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...
by rob_onlion | Oct 1, 2023 | Media
To see Adare Manor (f, 4, Uncle Mo–Brooklynsway, by Giant Gizmo) gallop out after Santa Anita’s GII Zenyatta S. was to see a filly who looked like she was pretty proud of herself. Indeed, she should have been. The Zenyatta was Adare Manor’s fifth straight...
by rob_onlion | Oct 1, 2023 | Media
Adare Manor did just what she was supposed to do in the Oct. 1 Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita, gliding home an easy winner. Her facile triumph over three others likely earned her a chance in the Breeders’ Cup, according to trainer Bob Baffert. Donato Lanni...
