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Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low's RENEGADE (c, 3, Into Mischief–Spice Is Nice, by Curlin) entered Saturday's Sam F. Davis as a high-profile, three-start maiden and after 8 1/2 furlongs in the diminishing daylight, emerged as a leading Classics contender, as he turned in an irresistible late rally to score convincingly and give trainer Todd Pletcher a record-extending eighth success in the race. Carrying the Repole colors, the GII Remsen Stakes runner-up was content to drop out to near the tail of the field as longshot Wayne's Law (Tiz the Law) made the running in advance of Game for It (Known Agenda). Guided out towards the outside of the track approaching the end of the backstretch, Renegade worked his way into the race nicely while wide, confronted Wayne's Law under a full head of steam approaching the final furlong and pulled clear to score as the 6-5 favorite and earn 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Wayne's Law held gamely for second in advance of the maiden The Puma (Essential Quality), who sat a two-path trip not far from the front, was disappointed for a run in upper stretch and got home well to round out the trifecta. The final time was 1:43.54. Sales history: $975,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-2-1. O-Repole Stable & Robert & Lawana Low; B-Robert & Lawana Low (KY); T-Todd Pletcher The post Into Mischief’s Renegade Retrieves Bounty, Gives Pletcher an Eighth Sam F. Davis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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The betting public thought it would be a welcome parade, and Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) did not let them down, striding home much the best in the GIII Bayakoa Stakes to kick off her 2026 campaign at Oaklawn. In no rush from the outside as 40-1 longshot Rose Palace (Palace) showed the way though an opening quarter in :24.02, and a half in :48.33, Nitrogen improved her position from that overland route. Confidently handled through six panels in 1:12.86, Nitrogen was still in cruise control as they swung for home and her stablemate Nerazurri (Protonico) took a tentative lead. Swapping to the wrong lead in midstretch when Jose Ortiz asked the champion 3-year-old filly to keep her mind on running, she strolled in with air to spare in a final time of 1:43.53. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Quietside (Malibu Moon) battled gamely to get up for third. Sovereign Award 2024 Champion 2-year-old Filly, Eclipse Award 2025 Champion 3-year-old Filly. O/B-DJ Stables; T-Mark Casse. NITROGEN with all her class wins her 4YO debut in the G3 Bayakoa at Oaklawn Park! @jose93_ortiz was up for trainer @markecasse. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/GTefrWn9sg — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) February 7, 2026 Saturday, Oaklawn BAYAKOA S.-GIII, $250,000, Oaklawn, 2-7, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:43.53, ft. 1–NITROGEN, 119, f, 4, by Medaglia d'Oro 1st Dam: Tiffany Case (SP), by Uncle Mo 2nd Dam: Biblical Point, by Point Given 3rd Dam: Bibical Sense, by Blushing Groom (Fr) O/B-D. J. Stable, LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $146,250. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo filly & GISP-Can, Ch. 3yo filly & GISW-U.S., 13-7-4-2, $2,192,854. *1/2 to Love to Shop (Violence), SW & MGSP, $240,778. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Nerazurri, 121, f, 4, Protonico–Beautiful Liar, by Candy Ride (Arg). O-Michael H. Eiserman; B-Porta Pia Stables LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $48,750. 3–Quietside, 119, f, 4, Malibu Moon–Benner Island, by Speightstown. O/B-Shortleaf Stable, Inc. (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz. $24,375. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Margins: 2 3/4, 6 1/4, 3HF. Odds: 0.30, 4.60, 4.10. Also Ran: In Just My Heels, Miss Authentic, Rose Palace. Scratched: Peignoir. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post The Leading Lady Returns: Nitrogen Kicks Off ’26 Campaign with Bayakoa Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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GI Del Mar Oaks winner Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy) (hip 385) is set to go through the ring Monday as part of the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale in Lexington, Kentucky. And while she may not be accompanied by the upbeat jingle of an ice cream truck, she appears set to provide her new owner with just as sweet a future. Consigned as part of the Taylor Made Sales Agency contingent, the 5-year-old daughter of Twirling Candy sells with a confirmed nomination to top stallion Not This Time who is already booked full for 2026. This is the second time Taylor Made has sent Iscreamuscream through the ring, first offering up a 33% share in her as a 3-year-old at the Fasig-Tipton Midsummer Digital Sale in 2024 shortly after she took down the GII San Clemente Handicap. It was there that Agave Racing Stable bought in, going to $330,000 to secure a filly who would become a Grade I winner in her next start for her new connections. “The thing we're most excited about is that she was a brilliant, kind of freaky-fast, talented filly,” said Taylor Made Stallions President Travis White. “She worked :9 4/5 at the OBS March 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale when [Little Red Feather Racing] bought her for $145,000. She broke her maiden first time out as a 2-year-old in 1:08 and change. And then she came back and ran a big number in her 3-year-old debut in an allowance race, running a 9+ on the sheets early in the year which is a very, very good number for a filly. And then she was able to stretch out. She won the San Clemente and then she won the Del Mar Oaks, beating five other graded stakes winners and some really nice fillies. She's just a classy, smart filly.” Off the track since the end of 2024, Iscreamuscream was meant to return to the races for trainer Phil D'Amato and a partnership group that now includes John Hundley, Jr., Marsha Naify, John and Stacey Snyder in addition to both Agave Racing Stable and Little Red Feather Racing. But with breeding season just around the corner and a Grade I-winning mare who needed a little bit more time, the decision was made to hold a spot for her in Not This Time's 2026 book. “Physically, she's a great fit for him,” White said. “She's 16.1, so commercially, she'll fit a lot breeders. She's got a tremendous, good-sized body and the cross [for Not This Time] has worked very well so far. [The new owner] has a chance at a seven-figure foal if things go your way. She's a type that can throw that kind of foal. And not just by Not This Time. She'd be a great fit for a lot of stallions.” Iscreamuscream not sits poised as a big fish in the catalogue ahead of Monday's Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, with White indicating that the market, which continues to crave young, talented mares, should be more than welcoming. “For people that may have gotten shut out in November or in January, this is a chance to get a fresh start,” White said. “It's an opportunity to get a really, really good race mare. High-quality, good looking mares, with nice physicals, some pedigree and some sire power, it's tough to buy them. She's going to be the star of the show. Any one that comes to look at her, they're going to really like what they see.” The post A Sweet Future Ahead For Iscreamuscream At Fasig-Tipton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Icon Racing's KOKOMOTION (f, 3, Quality Road–Zee Drop, by Lemon Drop Kid) sustained a run for the better part of five furlongs to open her account at first asking by a good seven lengths two-turning over the Tampa turf course Saturday afternoon. Away fairly from a middle stall, the bay filly–off at just under 11-1 from a 15-1 morning line–trailed the field passing the stands for the first time and maintained that position into the backstretch. Despite a tempo that was par at worst, Kokomotion was felt for shortly with the better part of the backstretch to traverse, but she had steadily improved, without expending too much energy to do so, to be within striking distance from about fifth as they hit the second bend. A menacing presence three or four deep on the turn, Kokomotion was roused to the front in upper stretch and found even more gears in the final furlong and a half to score impressively. A $22,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling, Kokomotion made for an excellent pinhooking success when fetching $340,000 at last year's OBS April Sale. Sales history: $22,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $340,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Icon Racing; B-Gage Hill Stable II LLC, W S Farish & Ken Langone (KY); T-Whit Beckman #6 KOKOMOTION ($23.80) went clear in R9 at @TampaBayDownsFL. @JevianToledo rode the three-year-old Quality Road (@LanesEndFarms) filly for trainer Whit Beckman and owners @IconRacingLFG.@twoeight_racing pic.twitter.com/8ixupSyqKa — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) February 7, 2026 The post Quality Road Filly Kokomotion Worst To First at Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity runner-up Blackout Time (Not This Time) is on track to kick off his 3-year-old season in the GII Rebel Stakes Mar. 1 at Oaklawn Park, according to co-owner Lance Gasaway Saturday morning. Unraced since that second-place finish behind juvenile champion MGISW Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) at Keeneland, he had been entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile but was scratched by the regulatory vet because of an alleged soundness issue. Blackout Time returned to the worktab Jan. 23 at Fair Grounds and after a couple works at the venue, shipped to Oaklawn Park to join the Ken McPeek string there. He will be working to get off the HISA vet's list Wednesday and regain racing eligibility in jurisdictions under HISA guidelines. “Wednesday will be our fourth work and then we want to get two more,” Gasaway said. “So, that's six works. He's doing good. He worked five-eighths the other day and a half the week before that and he wasn't even breathing.” “We don't need any (hiccups), but we're doing good.” The Rebel is Oaklawn's third Kentucky Derby point race in their series, and will offer 50 points to the winner toward starting eligibility. The post Blackout Time Targeting Rebel for Sophomore Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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By Jonny Turner Wag Star brings the best form reference to today’s Transport Services Ltd Wairio Cup, now he just has to live up to it. The third placegetter in the recent Group 1 Invercargill Cup will start a hot favourite ($1.80) at Central Southland Raceway on Sunday. The 20m backmarker comes into the Wairio Cup on the back of a very narrow second in the Riverton Cup behind The Big Lebowski. Trainer-driver Craig Ferguson saw both positives and negatives in the performance. “He was travelling like the winner but when he got through and hit the front he lost concentration and ran in.” “But he did get going again and the other horse dug in and fought us off.” “The winner is a nice horse and he’s franked that form since so we can’t exactly be disappointed in our fella.” “I have made a bit of a tweak to his gear that hopefully will help him this week.” Having made those adjustments, Ferguson couldn’t be happier with Wag Star going into the Wairio Cup. “I couldn’t be happier with him really, his work has improved again since his Riverton run.” “If he can show that at the races he should be hard to beat.” Ferguson has a strong hand to play across the Wairio Cup Day programme, including a two-pronged attack on the Southern Belle Speed Series heat. Always Ticking and First Light both have their first starts for Ferguson in the race. “I have been really happy with Always Ticking’s trials and her work has been good too.” “Even with the wider draw, I think she is ready to go a pretty good race.” “It is a bit of a step up for First Light but she gets a nice draw because of it.” “She’s got gate speed and could get across to the markers, she’s at least a place chance.” Babe On The Beach and Beluga both look solid eachway hopes for the Ferguson barn. Beluga won his last start at Ascot Park while Babe On The Beach fought on nicely after sitting parked throughout her last start. Father Ned looks the best of Ferguson’s outside drives on the Wairio Cup programme. “His last start second was good and he feels like the sort of horse that will keep improving.” View the full article
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By Mike Love Canterbury trainer-driver Sam Thornley has several each-way chances at Methven today for the Hororata meeting at Mt Harding racecourse. Thornley has nine drives in total, six of which are offering each-way odds under $10. The first of those comes in Race 2, the Peter Craig Memorial Trot over 2400m, where Neil William ($5.50FF) lines up for trainer Sam Payne. “He should be a good chance. He’s shown a bit of ability in his first couple of races. He just got a bit lost in front last time and galloped. He should go good,” said Thornley. In Race 3, American Tos ($4.00FF) goes around for trainer Anne-Marie and Jack Best in the Fiona Stuart Memorial Mobile pace. “He went good on the first day at Nelson. It trialled good the other day so should run well.” Major Li ($6.00FF) will be looking for a deserved maiden victory in Race 4, the John Morrison, Ken McRae, Dave McHugh Pace having placed in four from five starts this campaign for trainer Ken Barron. “He has the ability to win, it’s just whether he wants to do it or not.” Always Bee Gee ($6.00FF) in Race 6, the Hamish Scott/Kim Lawson Mobile Pace looks a good chance despite a wide draw after strong fifth at Oamaru last time. “It was a pretty good run last time. It’s not the greatest draw, but if he gets a good run he’ll be a good chance.” Thornley’s drive in the $20,000 Garrards Horse And Hound Hororata Cup over 3000m is Commander Ben ($5.00FF) for trainer Kevin Fairbairn. Coming into the event fresh off the back of a solid second placing behind The Big Lebowski, Commander Joe looks to be in with another top four chance drawn off the front line with the favourites all drawn behind, including race favourite J T Boe. “It’s a good field, but he’s drawn the front. He’s a good beginner so if we can stay in front of the other good ones he’d be a good chance.” Thornley trains and drives a runner in the final race on the programme, Race 11 the HSW Accountants/Promed Mobile pace with A Better Jackalack ($7.00FF). Not being suited to the pressures of barrier one at Oamaru last time out, A Better Jackalack returns to the unruly mark for today’s assignment. “He’s drawn one four times and he’s done that every time. He’s definitely got the ability but being on the unruly will make it hard for him.” Thornley also drives He’s Santas Excuse ($13.00FF) in Race 1, Flow Motion ($11.00FF) in Race 9 and Sod’s Law ($21.00FF) in Race 11. Race 1 gets underway at midday. View the full article
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Sent off at 16-5 in what appeared to be a promising maiden allowance Saturday afternoon at Tampa, Klaravich Stables' EMERGING MARKET (c, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}–Wild Empress, by Empire Maker) made a pair of eye-catching moves in the deciding stages of an extended-mile contest and outslugged hot favorite Powershift (Constitution) to become a new 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard. Off to an uneventful break from the two hole, the $185,000 Keeneland September acquisition was content to drop back and sit in the slipstream of Powershift, who secured the perfect spot at the rail just behind dueling longshots down the back of the track. The even-money selection, a $500,000 KEEEP purchase, had first crack on the leaders, as he went on the attack three wide on the turn, but Flavien Prat had that move covered astride Emerging Market, as he angled his mount sharply off the fence and into the four path at the quarter pole. The pair appeared to exchange bumps with a furlong and a half to race and they matched motors deep into the final furlong, but Emerging Market had his rival's measure and was home a cozy 3/4 of a length to the good. It was a yawning margin back to $1.1-million Keeneland September purchase Make My Day (Gun Runner) in third. The final time was 1.45 seconds quicker than the 3-year-old fillies went in the Suncoast Stakes one race prior. Emerging Market is out of a half-sister to champion She Be Wild (Offlee Wild). Sales history: $185,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Klaravich Stable; B-Stoneriggs Farm (KY); T-Chad Brown The post Candy Ride Colt Emerging Market Sparkles in ‘Rising Star’ Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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A Feb. 6 ruling posted to the Association of Racing Commissions International (ARCI) website stated that trainer Ingrid Mason has been ejected from Oaklawn Park by that track's stewards “until such time that Oaklawn management approves her re-admittance to Oaklawn Park's property.” Chelsea Hackbarth of the Paulick Report quoted Mason as explaining that investigators from the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) “caught her with needles, syringes, and an injectable product called 'Movex.'” The Paulick Report's story descried Movex as a “Chondroitin 4 Sulfate injectable product” that is not known to be a banned substance, and further quoted Mason as saying that she was not giving the injection to a horse that was scheduled to race. However, possession of a syringe and/or needles by anyone other than a licensed veterinarian is prohibited under Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) rules. “It was my fault. I don't know why I took a chance with something like that,” Mason told the Paulick Report. There was no ruling against Mason posted to the HISA portal as of deadline for this story. The ARCI ruling stated that Mason “agreed to waive her right to a Stewards hearing in this matter.” The post Report: Trainer Mason Ejected from Oaklawn Over Injectables appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Aqueduct saw a fleet of prep races for major spring targets Friday, and the connections of those winners have largely reported good prognoses for their stars as they chart out future targets. Upset winner of the Withers Stakes Talk to Me Jimmy (Modernist) has reportedly come out of his 11-length tour-de-force in good form despite grabbing his front right quarter at some point during the contest. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez reports the colt was in good spirits Saturday morning but that a vet would look at it as a precaution. “Thank God, everything looks good,” Rodriguez said. “I'm not too sure where in the race he grabbed himself, maybe a little past the half-mile pole. The little cut on his foot isn't too bad, but we'll just make sure with the vet. He's comfortable this morning and we're very happy with the way he ran.” While initially stating after the race that the most likely target for Talk to Me Jimmy would be the GII Wood Memorial, Rodriguez has made plans to nominate the son of Modernist to at least four upcoming stakes races, including the local options–the GIII Gotham at a one-turn mile (50-point Derby qualifier race) Feb. 28; and the nine-furlong GII Wood Memorial Stakes (100-point Derby qualifier race) Apr. 4. Out of town options include the one-mile Miracle Wood Stakes Feb. 21 and the 1 1/16-miles Private Terms Stakes Mar. 21, both in Maryland. “Let's see what the owners want to do,” Rodriguez said, noting the Wood Memorial is a logical spot. “They said to nominate him for the Gotham and the couple of races at Laurel, too.” Two Bits Possible for Gazelle After Ruthless Victory Two Bits (American Pharoah) made her rival work for every step of the stretch battle in the Ruthless Stakes, and still would not be denied. Now, trainer Amelia Green reports that the daughter of the 2015 Triple Crown winner is under consideration for a tilt at the GIII Gazelle Stakes (a 100-point race toward entry in the Kentucky Oaks) on Wood Memorial Day Apr. 4. “With her liking this track, it's a big help for us,” Green said. “We'll keep all options open this time of year. She'll probably be nominated to a couple of different ones at the beginning of April and [we will] pick our spot after that, but I'd say the Gazelle is the top pick right now.” “[Two Bits] looks great. She jogged up great and has been whinnying for peppermints all morning. I don't think it took a whole lot out of her.” Green has worked with a number of Oaks-quality fillies during her time as an assistant for Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, including 2021 victress Malathaat (Curlin). The prospect of returning for America's premier spring Classic for fillies with one of her own is an enticing one, but not a deal-breaker for the conditioner. Two Bits (inside) | Coglianese “It would be great,” Green said. “It was not the be all end all for her. I think she's a nice filly no matter what, but if she takes us there, we're not going to say no.” A stablemate Ivy Girl (Maxfield), scratched from the Ruthless, has been rerouted to New Mexico for a potential try at the Sunland Oaks Feb. 15. The two-turn mile carries 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. “We knew going in [to the Ruthless] that seven furlongs was on the shorter side. We opted to scratch and wait for a better spot,” Green said. “I plan on entering her tomorrow [Sunday] for the Sunland Oaks and seeing how that comes up. This time of year with 3-year-old fillies, you have plenty of options and I'd like to give her a chance to go two turns somewhere.” The trainer is also looking at targeting the GIII Gotham with Funny Cide Stakes winner Minorinconvenience (Mendelssohn), but hasn't ruled out a start in the New York-bred restricted Gander Stakes Mar. 7 depending on who shows up for the former. “If the Gotham comes up light, he's training well enough that I'd like to give him a chance there, but obviously the Gander would be a logical starting spot with him being a New York-bred. I like that they're both a mile, so we don't have to start going a mile and an eighth.” Be You Under Consideration for Carter After Toboggan Win Grade I-placed Be You (Curlin) has come out of his win in the Toboggan Stakes in good form, and is now under strong consideration for the GII Carter Handicap after producing a 95 Beyer figure Friday afternoon, just one shy of his career-best at the same distance in his 2024 maiden win at Gulfstream. “Obviously we were very happy with that effort,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “It seems like he now kind of specializes at that seven-furlong distance, so we are pretty happy with that. He seems to have come out of the race nicely so far.” Providing an update on Grittiness (Curlin), who was a well-beaten second in the Withers Stakes behind Talk to Me Jimmy, the conditioner reports he was happy with the rally his charge gave after his troubles going into the first turn. “[Grittiness] got bumped pretty hard going into the first turn. He lost a little bit of position. I thought he rallied pretty well considering the way the track was playing and where he was early. Happy with his performance.” The Repole Stables colorbearer's current plan has the chestnut pointing for the Virginia Derby Mar. 14 at Colonial Downs, the newest 50-point qualifier for the Kentucky Derby. The post Aqueduct Updates: Friday’s Big Winners Doing Well, Future Targets Planned appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Repole Stable's ZANY (f, 3, American Pharoah–Mo' Green, by Uncle Mo) picked up where she left off in 2025, taking a somewhat oddly run renewal of the $125,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs while making her seasonal return to action Saturday afternoon. Racing between fillies in the second flight of runners as her stablemate Kadabra (Good Magic) went through the opening stages in a tepid :24.89, the $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad was set alight at about midway by Irad Ortiz, Jr. and took the overland route into the far turn around Life of Joy (Gun Runner), the only other member of the septet to jump at single digits at odds of 5-2 and who went for an early run after a slow beginning. Zany, who ran her record to two-from-two when last seen romping in the GII Demoiselle Stakes in December, went up to make it a line of three approaching the quarter pole, dueled briefly from there with Life of Joy and wore that one down in the final 100 yards while lugging in noticeably. Life of Joy completed the chalky exacta and Kadabra held for third. The victory was worth 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks for Zany. Sales history: $350,000 Ylg '24 FTASUG. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. O-Repole Stable; B-D J Stable (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. ZANY was lugging in some, but plenty good in the Suncoast S. and stays undefeated! Todd Pletcher trains the 3YO filly and @iradortiz was aboard. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/0bbgrGM5WA — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) February 7, 2026 The post American Pharoah Filly Zany Too Strong In the Suncoast appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article