by rob_onlion | Nov 24, 2023 | Media
The 2022 Horse of the Year had a strong 2023 campaign and ended the season with a third-place run in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. “She had us out of our seats, the Breeders’ Cup was an exciting race,” said Donato Lanni, curator of the X-Men Racing...
by rob_onlion | Nov 2, 2023 | Media
He’s won the King’s Plate, Woodbine Oaks and Prince of Wales Stakes but a Breeders’ Cup victory would be a crowning achievement for Canadian trainer Kevin Attard. “Being Canadian, the King’s Plate means a lot,” Attard said. “But if you get lucky enough to win a...
by rob_onlion | Nov 1, 2023 | Media
In the 40th edition of the premier event of the North American Thoroughbred horse racing year, the best-of-the-best thoroughbreds face off in 14 G1 races this year at Santa Anita Park in California. Top agent Donato Lanni bought several of the contenders in this...
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...
