Spiced Perfection

A MGISW and sire standing at Harris Farms in Coalinga, California, Smiling Tiger (Hold That Tiger--Shandra Smiles, by Cahill Road) was euthanized Aug. 1 after succumbing to a condition which affects coordination called ataxia, according to reports from several horse racing media outlets on Friday. The 17-year-old was responsible for nine crops, which amounted to 561 foals and currently 199 winners. Accounting for a champion (Ace Korea), a graded winner (Spiced Perfection) and a dozen black-type winners, Smiling Tiger currently has 74 juveniles to his credit. He stood at the...

'TDN Rising Star' Mia Mischief (Into Mischief) looks to win her fourth straight race and first at the graded level since capturing last term's GI Humana Distaff in Saturday's GIII Winning Colors S. back beneath the Twin Spires. Closing out her 2019 campaign for the Heiligbrodts with a five-length victory in the track-and-trip Dream Supreme S. Nov. 1, she went through the ring at Fasig-Tipton a few days later, selling to Stonestreet Stables for $2.4 million. Barbara Banke returned the bay to the care of Steve Asmussen and she won...

Multiple Grade I-winning sprinter Spiced Perfection (Smiling Tiger) has been privately purchased and transferred from trainer Peter Miller to Mark Casse and will target the GIII Winning Colors S. at Churchill Downs May 31, Casse told the Churchill notes team. "She was privately purchased by Haruya Yoshida over the winter and she's been a great addition to our barn," Casse said. "I think we're going to be on target for the Winning Colors and get her 5-year-old campaign going at Churchill." Spiced Perfection recorded a bullet half-mile move in :47...

Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch's well-traveled multiple Grade I winner Spiced Perfection (Smiling Tiger) will make her first start at Gulfstream Park as a likely favorite and the class of Saturday's seven-furlong GII Inside Information S. Capturing the GI La Brea S. for Brian Koriner at the end of her 3-year-old campaign, the bay was subsequently moved to Peter Miller's barn and finished a close second in Laurel's GIII Barbara Fritchie S. before scoring a hard-fought victory in the GI Madison S. Apr. 6 at Keeneland. Fourth in...