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    2026 Stakes Wins for Phipps Bloodlines, Aug 22, 2026

    Coastal Conflict Set for Saratoga Debut, Aug 20, 2026

    Quiet Power Graduates at the Big A, Jun 11, 2026

    Golden Tempo Makes History for the Phippses with Belmont Stakes Victory, Jun 7, 2026

    Dark Assault Chasing Maiden Score at Saratoga, Jun 3, 2026

    Golden Tempo Delivers the Phippses a Second Derby Win and 12th Classic Win, May 4, 2026

    Kentucky Derby Contender Golden Tempo Carries on the Phipps Legacy, May 2, 2026

    Pentathlon Steps Back Up to Graded Company for the Westchester Stakes, May 1

    Pentathlon Earns First Stakes Victory in the Army Mule, Mar 28

    Pentathlon Returning to Stakes Company for the Army Mule, Mar 25

    Golden Tempo Chasing Kentucky Derby Berth in Louisiana Derby, Mar 20, 2026

    Golden Tempo Taking Next Step on the Kentucky Derby Trail in the Risen Star, Feb 14, 2026

    2025 Graded Stakes Winners from Phipps Families, Jan 1, 2026

    Phipps and St. Elias’s Golden Tempo Shines in Debut; Declared a TDN Rising Star, Dec 22, 2025

    Mare Monday: In Foal to Flightline, Phipps Stable’s Wayfaring is Selling Tuesday in Keeneland Book 1, Nov 3, 2025

    Mare Monday: Dance Club Carries on the Elite Family of Personal Ensign, Oct 6, 2025

    Mare Monday: Fly So High, Sep 29, 2025

    Phipps Bloodlines Represented by $3.3 Million Keeneland Session 1 Sale Topper, Sep 9, 2025

    The Family of Phipps-bred Maxfield Colt in the Keeneland September Sale, Sep 8, 2025

    Saratoga Sale Yearlings from Phipps Families Average More Than $1 Million, Aug 20, 2025

    Fly So High’s Peak Performer Takes A Small Step Forward, Aug 10, 2025

    Saratoga Sale Features Ten Yearlings From Phipps Families; Sale Marks the 100th Year Since the Phipps Family Beginning in Thoroughbred Racing, Aug 2, 2025

    Janney & Phipps’s Tom Collins Entered for Saratoga Maiden, Jul 4, 2025

    2024 Graded Stakes Winners from Phipps Families, Dec 21, 2024

    2024 Stakes Winners by Phipps Stallions, Nov 16, 2024

    Phipps Colt Pentathlon Chasing Allowance Victory, Oct 11, 2024

    Self Confident Entered for Keeneland Opening Day, Oct 1, 2024

    Update on Dynamic One, Sep 26, 2024

    Pentathlon the Favorite for his Allowance Debut, Sep 20, 2024

    A Deep Dive Into the Family of Cover Model’s Munnings Colt in the Keeneland September Sale, Sep 7, 2024

    Self Confident on a Two-Race Win Streak for Saratoga Start, Sep 1, 2024

    Mystifying Moving to the Turf to End Six-Month Layoff, Sep 1, 2024

    Dynamic One Adopted and Beginning Second Career in Eventing, Aug 21, 2024

    Pentathlon Closes Strongly in Saratoga Maiden Win, Aug 15, 2024

    Promising Phipps Colt Pentathlon Chasing First Score, Aug 14, 2024

    Saratoga Sale Features 17 Yearlings from Phipps Families, Aug 3, 2024

    Perform Returns to Saratoga in Search of Victory, Aug 1, 2024

    Tom Collins Making Sophomore Debut, Jul 11, 2024

    Blue-Blooded Phipps Colt Pentathlon Moves Forward with Runner-Up Maiden Effort, Jun 30, 2024

    Constitution’s Half-Brother Juan Valdez Seeking Maiden Win, Jun 19, 2024

    Phipps Homebred Now and Later Ending Layoff at Churchill, Jun 14, 2024

    “Rising Star” Signator Stepping Up for Suburban Stakes, Jun 8, 2024

    Pentathlon Takes Show Honors in 3-Year-Old Debut, Jun 7, 2024

    Perform Progresses With Runner-Up Effort at Saratoga, Jun 7, 2024

    Phipps-bred Pentathlon Looks to Graduate, Jun 6, 2024

    Stakes Winner Perform Returns to Action at Saratoga, Jun 6, 2024

    Self Confident Breaks Through With Maiden Win, May 18, 2024

    Well-Bred Self Confident Seeks Her Maiden Win on Saturday, Apr 6, 2024

    Phipps Filly Mystifying Wins At First Asking, Jan 14, 2024

    Phipps-bred Stallions Represented by 10 Graded or Group Stakes Wins in 2023, Jan 2, 2024

    Final 2023 Graded & Group Stakes Wins by Horses From Phipps Families, Jan 1, 2024

    Saratoga Sale Sees Fillies from Phipps Families Fetch Top Dollars, Aug 9, 2023

    15 Yearlings in The Saratoga Sale From Phipps Families, Aug 4, 2023

    Dreams of Tomorrow Goes North for the G2 Connaught Cup, Jul 23, 2023

    Surprisingly Seeking Another Graded Stakes Win in the Matchmaker, Jul 21, 2023

    Perform in Saratoga’s Travers-prep Curlin Stakes, Jul 21, 2023

    Shug Seeking Eatontown Three-Peat With Surprisingly, Jun 16, 2023

    Dreams of Tomorrow Returns to Graded Stakes in G3 Poker, Jun 10, 2023

    Bakers Bay Returns to Stakes Company, This Time as a Turf Sprinter, Apr 7, 2023

    Phipps Female Families Finish 2022 With 40 Graded Stakes Victories, Jan 5, 2023

    Phipps Stable 2022 Year in Review, Jan 2, 2023

    Phipps Bloodlines Have Major Influence at the 2022 Breeders’ Cup, Nov 4, 2022

    Fasig November Sale Features 14 Broodmares from Phipps Families, Nov 1, 2022

    Signator Earns TND “Rising Star” Recognition, Oct 15, 2022

    Eric Mitchell on Flightline’s Phipps Family, Sep 13, 2022

    Keeneland September Book 1 Highlights 22 Yearlings from Phipps Families, Sep 11, 2022

    An Update on “The Phipps Influence”, Sep 6, 2022

    Vigilantes Way Notches Her Fourth Stakes Win in the Violet, Sep 4, 2022

    Strong Saratoga Sale Results for Yearlings from Phipps Families, Aug 8, 2022

    Phipps Stable 2022 Juvenile Roster, Jul 30, 2022

    Saratoga Sale to Feature 17 Yearlings from Phipps Families, Jul 17, 2022

    Dynamic One Wins the G2 Suburban, Jul 9, 2022

    Sid Fernando on “The Phipps Influence”, Jul 6, 2022

    Dynamic One Scores Second Stakes Win in the Blame, Jun 4, 2022

    Phipps Foals of 2022, May 15, 2022

    Phipps Stable 2021 Year in Review, Jan 3, 2022

  • 2026 Stakes Wins for Phipps Bloodlines

    UNITED STATES & CANADA

    • Louisiana D. (G2), FG 3/21 – EMERGING MARKET (3/c by Candy Ride), 10th – 12th dams: Scurry / Slapdash / Tetrarchy
    • New Orleans Classic S. (G2), FG 3/21 – TOUCHUPONASTAR (7/g by Star Guitar), 6th – 8th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike
    • Rachel Alexandra S. (G2), FG 2/14 – BELLA BALLERINA (3/f by Street Sense), 3rd – 7th dams: Pretty Special / Snobishness / So Social / His Duchess / Businesslike

    • Canadian D. (G3), CtM 8/22 – QUARRY (3/c by War of Will), 9th – 10th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry
    • Sanford S. (G3), Sar 7/4 – BOOKED (3/c by Yaupon), 3rd – 11th dams: Quickest / Supercharger / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • Aristides S. (G3), CD 5/30 – CORNUCOPIAN (4/c by Into Mischief), 1st – 3rd dams: Magical World / Pleasant Home / Our Country Place
    • Blame S. (G3), CD 5/30 – ORIGINAL SIN (4/c Curlin), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Dinner Party S. (G3), Lrl 5/16 – FORT WASHINGTON (7/h War Front), 7th–8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Miss Preakness S. (G3), Lrl 5/15– PEACH TIE (3/f by Preservationist), 8th – 9th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry
    • Bewitch S. (G3), Kee 4/24 – SPEED SHOPPER (5/m by Quality Road), 4th – 5th dams: Impish / Lady Be Good
    • San Carlos S. (G3), SA 3/29 – CORNUCOPIAN (4/c by Into Mischief), 1st – 3rd dams: Magical World / Pleasant Home / Our Country Place
    • Christophe Clement S. (G3), GP 1/24 – SPEED SHOPPER (5/m by Quality Road), 4th – 5th dams: Impish / Lady Be Good
    • Louisiana S. (G3), FG 1/17 – ACCELERIZE (4/c by Omaha Beach), 5th – 7th dams: Leix / Bold Irish / Erin

    • Fleet Indian S., Sar 8/21- IRON ORCHARD (3/f by Authentic), 7th-9th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valios (FR)
    • All Brandy S., Cnl 8/15 – PINK RUBY (4/f by Connect), 5th – 7th dams: Leix / Bold Irish / Erin
    • Colonial Turf Dash S., Cnl 8/8 – DOUBTING THOMAS (3/c by Caravaggio), 6th – 9th dams: Worldly Wise / Hard Baked / Black Flag
    • John Morrissey S., Sar 8/6 – BUTTAH (4/c by Leofric), 4th – 7th dams: Uncommitted / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia
    • De La Rose S., Sar 7/17 – AND ONE MORE TIME (4/f by Omaha Beach), 1st – 6th dams: Complicated / Consequence / Educated Risk / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight
    • Bachelor S., OP 5/1 – TWO SEVEN O (3/g Dialed In), 3rd – 7th dams: Broad Pennant / Pennant Champion / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG)
    • Bay Shore S., Aqu 4/18 – SOLITUDE DUDE (3/c by Yaupon), 3rd – 11th dams: Quickest / Supercharger / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • Plenty of Grace S., Aqu 4/17 – AND ONE MORE TIME (4/f by Omaha Beach), 1st – 6th dams: Complicated / Consequence / Educated Risk / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight
    • Primonetta S., Lrl 4/4 – WONDROUS (4/f by Uncle Mo), 5th – 7th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike
    • Sanibel Island S., GP 3/28 – TAM TAM (3/f by Medaglia d’Oro), 6th – 9th dams: Stolen Base / Bases Full / Striking / Baby League
    • Wide Country S., Lrl 2/21 – PEACH TIE (3/f by Preservationist), 8th – 9th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry
    • Dixie Belle S., OP 2/14 – FRENCH FRICTION (3/f by City of Light), 2nd – 6th dams: Winner / Pennant Champion / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG)
    • Ruthless S., Aqu 2/6 – TWO BITS (3/f by American Pharoah), 1st – 5th dams: Spare Change / Finder’s Fee / Fantastic Find / Blitey / Lady Pitt
    • Swale S., GP 1/31 – SOLITUDE DUDE (3/c by Yaupon), 3rd – 10th dams: Quickest / Supercharger / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • Silverbulletday S., FG 1/17 – TAKEN BY THE WIND (3/f by Rock Your World), 7th – 9th dams: Arrogance / Iseult / Swizzlestick
    • Nelson J. Menard Mem. S., FG 1/10 – LOTSANDLOTSOFCANDY (5/m by Twirling Candy), 5th – 7th dams: Leix / Bold Irish / Erin
    • Smarty Jones S., OP 1/3 – STRATEGIC RISK (3/c by Noble Bird), 2nd – 6th dams: Strategy / Educated Risk / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight

    INTERNATIONAL         

    • G.P. Gran Criterium (ARG-G1), San Isidro 5/25, ROI DU MONDE (ARG) (3/c by Treasure Beach {GB}), 5th – 9th dams: Fascinating Trick / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • Golden Slipper (AUS-G1), Rosehill 3/21 – GUEST HOUSE (AUS) (3/c by Home Affairs (AUS), 5th – 9th dams: Morning Bird / Beguiling / Dynamo / Bransome / Erin

    • Cl. La Copa (PER-G2), Monterrico 5/10 – MANYUZ (USA) (7/c by Run Away and Hide), 1st – 6th dams: Viva la Flag / On Parade / My Flag / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG)
    • Dubai Gold Cup (UAE-G2), Meydan 3/28 – FAIRY GLEN (FR) (5/f by Farhh {GB}), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Phar Lap S. (AUS-G2), Rosehill 3/14 – SIXTIES (AUS) (4/c by Flying Artie {AUS}), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Balanchine (UAE-G2), Meydan 2/20 – FAIRY GLEN (FR) (5/f by Farhh {GB}), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Nikkei Shinshun Hai (JPN-G2), Kyoto 1/18 – GOLTZSCHTAL (JPN) (4/c by Bricks and Mortar), 10th – 11th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry

    • Acomb S. (ENG-G3), York 8/19 – HAFFNER (2/c by Take Charge Indy), 3rd – 6th dams: Storm Song / Hum Along / Minstress / Hum Along
    • La Coupe (FR-G3), ParisLongchamp 6/7 – NITOI (USA) (4/c by Siyouni {FR}), 2nd – 5th dams: Indy Pick / Fantastic Find / Blitey / Lady Pitt
    • Fred Darling S. / Duty Free S. (ENG-G3), Newbury 4/18 – SUKANYA (GB) (3/f by Havana Grey {GB}), 5th – 9th dams: Special Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • UAE Two Thousand Guineas (UAE-G3), Meydan 1/23 – SIX SPEED (3/c by Not This Time), 1st – 9th dams: Browse / Daydreaming / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League

    • Hopeful S. (ENG-L), Newmarket 8/22 – PRINCE OF INDIA (IRE) (4/c by Wootton Bassett {GB}), 4th – 5th dams: Christmas Bonus / Sugar Plum Time
    • Prix Du Cercle (FR-L), Deauville 8/9 – SHIRI (IRE) (3/f by Mehmas {IRE}), 3rd – 8th dams: Plaintiff / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight
    • Pipalong S. (GB-L), Pontefracts 7/7 – RADIANT BEAUTY (GB) (5/m by Churchill {IRE}), 3rd – 7th dams: Napping / Relaxing / Marking Time / Allemande / Big Hurry
    • Sumire S. (JPN-L), Hanshin 2/21 – LARGE ENSEMBLE (JPN) (3/c by Benbatl {GB}), 3rd – 6th dams: Cradlesong / Happy Tune / Hum Along / Minstress
    • Kumotori Sho (JPN-L), Oi 2/18 – REALIZE GLINT (JPN) (3/c by Kitasan Black {JPN}), 2nd – 7th dams: Gloat / On Parade / My Flag / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG)
    • Florida D. (G1), GP 3/28 – COMMANDMENT (3/c by Into Mischief), damsire Orb
    • Santa Anita H. (G1), SA 3/7 – BRITISH ISLES (5/g by Justify), damsire Pure Prize

    • Fountain of Youth S. (G2), GP 2/28 – COMMANDMENT (3/c by Into Mischief), damsire Orb

    • Miss Preakness S. (G3), Lrl 5/15– PEACH TIE (3/f by Preservationist), damsire Orb

    • Pink Lloyd S. (CAN), Wo 7/5 – POULIN IN O T (6/g by Reload)
    • Richard Hazelton Hasta La Vista Overnight S., TuP 5/2 – RIMPROTECTOR (7/g by Point of Entry)
    • Cl. Jose de Diego S. (PR), Camerero 4/12 – TRAINER PLEASE (8/g by Orb)
    • Wide Country S., Lrl 2/21 – PEACH TIE (3/f by Preservationist), damsire Orb
    • John B. Connally Turf Cup S., Hou 1/24 – ANEGADA (4/g by Midshipman), damsire Not for Love
    • Mucho Macho Man S., GP 1/3 – COMMANDMENT (3/c by Into Mischief), damsire Orb

    INTERNATIONAL

    • G.P. Republica Argentina (ARG-G1), Palmero 5/1 – NEED YOU TONIGHT (ARG) (6/c by Hat Ninja), damsire Easing Along

    • Cl. Pedro Goenaga (ARG-G2), La Plata 7/4 – FLETCHER (ARG) (3/c by Gershwin), damsire Easing Along
    • Colorado King S. (SAF-G2), Turffontein 4/28 – FIRE ATTACK (SAF) (5/c by Fire Away)
    • Cl. Benito Villanueva (ARG-G2), Palmero 4/4 – NEVADO CATEDRAL (ARG) (4/c by Gouverneur Morris), damsire Easing Along
    • Cl. Juan Shaw (ARG-G2), San Isidro 2/7 – MISS TALENTO (ARG) (6/m by Equal Talent), damsire Pure Prize

    • Cl. Circulo de Propietarios de Caballerizas (ARG-G3), Palmero 5/9 – LANCARA (ARG) (5/f by Manipulator)
    • Cl. Víctor Matetic Fernández (CHI-G3), Hipódromo Chile 5/9 – BRUCE CROWN (CHI) (3/c by Robert Bruce), damsire Easing Along
    • Cl. Andres S Torres (ARG-G3), La Plata 5/3 – SALEMA (ARG) (3/f by by Il Mercato), damsire Manipulator
    • Cl. Velocidad (ARG-G3), San Isidro 5/2 – EL RAYO PASS (ARG) (3/c by Distinctiv Passion), damsire Easing Along
    • Cl. Ministerio de Economia y Finanzas (URU-G3), Maroñas 3/8 – PATRIOTICA (URU) (4/f by Trinniberg), damsire Pure Prize
    • London News S. (SAF-G3), Turffontein 2/14 – FIRE ATTACK (SAF) (5/c by Fire Away)
    • Cl. Botafogo (ARG-G3), San Isidro 1/10 – CHELATO (ARG) (5/c by Cosmic Trigger), damsire Easing Along

    • Umngeni H. (L) Greyville 7/26 – FORTRESS OF FIRE (SAF) (4f by Fire Away)
    • Cl. Espirita (ARG-L) San Isidro 7/11SOY LA LIDER (ARG) (5/f by Manipulator)
    • Cl. José Martinelli Gómez (URU-L), Maroñas 4/5 – L’INTRIGATORE (BRZ) (5/c by Forestry), damsire Our Emblem
    • Cl. Enrique D Barreda y Ricardo Barreda Laos (PER-L), Monterrico 3/21 – MUCHOVA (PER) (3/f by Yazamaan), damsire Pure Prize
    • Cl. Heraclio Barletta (PAN-L), Presidente Remon 3/15 – SMART EROS (PAN) (6/c by Smart D.N.A.), damsire Not for Love
    • Mother Russia S. (SAF-L), Turffontein 1/11 – WARM RECEPTION (SAF) (4/f by Fire Away)
  • Coastal Conflict Set for Saratoga Debut

    Coastal Conflict Set for Saratoga Debut

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable’s homebred juvenile filly Coastal Conflict is entered to make her career debut on Saturday, August 22, in a 6½-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt at Saratoga Race Course.

    The daughter of Violence drew post 2 in a field of 11 and will have jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. Gaffalione has enjoyed success riding for Phipps Stable, having guided the stable’s co-owned Kentucky Derby (G1) starter and Suburban Stakes (G2) winner Dynamic One (Union Rags) to victory in the 2022 Blame Stakes.

    Coastal Conflict is the second foal out of the Blame mare Seaside Retreat and is a half-sister to Phipps-bred winner Poppy Woppy (Mitole), who was sold at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Coastal Conflict’s pedigree is rated A+ by TrueNicks, and she is bred on the same cross as multiple grade 1-winning sire Forte.

    Her second and third dams, Boca Grande (A.P. Indy) and Country Hideaway (Seeking the Gold), were both multiple graded stakes winners trained by Shug McGaughey. Her fourth dam is Phipps foundation mare Our Country Place (Pleasant Colony), whom Ogden Phipps purchased privately as a yearling in 1993. The distinguished female family has also produced grade 1 winners Guarana, Point of Entry, Pine Island, and Pleasant Home.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. He can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.

  • Quiet Power Graduates at the Big A

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s homebred 3-year-old colt Quiet Power broke through for a well-deserved graduation on Thursday afternoon, scoring by a length and a quarter going a mile on the turf at Aqueduct Racetrack.

    Breaking from the inside post with jockey Jose Lezcano aboard, Quiet Power tracked along the inside within striking distance before swinging four wide into the stretch and unleashing a rally to win going away, covering the turf mile in 1:34.88. (Replay below.)

    The victory came in Quiet Power’s sixth career start following four previous placings. He finished runner-up in consecutive turf races in September and October at Aqueduct before placing third in March at Gulfstream Park and again in April at Aqueduct.

    Trained by Hall of Famer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, Quiet Power is by Gainesway Farm’s three-time leading sire Tapit and is the second winner out of Phipps-bred Medaglia d’Oro mare Sabbatical. The dam is a half-sister to Phipps Stable’s Man o’ War Stakes (G1)-winning millionaire Imagining (Giant’s Causeway).

    Hailing from the illustrious Get Lucky branch of Phipps foundation mare Baby League, Quiet Power’s second dam is Phipps homebred Daydreaming (A.P. Indy), winner of three graded stakes. His third dam is graded winner Get Lucky (Mr. Prospector), a full sister to Travers Stakes (G1) winner Rhythm. Get Lucky’s grade 1-winning descendants include Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver (Marias Mon), Chocolate Gelato (Practical Joke), Callback (Street Sense), Girolamo (A.P. Indy), Got Lucky (A.P. Indy), and Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat).

    The victory continues an exceptional year for the Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable partnership, which also bred and campaigns Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Golden Tempo.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. He can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.

  • Golden Tempo Makes History for the Phippses with Belmont Stakes Victory

    Golden Tempo Makes History for the Phippses with Belmont Stakes Victory

    Story by B. Jason Brooks / Photo courtesy of Janet Napolitano

    In the centennial year of the Phipps family’s illustrious Thoroughbred breeding and racing dynasty, the iconic stable celebrated its first homebred dual classic winner as Golden Tempo captured the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

    The sixth-generation Phipps-bred colt broke sharply from the outside post 9 but veered outward and bobbled after making contact with the gate. Jockey Jose Ortiz guided him toward the inside to save ground, settling Golden Tempo at the rear of the nine-horse field before launching his bid around the far turn.

    Unlike the Kentucky Derby, in which a fast early pace helped set the stage for Golden Tempo’s last-to-first rally, the Belmont unfolded through moderate fractions of 23.96, 48.29 and 1:12.38. The slower tempo presented a much different challenge for the deep-closing colt, but the result was the same.

    Ortiz brought Golden Tempo outside approaching the stretch, and the colt again produced his powerful, sustained rally. Splitting rivals in the lane, he drew clear to defeat Wathnan Racing’s Commandment (Into Mischief) by a length and a quarter, clocking in at 2:03.49 for the mile and a quarter race.

    Due to the reconstruction of Belmont Park, the race was held at Saratoga where going the traditional mile and a half for the “Test of the Champion” wasn’t possible based on the layout and distance of the track. Golden Tempo’s margin of victory may very well have been even larger had the race been ran going the traditional mile and a half at Belmont. His pedigree also supports the notion that he could excel at longer distances.

    Becoming a dual Classic winner is an extraordinary achievement in itself. Becoming the first to carry that distinction for the Phipps family is even more significant when one considers the legendary horses produced and campaigned by the family over the past century. They include Hall of Famers Seabiscuit and Buckpasser, 1957 Preakness Stakes winner Bold Ruler, 1989 Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer, and 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb. Golden Tempo’s Kentucky Derby and Belmont victories bring the Phipps family’s total number of U.S. male classics to five.

    When the family’s victories by fillies and the European classics are included, Golden Tempo’s Belmont triumph represents the Phippses’ 13th classic victory. For the complete list, see the Phipps Stable Blog story, “Golden Tempo Delivers the Phippses a Second Derby Win and 12th Classic Win.”

    Golden Tempo’s victory also returned the Phipps family to the Belmont winner’s circle for the first time in 37 years, since Easy Goer’s memorable victory in 1989.

    For Golden Tempo’s co-breeders and co-owners, Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stable, the Belmont represented a third classic victory. St. Elias previously campaigned 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister) in partnership and shared in Golden Tempo’s victories in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.

    Golden Tempo became the second consecutive non–Triple Crown winner to capture both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, following Godolphin’s Sovereignty (Into Mischief). Sovereignty completed the Derby-Belmont double in 2025, added the grade 1 Travers Stakes, and went on to be named Eclipse champion 3-year-old male and Horse of the Year.

    Including the 13 Triple Crown champions, Golden Tempo is the 26th horse in history to win both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. And, he is the 13th to accomplish the double without sweeping all three Triple Crown races.

    Much was made of the connections’ decision to rest Golden Tempo rather than go for the Triple Crown. Despite the temptation to join the legends who have accomplished racing’s most coveted feat, Golden Tempo’s connections determined that the two-week turnaround between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes was in the colt’s best interest. Also, trainer Cherie DeVaux has noted that she had never brought a horse back on such short rest during her career. Not surprisingly, the results of this year’s Preakness offered support for that cautious approach: none of the three horses returning from the Kentucky Derby finished among the first three in the Preakness.

    Golden Tempo became the third Derby winner in five years to bypass the Preakness, following Rich Strike in 2022 and Sovereignty in 2025. More importantly, he arrived at Saratoga ready to reproduce his Derby-winning performance—and to erase any suggestion that his victory at Churchill Downs had resulted merely from a favorable pace scenario.

    The Belmont also extended DeVaux’s place in racing history. After becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, the Saratoga Springs native became the first woman to train the winner of two American Triple Crown races.

    Golden Tempo will now return to Keeneland to begin preparing for the grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes, scheduled for August 1 at Saratoga. Beyond that awaits the grade 1 Travers Stakes over the same track and distance as his Belmont triumph—and another opportunity for the Phipps family’s first dual classic winner to add to his historic season.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York, and can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.

  • Dark Assault Chasing Maiden Score at Saratoga

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable’s homebred 3-year-old colt Dark Assault will look to graduate on Friday, June 5, going a mile and an eighth over the main track at Saratoga Race Course.

    Trained by Hall of Famer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey III, Dark Assault has been knocking on the door of graduating, finishing second or third in four of his last five starts.

    Most recently, he was runner-up going one mile over the Aqueduct dirt on May 14. Returning from a 75-day layoff with jockey Manny Franco in the irons, Dark Assault broke sharply from the inside post and pressed the leader from the three path. He took a narrow lead near the three-sixteenths pole before being brushed slightly by the eventual winner, but held on gamely for second.

    He also showed promise early on in his career as a juvenile, coming up a neck short in his second career start in early October for a maiden special weight at Aqueduct going six furlongs (replay below). Breaking from the inside post with Samuel Marin up, he went to the lead where he showed the way until being caught in the final sixteenth by My World (Essential Quality) to take runner-up honors. The winner, My World, went on to win the Nashua Stakes next time in November, followed by the Jerome Stakes in January.

    Dark Assault is a fourth-generation Phipps homebred by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms’ Violence (Medaglia d’Oro) and is the third foal out of the More Than Ready mare Power Move, a debut winner who finished second in the one-mile Tempted Stakes in her second start. Dark Assault’s half-brother Four Beach Friends (Speightstown) was sold as a yearling and recently won the Sprint Into Summer Cup Stakes on May 31.

    Dark Assault’s third dam is Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Pleasant Home (Seeking the Gold), the granddam of three-time grade 1 winner Guarana (Ghostzapper) and multiple graded stakes winner Cornucopian (Into Mischief). His fourth dam is Phipps foundation mare Our Country Place (Pleasant Colony), a daughter of multiple grade 1 winner Maplejinsky (Nijinsky II {CAN}). Other notable descendants of Our Country Place include two-time grade 1 winner Pine Island (Arch) and five-time grade 1-winning sire Point of Entry (Dynaformer).

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York, and can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.

  • Golden Tempo Delivers the Phippses a Second Derby Win and 12th Classic Win

    The 2026 Kentucky Derby is a storybook win for the Phipps family who are celebrating 100 years of success in Thoroughbred racing and breeding

    by B. Jason Brooks

    “First Lady of the Turf” Gladys Mills Phipps began the Phipps family’s Thoroughbred racing dynasty in 1926.  Her Wheatley Stable’s first winner came quickly, with James E. “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons-trained Sturdy Stella winning a quarter-mile dash on February 2nd of that year at Miami’s fabled Hialeah Park.  A century later, the Phippses remain U.S. racing royalty, winning the Kentucky Derby this past Saturday with homebred Golden Tempo – bred and owned in partnership with Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stable.

    As recently noted on this blog, the Phipps’s accomplishments over the last century are staggering, having bred more than 300 stakes winners, 7 Breeders’ Cup winners, 29 champions, and 8 Hall of Famers, including Seabiscuit, Searching, Bold Ruler, Buckpasser, Personal Ensign, Easy Goer, Inside Information, and Heavenly Prize.

    Each successive generation has been a part of a homebred male classic winner, starting with Glady Mill Phipps’s Wheatley Stable colt Bold Ruler in the 1957 Preakness Stakes, Ogden Phipps’s Easy Goer in the 1989 Belmont Stakes, and Phipps Stable – led by family patriarch Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps – with Orb in the 2013 Kentucky Derby (bred and owned by the Phipps family in partnership with Dinny’s cousin Stuart S. Janney III, also a grandson of Glady Mills Phipps). Bold Ruler was trained by James E. “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons and Easy Goer and Orb were trained by Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, both of whom are Hall of Famers. And, each of the Phipps family’s classic winners were born and raised at the Hancock family’s legendary Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky.

    Since Dinny’s passing in 2016, breeding and racing has remained a family affair for the Phippses, with Daisy Phipps Pulito as their racing manager, supported by her siblings and their mother Ande.  Trained by Cherie DeVaux, Golden Tempo’s Kentucky Derby win represents a remarkable fourth successive generation leading the family stable to a victory in a Triple Crown race.

    Besides their successful colts in Triple Crown races, the Phippses have won six of the two undisputed fillies classics: the Kentucky Oaks with Dispute in 1993 and the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) with Edelweiss in 1933, High Voltage in 1955, Christmas Past in the 1982, My Flag in the 1996, and Smuggler in 2005.  (This does not include 9 wins of the Acorn Stakes (G1), 6 wins of the Alabama Stakes (G1), 2 wins of the Mother Goose Stakes (G1), and 4 wins of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), each significant a race of which was considered a part of the New York or National “Triple Tiara” at some point.)

    Adding to their success in the U.S., Ogden Phipps’s European stable won the St. Leger Stakes (G1), the final leg of the English Triple Crown, with Boucher in 1972 and the One Thousand Guineas, an English fillies classic, with Quick As Lightning in 1980.

    In summary, Golden Tempo became the fourth Phipps colt to win a U.S. classic.  When adding six Phipps fillies who won the Kentucky Oaks or Coaching Club American Oaks, as well as two English classic winners, that’s an ultra-impressive dozen classic wins for the Phipps family!

    While the family stable is not as large as it used to be when Ogden Phipps had 40 or more horses in training, Phipps Stable currently has 17 horses in training and a broodmare band that typically ranges from 15 to 20 mares. 

    Their recent success has included more than a dozen stakes wins over the last five years (see a list of these stakes winners in the recent blog story “Kentucky Derby Contender Golden Tempo Carries on the Phipps Legacy”.) No stranger to recent Triple Crown races, they were represented by grade 2-winner Dynamic One in the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) and stakes winner Perform in the 2023 Preakness Stakes (G1), both co-owned in partnerships and finished off of the board in their classics.

    The next step for Golden Tempo is still to be finalized.  His trainer Cherie DeVaux indicated on NBC’s TODAY Show on Monday that a final decision is expected by the end of the week on whether to point him to the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park on May 16th or the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 6th.  Notably, Golden Tempo has the opportunity to become the Phipps family’s first horse to win multiple classics, an impressive feat when considering the greats noted above whom they have bred and raced.

    THE PHIPPS FAMILY’s DOZEN CLASSIC WINNERS

    Edelweiss – 1933 Coaching Club American Oaks
    High Voltage – 1955 Coaching Club American Oaks
    Bold Ruler – 1957 Preakness Stakes
    Boucher – 1972 St. Leger Stakes (ENG)
    Quick as Lightning – 1980 One Thousand Guineas (ENG)
    Christmas Past – 1982 Coaching Club American Oaks
    Easy Goer – 1989 Belmont Stakes
    Dispute – 1993 Kentucky Oaks
    My Flag – 1996 Coaching Club American Oaks
    Smuggler – 2005 Coaching Club American Oaks
    Orb – 2013 Kentucky Derby (with Stuart S. Janney III)
    Golden Tempo – 2026 Kentucky Derby (with St. Elias Stable)

    B. Jason Brooks (𝕏 at @bjbrooksNY) is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York.

  • Kentucky Derby Contender Golden Tempo Carries on the Phipps Legacy

    By B. Jason Brooks

    After kicking off his promising career and progressing well over the winter and spring, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s homebred Golden Tempo is in primed for his grade 1 debut among racing’s most elite in the 152nd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2nd.

    In his four career starts, all at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans with jockey Jose L. Ortiz aboard, Golden Tempo has demonstrated a strong ability as a closer.  This has occurred while progressively stretching out in distance and increasing his Beyer speed figures while winning or placing in all of his races.

    (Photo: Trainer Cherie DeVaux and Golden Tempo at Keeneland, April 2026)

    Golden Tempo won his December 20th career debut going six furlongs, hitting the stretch in fourth-place before blazing home to win by a length and a half with a Beyer of 78.  He came back on January 17th for the 1 ¹⁄₁₆-mile Lecomte Stakes (G3), impressively inhaling the field in the stretch to win by three-quarters of a length with a Beyer of 81. Stepping up in class and stretching out for the 1 ⅛-mile Risen Star Stakes (G2) on February 14th, he hit the top of the stretch in fifth-place and continued advancing, finishing third behind winner Paladin and runner-up Chip Honcho, earning an 84 Beyer.  And, most recently in the 1 ³⁄₁₆-mile Louisiana Derby (G2) on March 21st, he advanced in the far turn to third and chased dueling Emerging Market and Pavlovian to the wire, taking show honors with an 88 Beyer.

    Despite the third-place showing in the Louisiana Derby, Golden Tempo’s fractions show select hallmarks of the top Kentucky Derby contenders.  In examining the need for speed and stamina to win the Derby, racing analyst Dick Downey wrote in his recent BloodHorse story (here) that 8 of 10 recent Derby winners “ran within one second of averaging :12 [seconds] per furlong during at least four of the five calls of their final Derby prep” and that “all but one of those eight finished the last 3 furlongs of their respective final preps in the well-known :38 [seconds] or less.”  Downey goes on to highlight that Golden Tempo is one of only four Derby entries (after the scratch of Fulleffort) meeting the criteria.  According to Downey, in the Louisiana Derby, Golden Tempo put up “four 12s of the first five calls” and went “from the 6 ½ furlong marker to the finish line” in 37.19 seconds.  This angle shines a light on Golden Tempo’s closing speed that will serve him well in the “Run for the Roses”.

    Following the Louisiana Derby, Golden Tempo shipped to Keeneland where he has been thriving.  Trainer Cherie DeVaux recently stated, “He has matured both physically and mentally a lot… He was always a heavier horse and took a while for him to really shape up physically, and we’re there now.  He has really improved in that respect.”

    Golden Tempo’s recent Keeneland workouts demonstrate his continued progress, breezing five furlongs on April 10th in 1:00.8 (the third-fastest of 20), and four furlongs on April 17th in :47.0 (the second-fastest of 58). 

    Given the potential for an early hot pace, Golden Tempo breaking from the outside, and his running style of settling off the pace early on and closing like a freight train, he may be on the cusp of experiencing Kentucky Derby glory.

    Significance in History

    A Golden Tempo victory in the Kentucky Derby would be groundbreaking for multiple reasons.  First, his trainer Cherie DeVaux would become the first woman to condition a Kentucky Derby winner.  Second, although he has won the classic Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, it would be the first Kentucky Derby win for Eclipse Award-winning jockey Jose Ortiz.  And third, despite Curlin being an all-time great sire, Golden Tempo would be his first Kentucky Derby winner.

    Since entering Thoroughbred racing and breeding in 1926, each successive generation of the Phipps family has won a Triple Crown race.  Starting with Gladys Mills Phipps’s Wheatley Stable colt Bold Ruler, by Nasrullah (IRE), in the 1957 Preakness Stakes, followed by Ogden Phipps’ colt Easy Goer, by Alydar, in the 1989 Belmont Stakes, and, most recently, Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps and family’s Phipps Stable colt Orb, by Malibu Moon, in the 2013 Kentucky Derby (bred and owned in partnership with Stuart S. Janney III, Dinny’s cousin).  Bold Ruler was trained by James E. “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons and Easy Goer and Orb by Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, both Hall of Fame trainers.

    (Photo: Ogden Phipps, Bull Hancock and Dinny Phipps, 1966. Keeneland Library/Morgan Photographic Collection)

    Over the last century, the Phippses have bred more than 300 stakes winners, 29 champions, and 8 Hall of Famers, including Seabiscuit, Bold Ruler, Buckpasser, Easy Goer, Personal Ensign, Heavenly Prize, Inside Information, and Searching.

    Today, Phipps Stable has 17 horses in training and a broodmare band of around 20 mares.  They continue their winning ways, with more than a dozen stakes wins over the last five years.  In addition to Golden Tempo, their recent top performers include the following:

    • Pentathlon, by Speightstown, winner of the 2026 Army Mule Stakes.  He is owned in partnership by Phipps Stable, St. Elias Stable, and Woodford Racing;
    • Signator, by Tapit, winner of the 2025 Henry S. Clark Stakes. His owner partnership included West Point Thoroughbreds, Woodford Racing, Gainesway, Ken Langone, Lynne and Edward Hudson Jr., and Lane’s End.
    • Surprisingly, by Mastery, winner of the 2023 Endeavour Stakes (G3);
    • Perform, by Good Magic, winner of the 2023 Federico Tesio Stakes and a Preakness Stakes (G1) contender that year.  Phipps Stable owned him in partnership with Woodford Racing, Lane’s End, Ken Langone, and Lynne and Edward Hudson Jr.;
    • Dynamic One, by Union Rags, winner of the 2022 Suburban Stakes (G2) and a 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) contender.  Phipps Stable owned him in partnership with Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable;
    • Vigilantes Way, by Medaglia d’Oro, winner of the 2021 Eatontown Stakes (G3); and,
    • Performer, by Speightstown, winner of the 2019 Discovery Stakes (G3) and 2021 Fred W. Hooper Stakes (G3), as well as placed in the 2020 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1). He was co-owned with Claiborne Farm.

    Seeing the legendary black and cherry Phipps silks in the 2026 Kentucky Derby winners’ circle would be a fitting accomplishment following the family’s century of excellence in Thoroughbred racing and breeding.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York.

  • Pentathlon Steps Back Up to Graded Company for the Westchester Stakes

    Pentathlon Steps Back Up to Graded Company for the Westchester Stakes

    By B. Jason Brooks

    After opening his 5-year-old campaign with back-to-back victories, Phipps Stable homebred Pentathlon is seeking his first career graded stakes win on Sunday in the $175,000 Westchester Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Race Course.

    The one-mile dirt race for ages four years and older includes a field of five, with a scheduled post time of 4:16 p.m. Eastern. Pentathlon drew the rail and retains the services of jockey Dylan Davis for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey.

    The Speightstown horse is coming off of a determined victory in the Army Mule Stakes on March 28th at Gulfstream Park in which he rallied from off the pace to win by a half-length. The stakes victory followed an impressive February 15th allowance optional claiming score at Tampa Bay Downs in which Pentathlon rallied win by three and a quarter lengths.

    Pentathlon enters the Westchester after winning three of his last four starts, dating back to October 24th. His only loss during this span came against a deep field in the Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct in December in which he finished fifth.

    Sunday’s race represents a step back up to graded stakes competition and will also stretch Pentathlon back out to a mile, the same distance he broke his maiden by three and a half lengths at Saratoga.

    The accomplished field for the Westchester Stakes includes grade 1 winner Antiquarian (Preservationist), multiple graded stakes winner Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo), and multiple stakes winners Quint’s Brew (Mosler) and Rated by Merit (Battalion Runner).  

    Bred by Phipps Stable, Pentathlon is owned by his breeder in partnership with Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stable and the Farish family’s Woodford Racing partnership.

    A victory in the Westchester would give Pentathlon his third consecutive win and first graded stakes victory.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. He can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.

  • Pentathlon Earns First Stakes Victory in the Army Mule

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable’s co-owned Pentathlon produced a powerful late run to earn his first stakes victory in Gulfstream Park’s $175,000 Army Mule Stakes on Saturday.

    Ridden by Dylan Davis for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, the 5-year-old Speightstown horse rallied from off the pace to win by a half-length, completing seven furlongs over the fast main track in 1:23.11.

    Breaking from post 2, Pentathlon settled along the rail as the leaders established quick opening fractions of 22.71 and 45.14 seconds. Mr. Davis guided him off the inside approaching the five-sixteenths pole and he began advancing three wide around the far turn.  He swung five wide entering the stretch before a sustained rally down the center of the track for the win. Pentathlon earned a 95 Beyer speed figure for the performance.

    The victory was his second in as many starts this year after opening 2026 campaign with a dominant 5-length allowance optional claiming score at Tampa Bay Downs on February 15.

    The Army Mule Stakes marked a breakthrough stakes success for Pentathlon, who finished fifth when making his graded stakes debut in the Cigar Mile Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct in December.

    The Phipps-bred is owned in partnership by Phipps Stable, St. Elias Stable, and Woodford Racing.

    The victory was especially fitting for the ownership partnership since grade 1 winner Army Mule was owned by St. Elias Stable.

    B. Jason Brooks is a Thoroughbred racing and pedigree researcher, writer, and social media manager residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. He can be followed on X at @bjbrooksNY.