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    2026 Stakes Wins for Phipps Bloodlines, Nov 9, 2026

    Coastal Conflict Seeks Maiden Win on Sunday at Belmont, Nov 6, 2026

    Golden Tempo Aiming to Become the Phipps Family’s First Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner, Oct 30, 2026

    Pentathlon Sets Sights on First Graded Win in Belmont’s Forty Niner Stakes (G3), Oct 29, 2026

    Pentathlon Faces Stakes Winners in Sunday Test at Belmont, Oct 4, 2026

    Coastal Conflict Switching to Turf for Second Start, Oct 3, 2026

    Buckpasser’s 1966 Jockey Club Gold Cup Win, Sep 18, 2026

    Quiet Power Making Stakes Debut in the G3 Old Dominion, Sep 6, 2026

    Stakes Winner Pentathlon Set for Return at Saratoga, Sep 2, 2026

    Coastal Conflict Entered for Career Debut, Aug 20, 2026

    Phipps Bloodlines Average Over $1 Million for Second Straight Year at the Saratoga Sale, Aug 12, 2026

    Phipps Female Families Well Represented in the Saratoga Sale, Aug 5, 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

    • Old Dominion D. (G3), Cnl 9/7 – LENNOX THE GREY (3/c by Liam’s Map), 1st – 5th dams: Satisfaction / Dancing In My Dreams / Oh What a Dance / Blitey / Lady Pitt
    • Ladies Marathon Inv. S. (G3), KD 9/6 – STELLIFY (5/m by Justify), 2nd – 9th dams: She’s A Winner / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League
    • 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 by Curlin), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • Dinner Party S. (G3), Lrl 5/16 – FORT WASHINGTON (7/h by 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

    • The Chosen Vron S., Dmr 11/7 – MR. DISRESPECTFUL (6/g by Smiling Tiger), 4th – 6th dams: Renounce / Bold Princess / Grey Flight
    • Rags to Riches S., CD 10/25 – WHARFIE (2/f by Essential Quality), 5th – 9th dams: The Garden Club / Fashion Verdict / So Chic / Striking / Baby League
    • Perfect Sting S., Bel 10/23 – EPIC STYLE (4/f by Good Magic), 4th – 5th dams: Marry Me / The Bride
    • Gold Cup S., DD 10/10 – TOUCHUPONASTAR (7/g by Star Guitar), 5th-8th dams: La Mesa / Finance / Busanda / Businesslike
    • Bricks and Mortar S., Bel 10/10 – DOUBTING THOMAS (3/c by Caravaggio), 6th – 9th dams: Worldly Wise / Hard Baked / Black Flag
    • Hollywood Beach S., GP 9/26 – RIYADH WAY (2/c by Karakontie {JPN}), 3rd – 7th dams: Rejoicing / Pennant Champion / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG)
    • Sweet Briar Too Stakes, WO 9/19 – EPIC STYLE (4/f by Good Magic), 4th – 5th dams: Marry Me / The Bride
    • Super D., LaD 9/12 – QUARRY (3/g by War of Will), 9th – 10th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry
    • Osiris S., AsD 9/8 – GUITARS N CADILAXS (3/c by Yaupon), 6th – 8th dams: Leix / Bold Irish / Erin
    • Disco Partner S., Sar 9/6 – JEAN VALJEAN (7/g by Uncle Mo), 6th – 7th dams: Dashing By / Big Hurry
    • 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 by 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         

    • Prix de Royallieu (FR-G1), FAIRY GLEN (FR) (5/m by Farhh {GB}), 7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry
    • 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

    • Keio Hai Nisai S. (JPN-G2), Tokyo 11/7 – BLUE JAY (JPN) (2/c by Siskin), 5th – 10th dams: Deepdene / High Bid / Stepping Stone / Step Across / Drawbridge / Traverse (GB)
    • Royal Lodge S. (ENG-G2), Newmarket 9/26 – HAFFNER (2/c by Take Charge Indy), 3rd – 6th dams: Storm Song / Hum Along / Minstress / Hum Along
    • 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

    • Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF Stakes (G3), Curragh 8/29 – SEA OF RAIN (IRE) (2/f by Naval Crown {GB}), 3rd – 7th dams: Plaintiff / Dispute / Resolver / Misty Morn / Grey Flight
    • 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. Seleccion de Potrancas (ARG-G1), La Plata 9/16 – PERSONAL FILLY (ARG) (3/f by Dabster), damsire Pure Prize
    • G.P. Polla de Potrillos (ARG-G1), Palmero 9/5 – FLETCHER (ARG) (3/c by Gershwin), damsire Easing Along
    • G.P. Gen. San Martin (ARG-G1), Palmero 9/5 – THE GLADIATOR’S HAT (ARG) (6/h by Hat Ninja {ARG}), damsire Easing Along
    • G.P. Republica Argentina (ARG-G1), Palmero 5/1 – NEED YOU TONIGHT (ARG) (6/h 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 7/11 – SOY 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 Seeks Maiden Win on Sunday at Belmont

    Coastal Conflict Seeks Maiden Win on Sunday at Belmont

    by B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable’s homebred juvenile filly Coastal Conflict will look to take a step forward on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Belmont Park’s sixth race, a one-mile maiden special weight on the turf. She will break from post 5 in a field of 12, with Javier Castellano aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. Post time is scheduled for 3:12 p.m. Eastern.

    Coastal Conflict finished off the board in her turf debut on Oct. 4 at Belmont, going 1 ¹⁄₁₆ mile. She enters Sunday’s race off a sharp four-furlong breeze in 47.29 seconds over Belmont’s all-weather track on Nov. 1, the third-fastest of 29 at the distance.

    (Photo: Coastal Conflict as a foal at Claiborne Farm.)

    The fourth-generation Phipps homebred is by Violence and out of the winning Blame mare Seaside Retreat. She is her dam’s second foal and a half-sister to Phipps-bred winner Poppy Woppy (Mitole). Bred on the same Violence–Blame cross as multiple grade 1 winner Forte, her second dam, Boca Grande (A.P. Indy), and third dam, Country Hideaway (Seeking the Gold), were both multiple graded stakes winners for the Phipps family and Mr. McGaughey.

    Coastal Conflict hails from the Phipps female family of Our Country Place, whose descendants include grade 1 winners Pleasant Home (Seeking the Gold), Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Pine Island (Arch), and Guarana (Ghostzapper).

    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 Aiming to Become the Phipps Family’s First Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner

    Golden Tempo Aiming to Become the Phipps Family’s First Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner

    By B. Jason Brooks

    As the Phipps family marks 100 years in Thoroughbred racing and breeding in 2026, Golden Tempo has already made history as their first dual-classic winner.  That distinction is especially meaningful given the family’s extraordinary record: eight Hall of Famers, 29 champions, three Triple Crown race winners before Golden Tempo, eight Breeders’ Cup winners, and more than 300 stakes winners.

    Despite all that shiny hardware in the Phipps family’s trophy collection, Golden Tempo could break new ground as their first Breeders’ Cup Classic winner. Bred and campaigned in partnership with Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stable, he would give the Violas their second Classic victory, following their 2019 success with Vino Rosso, campaigned with Repole Stable. Thoroughbred Racing Commentary currently ranks St. Elias Stable second among U.S.-based owners and tenth globally for stakes results over the last three years.

    Two Ogden Phipps homebreds had memorable runner-up finishes in the Classic: third-generation homebred Seeking the Gold in 1988 and fourth-generation homebred Easy Goer in 1989, both 3-year-olds trained by Hall of Famer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey and ridden by fellow Hall of Famer Pat Day.

    A son of Claiborne Farm sire Mr. Prospector out of the Buckpasser mare Con Game, Seeking the Gold entered the 1988 Classic with a career record of seven wins and four runner-up finishes from a dozen starts, with his 3-year-old campaign including grade 1 victories in the Dwyer Stakes (G1) in July and the Super Derby (G1) in September.  He also engaged in memorable stretch battles that year with Forty Niner, also by Mr. Prospector, finishing a nose behind his rival in both the Haskell Invitational (G1) in late July and Travers Stakes (G1) in late August.

    Contested over a muddy Churchill Downs track, the 1988 Classic saw Seeking the Gold break from post eight in a nine-horse field.  Among the contenders were 4-year-old and future Hall of Famer Alysheba (Alydar), reigning champion 2-year-old male Forty Niner (Mr. Prospector), Belmont Stakes runner-up and third-place Preakness finisher Cryptoclearance (Fappiano), and fellow Ogden Phipps homebred Personal Flag (Private Account), already a dual Grade 1 winner.

    Seeking the Gold went five wide around the far turn and into the stretch.  He closed resolutely to within a head of Alysheba, appearing poised to overtake the older colt, but the eventual Horse of the Year dug in to prevail by half a length.

    He carried on the Mr. Prospector line as an influential stallion at Claiborne Farm, siring 91 stakes winners, including five champions and three Breeders’ Cup winners.  His legacy continues through his daughters and through his brilliant son Dubai Millennium (GB), sire of Dubawi (IRE).

    For the Phippses, he sired Hall of Famer Heavenly Prize, 2005 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Pleasant Home, and 1998 Matron Stakes (G1) winner Oh What a Windfall.  His daughter Matlacha Pass produced Point of Entry (Dynaformer), a five-time grade 1 winner of the Man o’ War Stakes (G1), Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (G1), and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (G1) in 2012, followed by the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) and Manhattan Handicap (G1) in 2013.

    In 1989, the Phipps-McGaughey-Day trio returned to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, this time with Easy Goer for his fourth and final meeting with his archrival Sunday Silence (Halo).  Sunday Silence had defeated him by two and a half lengths in the Kentucky Derby and a nose in the Preakness, but Easy Goer denied him the Triple Crown with a memorable eight-length triumph in the Belmont Stakes, giving the Phippses their first victory in the “Test of the Champion.”  Easy Goer finished the mile-and-a-half Belmont in 2:26, the second-fastest winning time behind only Secretariat’s 2:24 in 1973.

    A son of Alydar out of the Buckpasser mare Relaxing, Easy Goer entered the Classic having defeated older horses in the Whitney Handicap (G1), Woodward Handicap (G1), and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).  His stellar sophomore campaign had also included wins in the Wood Memorial Invitational Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1).

    After a slow start in the Classic on a fast track at Gulfstream Park, Easy Goer settled well off the pace, ten lengths behind the leader entering the first turn, before advancing down the backstretch to draw close to Sunday Silence.  His rival quickened around the far turn, opening a sizable advantage as Easy Goer struggled to match his acceleration.  Once straightened for home, the Phipps colt unleashed a powerful rally, closing relentlessly on Sunday Silence but reaching the wire a neck shy of victory.

    Easy Goer earned his ninth grade 1 victory the following year in the Suburban Handicap (G1) and retired with 14 victories and six placings from 20 career starts, earning nearly $5 million.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

    His stud career at Claiborne Farm was cut short by his death at the age of eight in 1994. From just four crops, he sired nine stakes winners, including Will’s Way, winner of the 1996 Travers Stakes (G1) and 1997 Whitney Handicap (G1).

    For the Phippses, Easy Goer sired My Flag out of undefeated Hall of Famer Personal Ensign (Private Account).  My Flag won the 1995 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), then added the Ashland Stakes (G1), Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), and Gazelle Handicap (G1) the following year, when she also finished third against colts in the Belmont Stakes (G1). As a broodmare, My Flag produced Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat), a maternal granddaughter of Easy Goer whose victory in the 2002 Juvenile Fillies (G1) completed an unprecedented sequence of Breeders’ Cup wins by three successive generations. Easy Goer also sired Phipps homebred Furlough, out of Blitey (Riva Ridge), winner of the 1999 Ballerina Handicap (G1).

    Can Golden Tempo capture the Classic, a race that has eluded one of Thoroughbred racing’s most successful dynasties despite near misses by Seeking the Gold and Easy Goer? A victory in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic would be a Halloween treat for his connections – and a trick played on accomplished older challengers such as Godolphin’s reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief) and Susumu Fujita’s defending Classic winner Forever Young (JPN) (Real Steel {JPN}). For the Phippses, it would be a fitting crowning achievement in their centennial year.

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

  • Pentathlon Sets Sights on First Graded Win in Belmont’s Forty Niner Stakes (G3)

    Pentathlon Sets Sights on First Graded Win in Belmont’s Forty Niner Stakes (G3)

    by B. Jason Brooks

    Stakes winner Pentathlon will seek his first graded stakes victory in Belmont Park’s one-mile Forty Niner Stakes (G3) for ages three and older on Sunday, November 1. He will break from post 6 in a field of eight, with Paco Lopez retaining the mount for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. Scheduled as Race 9, post time is set for 3:22 p.m. Eastern.

    The sixth-generation Phipps-bred enters off a three-length victory in a 1 ¹⁄₁₆-mile allowance optional claimer at Belmont Park on October 4. He drew clear of a field that included five stakes winners, earning a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure.

    Four of Pentathlon’s last seven starts have come in stakes company, highlighted by his breakthrough half-length victory in Gulfstream Park’s seven-furlong Army Mule Stakes in March with Dylan Davis aboard.

    Pentathlon earned his first graded stakes placing when third in the one-mile Westchester Stakes (G3) in May, behind subsequent Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner Antiquarian and multiple graded stakes winner Bishops Bay.

    Sunday’s Forty Niner presents another competitive test, with grade 1 winner East Avenue and multiple graded stakes winner Crazy Mason among his opponents.

    Owned in partnership by Phipps Stable, St. Elias Stable, and Woodford Racing, Pentathlon has six wins and five placings from 21 career starts, with earnings of $461,782.

    The son of Speightstown is out of the graded stakes-placed Tapit mare Parade. His third dam, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner My Flag (Easy Goer), is a daughter of undefeated Hall of Famer Personal Ensign (Private Account), his fourth dam.

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

  • Pentathlon Faces Stakes Winners in Sunday Test at Belmont

    Pentathlon Faces Stakes Winners in Sunday Test at Belmont

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Sixth-generation Phipps-bred stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Pentathlon will stretch out to 1 ¹⁄₁₆ mile on Sunday, October 4, when he takes on six rivals in a competitive $110,000 allowance optional claimer for ages three years and older at Belmont Park. Post time is 2:41 p.m. Eastern.

    The 5-year-old son of Speightstown drew the rail in Race 5 and will have Paco Lopez aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. He is owned in a partnership that includes Phipps Stable, St. Elias Stable, and Woodford Racing.

    Sunday’s race will be Pentathlon’s second start off of a 67-day layoff.  He most recently finished fourth in an allowance optional claimer at Saratoga on September 2.

    His success this year includes a half-length win in Gulfstream Park’s seven-furlong Army Mule Stakes on March 28 and graded stakes placing in Aqueduct’s one-mile Westchester Stakes (G3) on May 3. In the Westchester, he finishing third behind Centennial Farms’ Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1)-winning millionaire Antiquarian (Preservationist) and KAS Stables’ multiple graded stakes-winning multimillionaire Bishop’s Bay (Uncle Mo).

    (Video: Pentathlon’s Army Mule Stakes Win)

    Pentathlon faces a competitive field on Sunday that includes classic-placed and grade 1-winning millionaire Sandman (Tapit), graded stakes winner Tip Top Thomas (Volatile), and stakes winners Adero (American Freedom), Admiral Dennis (Constitution) and Yo Daddy (Yoshida {JPN}).

    He hails from the accomplished female family of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner My Flag, his third dam, and undefeated Hall of Famer Personal Ensign, his fourth dam.

    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.

  • Coastal Conflict Switching to Turf for Second Start

    Coastal Conflict Switching to Turf for Second Start

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable’s homebred two-year-old filly Coastal Conflict will switch to the turf and stretch out in distance for her second career start on Sunday, October 4 at Belmont Park.

    The daughter of Violence is entered in Race 4, a $100,000 maiden special weight for two-year-old fillies covering 1 ¹⁄₁₆ mile on the turf. Coastal Conflict drew the inside post in the field of 11 and will have Antonio Fresu aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. Post time is scheduled for 2:11 p.m.

    Coastal Conflict got a race under her belt this summer at Saratoga on August 22, finishing off of the board in a 6½-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt.

    Saturday’s race represents a significant change in conditions from Coastal Conflict’s debut by adding two furlongs in distance while witching her from dirt to the turf. She most recently worked a bullet on Tuesday, September 29, breezing four furlongs in 47 seconds flat, the fastest of 14.

    Coastal Conflict is the second foal out of winning Blame mare Seaside Retreat and is a half-sister to Phipps-bred winner Poppy Woppy (Mitole). Her pedigree is graded A+ by TrueNicks, and she is bred on the same Violence/Blame cross as multiple grade 1 winner Forte.

    Her second dam, Boca Grande (A.P. Indy), and third dam, Country Hideaway (Seeking the Gold), were both multiple graded stakes winners for Phipps Stable and Mr. McGaughey. Her fourth dam is Our Country Place (Pleasant Colony), the foundation mare purchased privately as a yearling by Ogden Phipps in 1993. The family has also includes 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.

  • Buckpasser’s 1966 Jockey Club Gold Cup Win

    Buckpasser’s 1966 Jockey Club Gold Cup Win

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Sixty years ago, Ogden Phipps’s homebred Buckpasser capped off the New York portion of his extraordinary 3-year-old campaign with a victory in the two-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup at Aqueduct, a significant demonstration of his stamina.

    Despite having missed three months of training during the 1966 Triple Crown season due to a quarter crack in his right front hoof, he entered the Gold Cup having won 11 straight races, including the Flamingo Stakes in March, Arlington Classic in June, Chicagoan Stakes and Brooklyn Handicap in July, American Derby and Travers Stakes in August, and Woodward Stakes against older horses in October. (See his complete Daily Racing Form past performances on the National Racing Museum and Hall of Fame’s website here.)

    With Braulio Baeza aboard for trainer Eddie Neloy, Buckpasser faced six rivals in the October 29 Jockey Club Gold Cup, with a wind-and-dust storm contributing to a slow result. Racing closer to the pace than usual, Buckpasser caught the leader Niarkos in the final quarter-mile and drew away to prevail by 1¾ length in 3:26⅕.

    The official chart described him as drawing away “without need of urging” and winning “with complete authority.” G.F.T. Ryall wrote in The New Yorker that Buckpasser finished “with his ears pricked forward—a sign that he was enjoying himself.” Ryall added, “I don’t remember a more appropriate result than that of the Gold Cup, or, to judge from the applause as Buckpasser went into the winner’s circle, a more popular one this season.”

    Buckpasser subsequently traveled to California and won the Malibu Stakes, closing out his 3-year-old season with 13 wins from 14 starts and earning Horse of the Year honors.

    The New York victory was the fourth Jockey Club Gold Cup win for the Phipps family. Glady Mills Phipps’s Wheatley Stable colts Diavolo won in 1929 and Dark Secret in 1933 and 1934. After Ogden Phipps’ winning with Buckpasser in 1966, the black and cherry silks returned to the Gold Cup winners’ circle aboard Phipps’s Easy Goer in 1989 and Miner’s Mark in 1993.

    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 Making Stakes Debut in the G3 Old Dominion

    Quiet Power Making Stakes Debut in the G3 Old Dominion

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s homebred colt Quiet Power will make his stakes debut on Monday, September 7th, in the Old Dominion Derby (G3), contested over a mile and an eighth on the turf at Colonial Downs.

    Entered in Race 9 on Colonial’s Labor Day card, Quiet Power will break from post № 3 in a field of 14 with jockey Vincent Cheminaud aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey. Post time is scheduled for 4:18 p.m. Eastern.

    The grey Tapit colt earned his first victory going one mile over the Aqueduct turf on June 11th. Breaking from the rail under jockey Jose Lezcano, he tracked the pace from the inside before swinging four wide into the stretch and producing a strong closing rally. He took command late and drew clear to win by a length and a quarter in 1:34.88. (Replay below.)

    The victory came in his sixth career start following four placings, including consecutive runner-up efforts on the Aqueduct turf as a juvenile and third-place finishes at Gulfstream Park and Aqueduct this spring.

    Following his maiden win, Quiet Power returned to action at Saratoga on July 25th, finishing fifth in a mile-and-a-sixteenth allowance optional claimer.

    Monday’s race will stretch him out to a mile and an eighth for the second time while providing his first opportunity in stakes company.

    The Old Dominion Derby field is headed by 5-2 morning-line favorite Supercharger (Constitution), winner of the Secretariat Stakes (G2) at Colonial on August 1st. The field’s other black-type performers include The Big Con (GB) (Dark Angel {IRE}), winner of the 2025 Grey Stakes (CAN-G3); Heeere’s Johnny (Oscar Performance), winner of the 2026 Saranac Stakes and runner-up in the 2025 Pilgrim Stakes (G2) and With Anticipation Stakes (G3); Tiernanogue (Quality Road), runner-up in the 2026 Audubon Stakes; Kravitz (Justify), runner-up in the 2026 Kent Stakes; and Chambersville (Twirling Candy), who placed in the 2026 Kent Stakes.

    Quiet Power is a half-brother to Phipps homebred Dreams of Tomorrow (Speightstown), who placed in the 2021 Henry S. Clark Stakes. They are out of the three-time-winning Phipps-bred Medaglia d’Oro mare Sabbatical, a half-sister to Man o’ War Stakes (G1)-winning millionaire Imagining (Giant’s Causeway).

    Quiet Power’s second dam is multiple grade 1-placed and three-time graded stakes winner Daydreaming (A.P. Indy). She won the Top Flight Handicap (G2) and Indiana Breeders’ Cup Oaks (G3) in 2004 and the Next Move Handicap (G3) in 2005.

    His third dam is Get Lucky (Mr. Prospector), winner of the 1992 Affectionately Handicap (G3) and a full sister to champion and Travers Stakes (G1) winner Rhythm.

    In addition to the aforementioned Imagining, Get Lucky’s grade 1-winning descendants include 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver (Maria’s Mon); 2022 Frizette Stakes (G1) winner Chocolate Gelato (Practical Joke); 2015 Spinster Stakes (G1) winner Got Lucky (A.P. Indy); 2015 Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) winner Callback (Street Sense); 2010 Vosburgh Stakes (G1) winner Girolamo (A.P. Indy); and 2006 Haskell Invitational (G1) winner Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat).

    Monday’s Old Dominion Derby presents Quiet Power with his most demanding test to date and an opportunity to add graded stakes success to one of the most accomplished Phipps female families.

    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.

  • Stakes Winner Pentathlon Set for Return at Saratoga

    Stakes Winner Pentathlon Set for Return at Saratoga

    By B. Jason Brooks

    Returning from a 66-day layoff, graded stakes-placed Pentathlon will get some class relief in an allowance optional claimer going seven furlongs on Wednesday, September 2nd at Saratoga Race Course.

    Coming off of three stakes races – including a win in the Army Mule Stakes in March and a graded stakes placing in the Westchester Stakes (G3) in May – the 5-year-old horse will have jockey Samuel D Marín aboard for Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey.

    Entered in Race 2 on the final Wednesday card of the 2026 Saratoga meet, Pentathlon drew post № 5 in a field of six. Post time is 1:48 p.m. Eastern.

    Pentathlon opened his campaign this year with back-to-back victories, beginning with an impressive allowance optional claiming score at Tampa Bay Downs on February 15th. Settling off the pace, he responded to urging on the far turn before drawing away in the stretch to win by five lengths.

    The Phipps homebred stepped back into stakes company on March 28th in Gulfstream Park’s $175,000 Army Mule Stakes and delivered one of the best performances of his career. After settling along the rail up the backstretch, Pentathlon began advancing on the far turn before swinging five wide into the stretch and producing a sustained rally to win by a half-length. The seven-furlong victory was Pentathlon’s first stakes win.

    He stepped back up to graded company in the one-mile Westchester Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct on May 3rd, earning his first graded stakes placing behind 2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner Antiquarian (Preservationist) and multiple graded stakes-winning multimillionaire Bishop’s Bay (Uncle Mo).

    Following his graded stakes placing, Pentathlon was cut back to six furlongs for the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes on June 27th at Laurel Park. Breaking slowly from the gate, he rated early and came under urging while saving ground past the five-sixteenths pole, but didn’t have enough left in the tank to mount a challenge in the stretch.

    Wednesday marks a return to the site of Pentathlon’s maiden victory. The son of Speightstown earned his first career victory at Saratoga on August 15, 2024, rating just off the pace before taking command late and drawing clear by three and a half lengths.

    A sixth-generation Phipps-bred, Pentathlon is owned by Phipps Stable in partnership with St. Elias Stable and Woodford Racing. He is the second foal out of the graded stakes-placed Tapit mare Parade, who finished runner-up in the 2017 Comely Stakes (G3).

    Hailing from one of the most distinguished Phipps female families, Pentathlon counts Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and multiple grade 1 winner My Flag (Easy Goer) as his third dam and undefeated Hall of Famer Personal Ensign (Private Account) is his fourth dam.

    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.