is going to be in his scope. I think that's the kind of race I'd like to point for this summer, but I haven't really thought about his next start,” Motion said. “I really didn't think beyond the day for either one of them, but I'm not going to be in a hurry to run them back. One Stripe has had two pretty strong runs down here, so I'm not going to be looking to run him back real quick.

“I've had an extraordinary amount of people reach out. I guess being on national television makes a difference, but it's very rewarding,” he added. “I'm so pleased for the South African crew. They had faith in this horse and it kind of showed to be justified that he's this kind of horse. And I couldn't be prouder of Test Score. We've been really lucky with this horse and Trikari. I'm so fortunate to have some of these nice horses for Mr. Amerman.”

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Prominent racehorse owner Earle Mack's The Earle I. Mack Foundation, in partnership with Project Victory, has delivered 750 additional generators to communities across Ukraine, prioritizing children and families living in the most vulnerable conditions, according to a press release from the foundation. The generators and heaters, which run on petrol or diesel, help to restore heat, light, water and online learning across Ukraine.

Previously, heaters and generators delivered by the Earle I. Mack Foundation and its partners at the Pataki Center have brought critical heat and power to more than one million Ukrainians, primarily vulnerable children, helping them survive the bitter winter. The latest delivery with Project Victory brings the total number of heaters and generators donated to 1,150.

“These generators have been distributed to orphanages, shelters, foster families, home schools, and households, providing children with protection from prolonged blackouts that now last eight to 20 hours per day in many regions,” said Mack. “In some frontline and recently liberated areas, electricity is unavailable for weeks at a time. By supporting these deliveries, we are helping bring stability and dignity to children and families facing extreme hardship as winter sets in.”

Earle Mack has travelled to Ukraine to deliver the generators four times, with a fifth trip planed in the near future.

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The betting public couldn't take their eyes off him before the race, and Code Review (Uncle Mo) never stopped going in the lane after posting brisk early fractions, striding home to become his late sire's newest 'TDN Rising Star. presented by Hagyard' at Gulfstream Park.

Code Review left the gates as the 3-5 favorite and stepped forward to contest the pace through an opening quarter in :21.80, and a half in :44.90. On a narrow advantage at the head of affairs with challengers mounting bids on both sides, he responded when called in the stretch, and extended his margin just enough to comfortably defeat the closers. Amberjack (Complexity) and Royal Crescent (Quality Road) were the looming dangers late, but were well beaten in second and third, respectively.

The victor is a full-brother to the ill-fated Laoban GSW, $526,250, and is the dam's most recent to the races. Chattertown most recently has a yearling filly by Practical Joke to her credit and is due to Golden Pal in 2026. In addition to the aforementioned full-brother, Code Review is a half-sibling to Ready Ready Ready (More Than Ready), the dam of GSW Abientot (Not This Time), Canadian champion juvenile colt Mr. Hustle (Declaration of War), and GSP Malibu Coast (Malibu Moon). Another half-sister is mother to SP Dai Vernon (Good Magic).

This is the same female line that produced GSP Bluegrass Chatter (Bluegrass Cat) and MSP Chit Chatter (Lost Soldier), herself dam of MGISW I'm a Chatterbox (Munnings).

CODE REVIEW ($3.20) surged home under @iradortiz and won on debut in the 3rd at @Gulfstreampark. The full brother to Laoban is conditioned by @SaffieJosephJr for owners @C2RacingStable, Ken Reimer, JRM Stables, & Tami Bobo.

Start a Pick 4 here: https://t.co/jLQPq6YsJi pic.twitter.com/Vy5BKXy4TS

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 25, 2026

3rd-Gulfstream, $68,000, Msw, 1-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.25, ft, 1 1/2 lengths.
CODE REVIEW, c, 3, by Uncle Mo
                1st Dam: Chattertown {SP, $104,332}, by Speightstown
                2nd Dam: Chatter Chatter, by Lost Soldier
                3rd Dam: Bedroom Chatter, by Cure the Blues
Sales history: $200,000 Wlg '23 FTKNOV; $575,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $40,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-C2 Racing Stable, LLC, Ken T. Reimer, JRM Stables, LLC and Tami Bobo; B-Longfield Stables (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr..

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Leading jockey Umberto Rispoli, who was thrown from his mount Unconquerable Keen (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) nearing the sixteenth pole of Saturday's Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint, was taken to the hospital and has been diagnosed with a fractured ankle, tibia and fibula, according to a post on X from his agent Matt Nakatani.

“This isn't the end of the road for us,” Nakatani wrote. “We will be back stronger than ever. We greatly appreciate all of your support.”

Nakatani posted that Rispoli will undergo surgery in the near future pending conversations with doctors. There was no immediate timeline for his return to the saddle.

Rispoli was replaced on his two remaining mounts on the program, including aboard Almendares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), who rounded out the triple in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf. He was scheduled to have four rides Sunday at Santa Anita, including Later Than Planned (Ire) for Phil d'Amato in the Baffle Stakes.

Latest update on Jockey Umberto Rispoli

This isn't the end of the road for us. We will be back stronger than ever. Thank you again for all the texts and calls. We greatly appreciate all of your support @umbyrispoli #TeamRispoli #PrayersUpForASpeedyRecovery pic.twitter.com/iXaep147oe

— Matt Nakatani (@MATT_NAK) January 25, 2026

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NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) was unveiled Dec. 27 at this venue but sprinting on the turf, and ran on well to claim third in a blanket finish after trailing early on from eighth.

Moved to the dirt for this second jump, he was asked to navigate a sloppy surface as Fair Grounds hustled to beat the weather, and left the gates carrying 3-1 odds on this seasonal debut. Out to set the pace through an opening quarter in :22.38 and after four furlongs in :45.89, Noble Affair was still leading the bunch, but that lead was under pressure from Corona de Oro (Bolt d'Oro) in the lane. Game along the rail as the 2-1 favorite came calling from the grandstand side, his advantage was shrinking late as the pair battled down to the wire. Noble Affair managed to hold off that looming rival by a half-length and it was a long way back to third.

The victor is the most recent to the races for Paden Affair, who has now produced five successful offspring from six of racing age. Her most recent is a yearling colt by Nashville, and the mare is due to Elite Power for 2026. Paden Affair is a half-sister to SW & GSP Indian Burn (Indian Charlie), herself the dam of MGSW & GISP Crazy Beautiful (Liam's Map).

Noble Affair was purchased for $600,000 at OBS April last season after previous selling for $275,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September last year and bringing $75,000 as a weanling during the auction's November sale in 2023.

#8 NOBLE AFFAIR ($8) goes gate-to-wire digging in late to win race 7 at the @fairgroundsnola. The son of Vekoma (@spendthriftfarm) was ridden by @James_D_Graham and is trained by Steve Asmussen. Wathnan Racing owns, pic.twitter.com/SELIos1aMO

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

7th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.84, ft, 1/2 length.
NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) Sales history: $75,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $275,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $38,450. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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Amerman Racing LLC's Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) continued a phenomenal and productive afternoon for the newly turned 4-year-olds on the grass at Gulfstream Park, as he emerged from the pack to take out the $1-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, just holding off a late surge from his very well-backed stablemate One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}).

Earlier on the program, Layabout (Laoban) was expertly handled from the front by David Egan to win the GIII W.L. McKnight Stakes, while Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) defeated her elders in the GIII Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf while making her first start as four.

Off at odds of 38-5 in his first start outside of age-restricted competition, the rail-drawn homebred secured the perfect spot two back on the fence in the box seat as Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) made the running for Hall of Famer Mike Smith. Ridden for luck, with favored Program Trading (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) stalking his every move from the fence a few lengths adrift, Test Score was angled sharply to the outside of the pacesetter in upper stretch, edged to the lead and proved narrowly best.

One Stripe, who had never raced beyond a mile, was hammered at the tills in the late stages to jump at odds of 43-10 from a 12-1 morning line. The recipient of a midfield trip for leading South African jockey Gavin Lerena, the bay entire came widest for the drive and was getting to the winner, but the wire arrived too soon. Almendares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) finished a longshot third.

“I wanted to come out of there running because I knew there was a lot of speed in the race and I didn't want to be too far behind,” said winning jockey Manny Franco. “I didn't want to lose position going into the first turn. I held my position the whole time until we got to the backside. After that I was happy with where I was and how my horse was traveling.

“At the three-eighths pole, the horse on the lead got away a little bit and I was able to go outside him,” Franco added. “When [Test Score] made the front early he kind of waited a little bit, but when he felt the competition again he gave me another gear.”

Campaigned aggressively at three, Test Score defeated World Beater (Oscar Perormance) in the GI Belmont Derby at Saratoga on July 4 before finishing a half-length third to that foe in the Aug. 2 GI Saratoga Derby. An even fourth in the GIII Nashville Derby around the undulating course at Kentucky Downs in September, he outclassed his rivals in the GII Twilight Derby Oct. 25 with blinkers added for the first time and endured a checkered run through the lane when beaten a half-length into third in the GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Nov. 29.

Motion said he was inclined to shut down Test Score, given the rigors of his sophomore campaign.

“I'm going to give [Test Score] a bit of a break,” he said. “He's had a long year. I wanted to point for this race. We'll freshen him up for the spring. One Stripe, I think the future is unlimited for him. The distance really helped him today.”

Pedigree Notes:

John and Jerry Amerman purchased third dam Society Dream privately from her French breeder and she was a stakes winner and Grade III placed in California under the care of Neil Drysdale. She has posthumously gone on to become the second dam of the Amermans' dual-surface Grade III winner Endlessly, a son of their star turf horse Oscar Performance.

Miss Chapin, one of six winners out of Society Dream, also became a noteworthy producer for the couple, accounting for GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Coffee Clique (Medaglia d'Oro), two-time graded winner Admission Office (Point of Entry) and MGSP Royal Fury (Langfuhr).

Test Score is the third of three winners from his dam and has a 2-year-old half-brother named Military Academy (War of Will) and a yearling half-sister by Liam's Map. Joy of Learning was most recently covered by Not This Time.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $937,800, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.04, fm.
1–TEST SCORE, 123, c, 4, by Lookin At Lucky
                1st Dam: Joy of Learning, by Kitten's Joy
                2nd Dam: Miss Chapin, by Royal Academy
                3rd Dam: Society Dream (Fr), by Akarad (Fr)
O/B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-H. Graham Motion; J-Manuel Franco. $516,000. Lifetime Record: 13-5-3-3, $2,000,525. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com  catalogue-style pedigree.
2–One Stripe (Saf), 123, h, 5, One World (Saf)–Silver Stripe (Saf), by Silvano (Ger). O-Hollywood Racing and Sewgoolam, Rikesh; B-Drakenstein Stud (SAF); T-H. Graham Motion. $172,000.
3–Almendares (GB), 123, g, 6, Havana Grey (GB)–Glace (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (16,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 14,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Rochfort, John, McLean Racing Stables, Gevertz, Saul, Nentwig, Michael and Pagano, Ray; B-D. TUCKER (GB); T-Philip D'Amato. $86,000.
Margins: NK, 1, HD. Odds: 7.60, 4.30, 37.70.
Also Ran: Astronomer, Program Trading (GB), Fort Washington, Chasing the Crown, Call Sign Seven, Cabo Spirit, Beach Gold, Cugino, Major Dude. Scratched: Balnikhov (Ire).
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TEST SCORE ($17.20) held off a flying One Stripe (SAF) in the $1,000,000 Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) at @GulfstreamPark. Trainer @GrahamMotion trains the 1-2 finishers! @jockeyfranco was up on the 4YO Lookin At Lucky colt.

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— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

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Jockey Junior Alvarado and trainer Bill Mott partnered up again for another win on Saturday's Pegasus World Cup card as Grand Job (Justify) romped home as the favorite in the GII Inside Information Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky but debuted as a 2-year-old in Ireland for then-trainer Joseph O'Brien, the daughter of Coolmore super-sire Justify hit the board in three of four starts but failed to break through for the win. Imported to North America as a 3-year-old, Grand Job found her footing in her first start for newly-crowned Eclipse-winning trainer Mott, winning her first two starts in gate to wire fashion by a total of 13 1/4 lengths before finishing second as a 4-year-old in the GIII Royal Delta Stakes. A winner again going a mile on the local course in late March of last year, she went to the sidelines for eight months and resurfaced to finish eighth when weakening from the lead at Churchill Downs sprinting six furlongs Nov. 25.

Drawn outside Saturday and going off as the favorite in her fifth consecutive race at odds of 2-1, Grand Job had plenty of early speed up the backstretch, racing three wide with Jody's Pride (American Pharoah) and One Magic Philly (Good Magic) both to her inside on the run into the far turn as the half ticked by in :45.06.

Alvarado, positioned high in the saddle and motionless past the quarter pole, clearly knew what he had as Grand Job swept past both runners and was alone turning for home before she even kicked into high gear.

A few shakes of the reins kept her focused as she easily out-finished the closing 5-1 shot Sterling Silver (Cupid) under a hand ride for the stylish win. Claret Beret (Not This Time) filled out the trifecta at 15-1.

Mott and Alvarado teamed up three races earlier to win the GIII Fred W. Hooper Stakes with 'TDN Rising Star' Knightsbridge (Nyquist) as well as the day's second race, a maiden special weight win by Swing Vote (Constitution).

“We always felt she had it in her,” Mott said. “You could see from Knightsbridge's form and her form, when they won early on, they were probably uncontested. Coming out of maidens and one-other-thans, they looked pretty good. Now that they've had time, they've looked that good against stakes quality. It was good see. It's just had to do with her development.”

“It's been an amazing day,” said Alvarado of his fourth winner on the day. “I've been on very live horses, good horses that I've been riding. This filly today, she's been ready for quite a while She was ready for me today, and I was just a passenger.”

Pedigree Note:
A $105,000 yearling pick up out of Keeneland September for Fergus Galvin, Grand Job is the 29th graded stakes winner for Triple Crown hero Justify. First dam Sure Route was stakes placed three times in North America herself and has a perfect five-for-five strike rate runners to winners led by her first foal, Grand Job's three-quarter sister Divine Image (Scat Dady) who took down the G3 Range Rover UAE Oaks in 2019 for Godolphin. That mare has since produced a group winner in France in Al Zanati (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

Sure Route was culled for just $17,000 listed as carrying a full-sibling to Grand Job at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. While she ultimately failed to produce a fail from that cover, she does have a now 2-year-old Gold Pal colt in the pipeline and was served by another Coolmore sire in Tiz the Law for this season.

Fourth victory today for jockey @JuniorandKellyA!
Grand Job easily wins the Inside Information S. G2 presented by @MyRacehorse. #GulfstreamPark #ChampionshipMeet pic.twitter.com/VQxrwb0qhk

— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) January 24, 2026

Saturday, Gulfstream
INSIDE INFORMATION S. PRESENTED BY MYRACEHORSE-GII, $200,000, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:21.41, ft.
1–GRAND JOB, 118, m, 5, by Justify
            1st Dam: Sure Route (GB) (MSP, $201,163), by Ishiguru
            2nd Dam: Shore Light, by Gulch
            3rd Dam: Shawgatny, by Danzig Connection
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($105,000
Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Bell Tower Thoroughbreds and Medallion
Racing; B-Fullbury (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado.
$116,560. Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-0, $325,726. *1/2 to Divine
Image (Scat Daddy), Hwt.-UAE- at 7 – 9 1/2 f., GSW-UAE,
$391,535. Werk Nick Rating: C.
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2–Sterling Silver, 120, m, 7, Cupid–Sheet Humor, by Distorted
Humor. ($13,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL; $975,000 RNA 6yo '25
FTKNOV). O-Mark T. Anderson; B-Mallory & Karen Mort (NY);
T-Anthony R. Margotta, Jr. $37,600.
3–Claret Beret, 118, m, 5, Not This Time–Bessie M,
by Medallist. ($85,000 Ylg '22 KEEJAN; $375,000 Ylg '22
KEESEP). O-Miller Racing LLC; B-Mitch Haynes (KY); T-Saffie A.
Joseph, Jr. $18,800.
Margins: 2 3/4, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.10, 5.40, 12.90.
Also Ran: Her Laugh, Dazzling Move, Beyond Belief, Necessity, Jody's Pride, One Magic Philly, Indy Bay, Verity. Scratched: Patricia Ann. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Hallandale Beach, FL–With Saturday's racing action already in full swing, the afternoon's Pegasus World Cup races got underway with 15-1 chance Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) getting up late to win the GII Filly and Mare Turf over Crevalle d'Oro (Constitution).

Not particularly hurried coming out of the gate, the Brad Cox trainee broke well but was settled back near the back as 3-1 choice In Our Time (Not This Time) raced up to the front from her outside berth with And One More Time (Omaha Beach) and Movin' On Up (Accelerate) in close pursuit through an opening quarter mile in :23.43. With And One More Time gaining a slight edge over the favorite through a :46.87 half, Destino d'Oro still had a lot to do from well over 10 lengths back.

As And One More Time and In Our Time continued to exchange blows on the front end, Destino d'Oro was swung wide turning for home and began to unfurl her bay legs down the lane. Closing by leaps and bounds through the length of the stretch, she was up in time to score by a half-length over the closing Crevalle d'Oro with Movin' On Up hanging around to grab third.

“We broke and I knew she was probably going to come from off the pace,” said winning rider Junior Alvarado. “I thought I'm a little too far back having this much horse, so I'm going to have to start picking it up soon. When I switched leads at the three-quarter pole and was getting close at the five-eighths pole, I couldn't believe how much horse I had underneath me. She came with a helluva run at the end.”

A winner first out at Kentucky Downs in the summer of her juvenile season, she ran too good to lose, finishing third, in Keeneland's GII Jessamine Stakes in October. A winner in her 3-year-old debut in a Churchill allowance last June, she added a score in the GIII Pucker Up Stakes at Ellis Park in August.

Upped to 1 5/16 miles for the GIII Dueling Grounds Oaks at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 10, the bay faded to be eighth in the GI Queen Elizabeth Cup at Keeneland in October. In her most recent start, the Steve Landers-owned filly came home a head winner over And One More Time in the 8 1/2-furlong Tropical Park Oaks at Gulfstream on Dec. 13.

“She performed here last month and I was pointing for this after that,” said Cox. “I figured she ran well here and has been training really well at Payson since and she put in a big effort.”

Facing strictly 3-year-olds last season, Saturday's race represented the first time she was encountering older rivals.

“It's always a little bit of a concern [facing older horses]. There is always a bit of a concern but it's valuable to know going in if they have run well [over the local course] in the past.”

Asked about tactics going into the Pegasus, Cox explained, “I told [Junior] to play the break. She has won the [Pucker Up] when she broke really well, which caught us completely off guard and ran a great race that day. So I felt if she's up there, that's fine. She is honest and if she is in a good spot, she'll come running.”

Explaining her unusually flat performance at Kentucky Downs last season, Cox continued, “She was bottled up that day and we had to throw that out. When she came back for the QEII, she probably wasn't doing quite as well.”

“I was thinking about stopping on her, but she came out of the QEII well enough and we shipped her down [to Gulfstream] and I thought I'd back up on her a bit and she trained well. She ran well in the Tropical Park Oaks and she hasn't missed a beat since.”

While Cox hasn't pegged an exact race for the 4-year-old's next start, he expects her to return to Grade I company before long.”
“The goal would be to give her a shot in a big race like the Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland this spring,” he said. “We'll probably need one more run before than, and since she ran well here, maybe she'll have a race here before that.”

The final foal out of GI Darley Alcibiades Stakes heroine Heart of Destiny, Destino d'Oro is a granddaughter of SP Doc's Destiny, dam of MGSP Brother Bobby (Out of Place). This is the family of GI Ashland Stakes winner Rosalind (Broken Vow).

#3 DESTINO D'ORO ($33.20) comes flying down the outside to win the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup F&M Turf Invitational (G2) at @GulfstreamPark. The daughter of Bolt d'Oro (@spendthriftfarm) was ridden by @JuniorandKellyA and is trained by @Bradcoxracing. Steve Landers Racing owns. pic.twitter.com/kctfGCiwX4

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
PEGASUS WORLD CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF INVITATIONAL S. PRESENTED BY THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE-GII, $490,500, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40.33, fm.
1–DESTINO D'ORO, 120, f, 4, by Bolt d'Oro
                1st Dam: Heart of Destiny (GISP, $242,089), by Lion Heart
                2nd Dam: Doc's Destiny, by Doc's Leader
                3rd Dam: Ventured, by Codex
($20,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $25,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $185,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Steve Landers Racing LLC; B-Hurstland Farm, Inc. & James H. Greene Jr. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Junior Alvarado. $285,000. Lifetime Record: 8-5-0-1, $829,884. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Crevalle d'Oro, 118, m, 5, Constitution–Sonoma d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro. ($60,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $220,000 4yo '25 FTDAUG; $500,000 4yo '25 KEENOV). O-TCC Stables LLC, Iavarone, Michael and Iavarone, Jules; B-Sandra Sexton (KY); T-Jose Francisco D'Angelo. $95,000.
3–Movin' On Up, 118, m, 5, Accelerate–Stifle Yourself, by Cairo Prince. O-Kenneth L. Ramsey; B-Estate Of Harvey A. Clarke (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.. $47,500.
Margins: HF, HF, HF. Odds: 15.60, 31.50, 7.30.
Also Ran: Whiskey Decision, Heredia (GB), Caitlinhergrtness, And One More Time, Proctor Street, In Our Time, Breath Away (GB), Ready for Shirl, Classic Q. Scratched: Awesome Czech, Candy Quest.
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Litigation (Twirling Candy) posted four victories last season, with three in a row at one point, and he got right back to winning ways in his 2026 bow.

Breaking his maiden in the middle of his campaign last year, he picked up two additional wins in succession against allowance company sprinting on the grass, defeating GISW Troubleshooting (Not This Time) while he was at it, and rallied belatedly at Keeneland in October to miss collecting his fourth in a row. He redeemed himself two back Oct. 31 when he defeated a Churchill allowance group across town and post his best career figure to date with a 92 Beyer. Litigation was last seen Dec. 20 at this venue running sixth in the Janus Stakes after being jostled at the break, and checked at the three-eighths marker.

Made the lukewarm 5-2 favorite here, he watched the race unfold from eighth as 3-1 second choice Coppola (Into Mischief) set the early fractions of :20.79 and four furlongs clocked in :43.20 as the field launched rallies behind that leader coming off the bend. Swung seven wide in upper stretch, Litigation roared home in the final strides to nail 96-1 longshot Full Disclosure (Cajun Breeze) by a neck. My Boy Prince (Cairo Prince) matched strides with the lead group in the final yards, and lost the photo for second by a nose, having to settle for third.

During the running, around the sixteenth pole, Unconquerable Keen (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) clipped heels and lost the rider, completing the race without Umberto Rispoli and was collected by an outrider afterwards. The Stewards conducted a review of the running, but reported to not find any reason to alter the original order of finish.

Litigation is the third stakes horse for dam Argue behind his half-sisters Slimey (Quality Road), purchased by Japanese connections in 2023, and SW Quality Response (Quality Road), who was exported to Australia in 2022. All of the winner's half-siblings to make it to the races have gotten their picture taken, and all four sisters, including the two black-type mares, are winner producers. The first live foal after several years of poor breeding luck for Argue, Litigation has a juvenile full-brother in the wings. The mare is due to Blame in 2026.

GULFSTREAM PARK TURF SPRINT S. PRESENTED BY SEMINOLE HARD ROCK, $155,000, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, 5fT, :55.03, fm.
1–LITIGATION, 120, c, 4, Twirling Candy–Argue, by Storm Cat. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Stone Farm; B-Stone Farm (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Mario Gutierrez. $87,420. Lifetime Record: 9-5-1-0, $362,641. *1/2 to Slimey (Quality Road), SP, $265,964.
2–Full Disclosure, 118, g, 7, Cajun Breeze–Theladysaidno, by Concerto. O-Sherry Racing, Inc.; B-Shadybrook Farm Inc (FL); T-Mohamed Jehaludi. $33,200.
3–My Boy Prince, 122, g, 5, Cairo Prince–Hopping Not Hoping, by Silent Name (Jpn). (C$115,000 Ylg '22 CANSEP). O-Gary Barber; B-Murray Graham Smith (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. $14,100.
Margins: NK, NO, 1HF. Odds: 2.90, 96.40, 4.20.
Also Ran: Asher's Edge, And Uwish, Coppola, Sam the Sham, Incanto (Ire), Eamonn, Out On Bail, Unconquerable Keen (Ire). Scratched: Khaadem (Ire), Sosua Summer.
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Less than 48 hours after Team Godolphin celebrated Horse of the Year success, among other plaudits, at the Eclipse Awards ceremonies in nearby Palm Beach, 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Knightsbridge (Nyquist) kept the good times rolling, as he contested a hot pace outside of his less-experienced chief market rival Life and Times (Justify), got the better of that duel turning for home and kicked on gamely to take out Saturday's GIII Fred W. Hooper Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Favored at 4-5 off a maiden success at the graded level in the seven-furlong GIII Mr. Prospector Stakes last time, the May foal bounced away alertly from gate six and argued the pace from the outside, as the rail-drawn Life and Times–big-figure winner of each of his two career starts to date–showed the way through an opening quarter mile in :23.64 down the chute and the duo were well and truly after one anonther after four furlongs in :45.25.

Going nicely in hand on the turn, Knightsbridge nosed in front under a hold at the five-sixteenths, opened a winning margin and held sway to the wire, as 26-1 Back Em Up (Take Charge Indy) spiced up the exotics. Life and Times managed to hold on for third.

“Our horse was on his game today,” said Bill Mott, who won his fifth Eclipse Award Thursday evening. “He's had his third race in this cycle and finally up to showing what we thought he could do. He's showed signs of that before. Some of his races have been very easy wins, but today was against the better field and he drew away from them pretty handily.”

Mott indicated that the GIII Gulfstream Park Mile on Feb. 28 could be next for his charge.

Named a 'Rising Star' when demolishing Churchill maidens by better than 10 lengths in November 2023, Knightsbridge took a course-and-distance allowance by nine lengths the following March, but was not seen again until that October, when he dead-heated for third in the GIII Perryville Stakes at Keeneland. Runner-up in a mile allowance here last Feb. 15, the dark bay resumed from a nine-month absence to take a muddy Aqueduct allowance Nov. 22 before romping in the Mr. P. last time.

Pedigree Notes:

Knightsbridge is one of 22 horses to strike at the graded level for his sire, and the cross over Bernardini has been a particularly potent one, resulting in top-level scorers champion Immersive, 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Nysos and Gretzky the Great. Godolphin's 2024 GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes hero Encino is also bred on the same cross.

A half-brother to Grade I winner Speaker's Corner (Street Sense)–himself a winner of the Gulfstream Park Mile–Knightsbridge is out of an unraced daughter of $5.75-million Fasig-Tipton November acquisition Round Pond, who won the 2006 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff the same day the aforementioned Street Sense took out the Juvenile. Tyburn Brook is therefore a half-sister to GISW Highland Falls (Curlin), former UAE Group 1 winner Long River (A.P. Indy) and SW & GSP Lake Lucerne (Dubawi {Ire}). This is also the family of G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Black Minnaloushe.

Tyburn Brook is also the dam of the 3-year-old filly Lady Brompton (Street Sense) and a yearling full-brother to Speaker's Corner. She is due to produce a full-sibling to Knightsbridge in 2026.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
FRED W. HOOPER S. PRESENTED BY VISIT LAUDERDALE-GIII, $150,000, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:35.12, ft.
1–KNIGHTSBRIDGE, 124, h, 5, by Nyquist
                1st Dam: Tyburn Brook, by Bernardini
                2nd Dam: Round Pond, by Awesome Again
                3rd Dam: Gift of Dance, by Trempolino
'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. $90,210. Lifetime Record: 7-5-1-1, $379,755. *1/2 to Speaker's Corner (Street Sense), GISW, $739,963. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Back Em Up, 118, g, 4, Take Charge Indy–Archer City, by Silver City. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($37,000 RNA Wlg '22 KEENOV; $65,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $32,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). O-Keough and Meaney, LLC and TCC Stables, LLC; B-Chris & Mackenzie Johnson (KY); T-Bobby S. Dibona. $29,100.
3–Life and Times, 118, g, 5, Justify–Silky Serenade, by Unbridled's Song. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Michael B. Tabor; B-Chelston (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $14,550.
Margins: 4 3/4, 3HF, 1. Odds: 0.80, 26.70, 1.70.
Also Ran: Racing Driver, Tour Player, Steal Sunshine, Catalytic, Nelson Avenue. Scratched: Con Compania (Chi).
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#6 KNIGHTSBRIDGE ($3.60) had plenty left late after an all out battle with Life and Times from the start to win the $175,000 Fred W. Hooper (G3) at @GulfstreamPark. The son of Nyquist (@DarleyAmerica) was ridden by @JuniorandKellyA, trained by Bill Mott, and owned by @godolphin. pic.twitter.com/lJJYndSS21

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