Taiba puts it all together in Pennsylvania Derby romp
After inexperience arguably cost him in his Haskell (G1) near-miss, Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba was a savvier operator in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1). […]
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Cave Rock blitzes to stakes record in Del Mar Futurity
Cave Rock conquered Sunday’s $302,000 Del Mar Futurity in stakes-record time, completing the second half of a juvenile Grade 1 double for late sire Arrogate. […]
Royal Ship sails past Country Grammer in San Diego
Dubai World Cup (G1) hero Country Grammer was sent off as the 2-1 favorite in his comeback in Saturday’s San Diego H. (G2), but his old archrival Royal Ship was too sharp in the 1 1/16-mile test. […]
American Theorem springs Triple Bend upset; Bran, Cairo Memories take turf stakes
American Theorem nipped an ultra-game Principe Carlo in the Triple Bend (G2), as the 3-10 favorite Brickyard Ride faded at Santa Anita. […]
Taiba floors Messier in Santa Anita Derby
It was no surprise that trainer Tim Yakteen won Saturday’s $750,500 Santa Anita Derby (G1). Less expected was the fact that it was Taiba. […]
Going Global, Brooke Marie, Cairo Memories star on Santa Anita turf
In the trio of graded turf stakes on Santa Anita Derby Day, Going Global made it look easy in her Royal Heroine (G2) comeback, Kentucky invader Brooke Marie plundered the Monrovia (G2), and Cairo Memories wired the Providencia (G3). […]
Corniche takes them all the way in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
DEL MAR, Calif. — They say that anything can happen in a horse race, but every so often the results play out exactly how it looks on paper. […]
Corniche lives up to billing in BC WAYI American Pharoah
Odds-on favorite Corniche stamped his Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) ticket in Friday’s American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita, and fellow unbeaten One Timer captured the Speakeasy S., a “Win and You’re In” for the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2). […]
Pinehurst gives Baffert 15th Del Mar Futurity
Double-handed in pursuit of his 15th win in the Del Mar Futurity (G1), trainer Bob Baffert succeeded with his ostensible second-stringer, Pinehurst, as the odds-on Murray disappointed. […]
Classier fends off Defunded in Baffert exacta in Los Alamitos Derby
Bob Baffert was virtually certain to win the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) for the fifth straight year on Sunday. […]