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Kilwin Makes Successful Seasonal Bow in Twin Bridges

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The upset winner of last year’s GI Test Stakes, Kilwin (Twirling Candy) made her first jump of 2026 a winning one with a game effort in the Twin Bridges Stakes at Ellis Park.

Last seen running a distant eighth in the GII AGS Music City Stakes against a field topped by GISW Shisospicy (Mitole), the George Arnaud-trainee collected that aforementioned Test victory by a neck when she denied Godolphin’s Ragtime (Union Rags) after closing from last in that Saratoga contest August 2025. Before that, she’d won the Leslie’s Lady Stakes at Churchill Downs June 8. She produced her best Beyer figures in those races with a pair of 96s.

Sent off here at 3-1 odds while Bob Baffert-trained Cash Call (McKinzie) took the lion’s share of wagering as the 8-5 favorite, Kilwin bounced hard off of that betting choice coming out of the blocks and backed away from the four-strong scramble for the lead to track from fifth. Stuck behind a wall of runners as they closed ranks coming off the turn, she was screaming for racing room but finally got it as the frontrunners fanned out for the homeward drive. Motoring home best of all, she overhauled Cash Call by midstretch to come in a clear winner. Evanescence (Munnings) held on for third.

Kilwin was purchased by co-owner Rick Howard for $3-million at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

The 3rd running of the $175,000 Twin Bridges Stakes @EllisParkRacing goes to .

The 4yo daughter of Twirling Candy returns to the races for trainer Rusty Arnold and wins convincingly under Edgar Morales.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/ebSnmZupen

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 19, 2026

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Yaupon’s Atlas Major Shows the Way on Colonial Debut

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ATLAS MAJOR (c, 2, Yaupon–Lighter Knot, by Mastery) was made the 8-5 second choice behind even-money favorite Money Man Mike (Bolt d’Oro) for this unveiling, and the betting choices wasted no time stepping out to the front after the break.

Pushed along first by Tiz General (Rock Your World) and then Money Man Mike when that runner began fading, Atlas Major opened a clear advantage arriving at the head of affairs. Kicking away from his pursuers, the son of Yaupon came home smartly to win by 4 1/4 lengths in 1:03.30. Money Man Mike was second by a long margin ahead of Tiz General in a stretched out field.

The victor is the first to the races for Lighter Knot, and is a $75,000 KEESEP yearling pinhook turned $150,000 OBS March 2-year-old for Arno Grether. Atlas Major’s yearling half-sister by Two Phil’s was sold as a weanling in last year’s KEENOV sale for $20,000 to Wave Bloodstock. The dam’s 2026 Domestic Product foal was stillborn.

Lighter Knot is a half to GISP Awake at Midnyte (Nyquist), who sold to Japan’s Lake Villa Farm for $825,000 at the 2023 FTKNOV auction after missing her reserve at the same sale the year prior.

4th-Colonial Downs, $71,850, Msw, 7-19, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.30, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.
ATLAS MAJOR (c, 2, Yaupon–Lighter Knot, by Mastery) Sales history: $75,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo ’26 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. O-West Point Thoroughbreds and Barker, Edwin; B-Forty Oaks (KY); T-Arnaud Delacour.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

pulls away from the MSW competition under jockey @JOCKEYSMARIN to win on debut for trainer Arnaud Delacour and @westpointtbred on Military Appreciation Day.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/MLCqQdyUI7

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 19, 2026

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Kilwin Makes Successful Seasonal Bow in Twin Bridges

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The upset winner of last year’s GI Test Stakes, Kilwin (Twirling Candy) made her first jump of 2026 a winning one with a game effort in the Twin Bridges Stakes at Ellis Park.

Last seen running a distant eighth in the GII AGS Music City Stakes against a field topped by GISW Shisospicy (Mitole), the George Arnaud-trainee collected that aforementioned Test victory by a neck when she denied Godolphin’s Ragtime (Union Rags) after closing from last in that Saratoga contest August 2025. Before that, she’d won the Leslie’s Lady Stakes at Churchill Downs June 8. She produced her best Beyer figures in those races with a pair of 96s.

Sent off here at 3-1 odds while Bob Baffert-trained Cash Call (McKinzie) took the lion’s share of wagering as the 8-5 favorite, Kilwin bounced hard off of that betting choice coming out of the blocks and backed away from the four-strong scramble for the lead to track from fifth. Stuck behind a wall of runners as they closed ranks coming off the turn, she was screaming for racing room but finally got it as the frontrunners fanned out for the homeward drive. Motoring home best of all, she overhauled Cash Call by midstretch to come in a clear winner. Evanescence (Munnings) held on for third.

Kilwin was purchased by co-owner Rick Howard for $3-million at last year’s Keeneland November sale.

The 3rd running of the $175,000 Twin Bridges Stakes @EllisParkRacing goes to .

The 4yo daughter of Twirling Candy returns to the races for trainer Rusty Arnold and wins convincingly under Edgar Morales.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/ebSnmZupen

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 19, 2026

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Yaupon’s Atlas Major Shows the Way on Colonial Debut

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ATLAS MAJOR (c, 2, Yaupon–Lighter Knot, by Mastery) was made the 8-5 second choice behind even-money favorite Money Man Mike (Bolt d’Oro) for this unveiling, and the betting choices wasted no time stepping out to the front after the break.

Pushed along first by Tiz General (Rock Your World) and then Money Man Mike when that runner began fading, Atlas Major opened a clear advantage arriving at the head of affairs. Kicking away from his pursuers, the son of Yaupon came home smartly to win by 4 1/4 lengths in 1:03.30. Money Man Mike was second by a long margin ahead of Tiz General in a stretched out field.

The victor is the first to the races for Lighter Knot, and is a $75,000 KEESEP yearling pinhook turned $150,000 OBS March 2-year-old for Arno Grether. Atlas Major’s yearling half-sister by Two Phil’s was sold as a weanling in last year’s KEENOV sale for $20,000 to Wave Bloodstock. The dam’s 2026 Domestic Product foal was stillborn.

Lighter Knot is a half to GISP Awake at Midnyte (Nyquist), who sold to Japan’s Lake Villa Farm for $825,000 at the 2023 FTKNOV auction after missing her reserve at the same sale the year prior.

4th-Colonial Downs, $71,850, Msw, 7-19, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.30, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.
ATLAS MAJOR (c, 2, Yaupon–Lighter Knot, by Mastery) Sales history: $75,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo ’26 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. O-West Point Thoroughbreds and Barker, Edwin; B-Forty Oaks (KY); T-Arnaud Delacour.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

pulls away from the MSW competition under jockey @JOCKEYSMARIN to win on debut for trainer Arnaud Delacour and @westpointtbred on Military Appreciation Day.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/MLCqQdyUI7

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 19, 2026

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