OZONE PARK, N.Y. – After runner-up finishes in stakes to a pair of very good female sprinters, Patricia Ann may be well-spotted to win her first black-type event in Sunday’s $150,000 Garland of Roses Stakes at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Kappa Kappa passed her graded stakes debut when she came back on after getting overtaken in the stretch by Vodka With a Twist to win the Grade 2 Raven Run Stakes seven weeks ago at Keeneland. Sunday, Kappa Kappa will get tested for stamina as she attempts 1 1/8 miles for the first time in the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct, the final graded stakes race of the year on the New York Racing Association circuit.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Less than three weeks shy of his 10th birthday, Tut’s Revenge will attempt to get a little closer to the $1 million mark in career earnings Sunday at Gulfstream Park when he takes on nine younger rivals in the co-featured ninth event, the second of three optional-claiming and allowance races on the card.

Liberation’s 2025 season has been geared toward races such as Sunday’s $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes for California-bred 2-year-old fillies at a mile at Los Alamitos.

Gone, for the time being, are sprints, replaced by a first start around two turns.

“This is much better for her,” trainer John Sadler said Friday. “We’ve been in these other races because of the Cal-bred program. We think long will be good for her.”

Airdrie Stud, which has plenty of promise in the pipeline, is adding a second Kentucky Derby winner to its young roster in Mystik Dan. The colt earned his greatest victory in the 2024 Derby, edging out Sierra Leone and Forever Young – the past two winners of the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Broodmare support is key for young stallions to get off on the right foot, and there are few Kentucky newcomers who might get better backing than Grade 1 winners Raging Torrent and Carl Spackler, both debuting at Lane’s End Farm in 2026.

Several farms in Kentucky will debut multiple Grade 1-winning stallion prospects in 2026. Some are Eclipse Award champions, or may be finalists in various divisions.

Bloodstock professional Jacob West has had confidence in Mindframe throughout the horse’s life, first as a racing prospect and now as a stallion prospect.

“He’s never given us any reason not to have confidence,” he said.

West wears multiple hats in the Thoroughbred industry. As a bloodstock agent, he represents prominent clients, including owner Mike Repole, at various sales. As the stallion seasons and bloodstock manager for historic Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., a role he was named to in 2024, he promotes the farm’s roster and scouts incoming talent.