by rob_onlion | Feb 26, 2022 | Media
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert picked up yet another rich prize Feb. 26 as he shipped Pinehurst halfway around the world and was rewarded with a game victory in the $1.5 million Saudi Derby Presented by Al Rajhi Bank (G3) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, Saudi...
by rob_onlion | Feb 26, 2022 | Media
Baoma Corp.’s Ganadora installed the 6-5 choice in this first go, slugged it out early with So It Would Seem (Honor Code), but was peerless in the stretch, running away to win by an impressive 6 1/2-length margin over 2-1 second choice Lady T (Into Mischief). A...
by rob_onlion | Feb 26, 2022 | Media
The Saudi Derby had been won by horses based in Japan in each of its first two runnings and the island nation swept the first three races on Saturday’s Saudi Cup undercard. Pinehurst (Twirling Candy) had his full battling qualities on display and withstood a...
by rob_onlion | Feb 6, 2022 | Media
Michael Lund Petersen’s Adare Manor, fresh off a 12-length maiden special weight tour de force, turned in another breathtaking performance in the Feb. 6 $196,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo glided to the...
by rob_onlion | Feb 6, 2022 | Media
Messier gave trainer Bob Baffert and jockey John Velazquez their second dominant graded winner of the afternoon when he flew home an unchallenged victor of the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita Sunday. There was no running down Messier, who galloped home by 15...
