by rob_onlion | Oct 29, 2023 | Media
On a dank, rainy afternoon in flood-soaked New York, Krikorian took down a pair of grade 1 races in the space of 30 minutes. First up was War Like Goddess , Krikorian’s veteran race mare who proved she has plenty left in the tank, bouncing back from a pair of...
by rob_onlion | Oct 20, 2023 | Media
Leading 3-year-old Arabian Lion, who became Justify’s first Grade 1 winner after capturing this year’s G1 Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont Park, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Spendthrift Farm for the 2024 breeding season. His...
by rob_onlion | Oct 7, 2023 | Media
Zedan Racing Stable’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Muth (c, 2, Good Magic–Hoppa, by Uncle Mo), second as the heavy favorite after pressing a blistering pace in the GIII Best Pal S. Aug. 13, showed a new dimension by coming off the pace while making his two-turn...
by rob_onlion | Oct 7, 2023 | Media
George Krikorian’s War Like Goddess reeled in runaway pacesetter So High to defeat males for a second straight year in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, a 1 1/2-mile outer turf test for 3-year-olds and up, at Belmont at the Big A. Bred in Kentucky...
by rob_onlion | Oct 7, 2023 | Media
For the second year in a row, the fabulous 6-year-old mare War Like Goddess beat the guys in the 1 1/2-mile turf stakes as she prepped for a return trip to the Breeders’ Cup Turf by recording a decisive 4 1/2-length victory Oct. 7 at Aqueduct Racetrack and...