Born in the Purple: Agate @BH_ACurlin #BC2026 #BloodHorsePlus

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf contender AGATE with trainer (and friend) Kelsey Danner and Jessie, this AM at Keeneland

Kelsey's had 2 previous BC runners - Shards was 5th (2nd-top US-bred) in the '23 Juvenile Turf, and Ground Support 3rd (top US-bred) in '25 Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Graded stakes winner AGATE feeling good after training Thursday morning 🤩 The @kelseyjdanner trainee runs Friday in the GI @BreedersCup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland. #BC26

After starting her career as a perpetual underdog, the Army Mule filly Ground Support made good as a favorite in the G3 Glen Cove. @WalmacLLC

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Agate, Upbeforethedawn and RJ

The Karakontie gelding, trained by Kelsey Danner, won Keeneland’s G2 Bourbon Stakes.

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NBS Stable’s Ground Support earned her second career graded score with a dominant victory in the first division of Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Glen Cove, a seven-furlong Widener turf sprint for sophomore fillies, at Belmont Park. 

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Agate(outside) last breeze before the BC.

Goodbye, MEDAGLIA D'ORO, whose death at age 27 has been reported by @DarleyAmerica . Condolences to all who loved him, including those at his Jonabell Farm home.

What a racehorse, what a stallion. 💙

Photos 2003 at Saratoga, and 2019 @DarleyAmerica

#OnThisDay in racing history on October 7, 2011... STEPHANIE'S KITTEN won the G1 Alcibiades at @keenelandracing by 1 1/4 lengths on the all-weather for trainer @CATRacingStable with @ljlmvel aboard!

Stephanie's Kitten went on to become the only winner of the Alcibiades to win enile Fillies Turf.

4 years later, Stephanie's Kitten won the 2015 G1 BC Filly and Mare Turf and was retired with 11 wins, 4 seconds and 4 thirds from 25 starts and $4,292,904 in career earnings.

Check out her horse profile on Equibase:
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One of the reasons why horse racing can be so endearing is because of people like trainer John Grabowski, who won his first graded stakes with Dotsy in the Frizette Stakes (G1). Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4i1aIEz @BobEhalt #BC2026

By special request...
Guessing I'm not alone in remembering Risen Star's "blistering" workout the AM before his impressive Belmont win!
With Jimmy Nichols up, Risen Star went 3F in :33 3/5 after galloping 1 1/2 miles. That :33 3/5 clocking 🔥 was just 3/5 off the American record.

.@stoolpresidente's 🍉 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡 sliced through the field!

A powerful stretch run under jockey @gaddielmjockey earns her a sweet maiden-breaking victory at Presque Isle Downs!

@kelseyjdanner trains the @GoGoGreys 3y/o filly.

#TwinSpiresReplay

Trainer Kelsey Danner captured last year’s Grade 2, $250,000 Miss Grillo with Ground Support, and will have a chance to defend her title with the promising Bittersweet Memory in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile Widener turf route for juvenile fillies⤵️
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VOLATILE’s hip 2294, a gray or roan colt consigned and bred by @Frankfortpark, and a half-brother to Stakes winner Baby Max, sells for $170,000 to Gray Lamb!

#Volatile #ThinkFast

NY string just moved in from Saratoga. Excited to have a string in NY year around.

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Very proud of Ground Support. Contrary to initial reporting, she was neither vanned off nor bled. The chart has since been corrected and we're looking forward to her next start!

Barb caught her cool grey marking on her shoulder too.

💌 𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 dominates gate-to-wire and wins R5 at Saratoga under jockey @luissaezpty for trainer @kelseyjdanner.