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Okiro powered down the Turfway Park stretch to win Saturday’s $250,000 Animal Kingdom stakes going away by 2 ¼-lengths to become the first stakes winner for Yoshida (JPN). Second in last year’s Hollywood Beach S. at Gulfstream Park, 3-year-old Okiro is owned by Yutaka Enterprises Corp and is trained by Jose Garoffalo. Okiro was making […]

Yoshida tallied another debut winner on July 28 at Gulfstream Park when the 2-year-old colt Okiro went nearly gate-to-wire in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight contest. After breaking just behind the speed, the dark bay colt quickly found his stride to lead every point of call thereafter. He brushed off a challenge by Full […]

WinStar Farm’s multiple Grade 1 winner Yoshida (JPN) recorded his first winner on Tuesday, July 4, when Third Street defeated a maiden special weight field by a dominating 7 ¼ lengths at Lone Star Park (WATCH RACE). Trained by Shawn Davis and owned in partnership by Davis and Bill Carnes, Third Street took command of the […]

Wednesday’s session of the 2023 OBS Spring 2-year-olds in Training sale yielded outstanding results for multiple Grade 1 winner Yoshida (JPN) when hip No. 545 sold for $270,000. Consigned by de Meric Sales, agent, the bay colt went to trainer Ron Ellis, agent following a 10-second flat work at the Under Tack show. Out of […]

First-Crop sire Yoshida’s initial 2-year-old offerings at the 2023 OBS March Sale included a filly that sold for $180,000 during Monday’s opening session of the three-day auction. Consigned by Thorostock LLC and cataloged as hip No. 268, the dark bay filly was scooped up by Japanese buyer Yoshiro Tsukada. The filly’s deep female family includes […]

A colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Yoshida hammered for $120,000 during Monday’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling sale, which runs daily through Thursday. The bay colt, catalogued as hip No. 159, was consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent, and purchased by Ben McElroy, agent for trainer Wesley Ward. […]