Morplay Racing

Caliente! Shisospicy Cruises Home to Big Win, 'TDN Rising Star' Honors at Gulfstream

Spicy, indeed! Shisospicy (f, 2, Mitole--Mischief Galore, by Into Mischef) left them all in her wake on debut in Florida, and earned the seal of approval from the TDN as well, becoming her sire's fourth 'TDN Rising Star' Friday afternoon. Sent away at 5-2 odds here, she set the pace from a ground-saving trip on the rail, putting up :22.82, and :45.97 early splits. Widening under minimal urging from Paco Lopez, she had built up a six-length margin entering the stretch, and from there it was a question of how...

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Thursday's Insights: Pricey Juvenile Italian Soiree Debuts

1st-BAQ, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05 p.m. ET Hit the Bid Racing Stable and Morplay Racing's ITALIAN SOIREE (Uncle Mo), a $600,000 purchase following a :10 flat work at the OBS March sale, makes her racetrack debut for trainer John Terranova in this holiday card opener in New York. The filly, bred by Repole Stable, is a full-sister to stakes winner Be Better and out of a half-sister to graded winner Old Time Hockey (Smarty Jones). The Repole Stable colors will be carried by debuting Yellow (Bernardini), a...

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No More Time Injured, Out of Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby hopeful GSW No More Time (Not This Time) returned from a breeze Sunday morning with an injury which will knock him out of the GI Kentucky Derby, announced the colt's owner Rich Mendez, the founder of Morplay Racing, on X. The account stated in a release that there are still plans to head to Churchill Downs later in the week as well as provided a positive prognosis for a future return to the track. "Less than 24 hours after officially qualifying for the Kentucky Derby, No More Time...

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