Moira Dominates Queen’s Plate in Track-Record Time

Running Aug. 21 in the iconic $1 million Queen’s Plate Stakes at Woodbine, Moira put on a display to match her 10 ¾-length victory last month in the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, rolling to a seven-length victory over Hall of Dreams in the 163rd edition of the...

Baffert’s Havnameltdown Dominant in Best Pal

With only his maiden win as preparation for graded stakes company, Bob Baffert trainee Havnademeltdown did not bat an eye Aug. 14 at Del Mar, taking the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G3) in effortless style as the 1-2 favorite. The colt’s first race was only a...

Arrogate Colt ‘Rock’ Solid in ‘Rising Star’ Debut

Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman and trainer Bob Baffert unveiled a potentially important juvenile in Saturday’s seventh race from Del Mar, as Cave Rock (c, 2, Arrogate–Georgie’s Angel, by Bellamy Road) took the race by the scruff of the neck not...

Baffert and Lanni Go Big for ‘Quality’ Filly

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and agent Donato Lanni, acting on behalf of an undisclosed client, added a big-ticket item to his future roster when stretching to $1.8 million to land a Quality Road half-sister to GI Spinaway S. heroine Sweet Loretta (Tapit) late in...

Naughty Gal Takes Long Way Home in Adirondack Stakes

As the promising 2-year-old filly Naughty Gal barreled into the stretch at Saratoga Race Course in the $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G3) Aug. 7, she got a little, well, naughty.  When Naughty Gal wandered, it appeared as though the Mark Casse-trained Janis Joplin would...

War Like Goddess Earns Glens Falls Repeat

To no surprise, it was 2-5 favorite War Like Goddess who sailed home first in the $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes (G2T) Aug. 6 at Saratoga Race Course, taking the 1 1/2 mile turf event for the second year in a row. War Like Goddess won the Glens Falls in 2021, a year in...