News from the track

It was another savvy pinhook for a horse with connections to BT, LLC on the first day of the Fasig-Tipton Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale. Hip 80, a colt from the first crop of champion War Pass out of Jaramar MIss…

The 6-year-old mare Sahpresa (Sahm) etched her name into the record books this afternoon with a third straight victory in the G1 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket. Teruya Yoshida's always-tough mare had been in fine form all season,  winning the…

The 4-year-old filly BELLA MEDAGLIA (Medaglia d'Oro), bought by BT Venture as a yearling for $100,000 and resold as a juvenile for $200,000, ran a bang-up race to get her first graded placing in today's GIII Kentucky Cup Distaff at…

The 2-year-old filly DAYATTHESPA, owned in a partnership group that includes Bradley Thoroughbreds and Steve Laymon, handled the steep jump in class in today's GIII Natalma S. at Woodbine with aplomb, running a strong second in just her second career…

Reverting back the front-running ways that carried him to a five-length victory in his debut, BTB Venture graduate BACKDOOR KENNY (Half Ours) laid waste to a salty field in the $85,000 Mountaineer Juvenile S. today. He became the first stakes…

The 2-year-old filly DAYATTHESPA, purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds for a new New York-bred racing venture, opened her account with an auspicious four-length win over the Saratoga lawn today. A daughter of City Zip from the family of Japanesechampion and young…

The 3-year-old filly ORIENTATIOUS improved her record to two wins in three starts this afternoon at Del Mar, her 1 3/4-length winning margin belying the style of the victory. A close-up second as the favorite on debut at Santa Anita…

BTB Venture graduate BACKDOOR KENNY became the first black-type horse for his freshman sire, the Unbridled's Song stallion Half Ours, this evening at Prairie Meadows. A driving five-length debut winner sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs in an Arlington Park maiden special…

Freshman sire LATENT HEAT rang up the first stakes winner of his young career when the 2-year-old filly Softly Lit upset the Tippet S. at Colonial Downs today. The filly, a 4 1/2-length winner at Delaware in her previous start,…

Freshman sire LATENT HEAT is off to a fast start at stud this season as a top 5 sire in the nation by winners. The Grade I-winning son of Maria's Mon got his first winner from his very first runner…