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Not This Time Colt Faran Gets It Done On Los Al Debut
Zedan Racing Stable's Faran (Not This Time) made for a triumphant return to the saddle for Umberto Rispoli, coming away in the final half-furlong to take his career debut Saturday afternoon at Los Alamitos Race Course. Off as the 3-5 jolly, the $3.4-million...
Magnitude Takes Clash Of the Titans In Stephen Foster
The year of Jose Ortiz continues. After guiding home Golden Tempo (Curlin) to a pair of Classic wins earlier this spring, Ortiz steered Winchell Thoroughbred's Magnitude (Not This Time) to a statement-making, 1 1/4-length front-running victory in Saturday's highly...
Dubai World Cup Winner Magnitude Wins Thrilling $2 Million Stephen Foster
n what was billed as the “Summer Showdown” featuring North America’s top older horses, Dubai World Cup (Grade I) winner Magnitude led every step of the way and defeated Grade I Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza by 1 ¼ lengths to thrill onlookers in Saturday’s 45th...
Into Mischief’s Hughes Blasts Home a Debut Winner at Los Al
Making his debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, Hughes (Into Mischief–K P Dreamin, by Union Rags) justified his 3-5 favoritism to win by open lengths thus become a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' at Los Alamitos on Sunday afternoon. Brushing slightly...
‘Rising Star’ Explora Turns All Challengers Away to Win Leslie’s Lady
"TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Explora (Blame) returned to her winning ways on Sunday with a confident victory in the Leslie's Lady Stakes at Churchill Downs. Off here at even-money, Explora found herself in a familiar position at the head of affairs, but had...
Nyquist’s Nysos ‘Miles’ Best In Hill ‘n’ Dale Met
Given a masterful ride from two-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Flavien Prat, 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (h, 5, Nyquist–Zetta Z, by Bernardini) overcame a bit of a tricky trip, but pulled clear from a furlong and a half out to post an impressive victory in Saturday's...
Usha Ekes Out Win Over Zeitlos in Churchill’s Winning Colors
Despite being the sole Grade I winner in the field, Usha (Tiz the Law) entered Monday's GIII Winning Colors Stakes as the 2-1 second choice behind 8-5 choice Kapoor (Uncle Mo), victorious in her four most recent starts. While the latter was significantly compromised...
$10.5-Million Flightline Colt Arrives at Baffert Barn
The Flightline colt who sold for a record-setting $10.5 million at the OBS Spring sale Friday arrived at the Southern California barn of trainer Bob Baffert Saturday night shortly before 9 p.m. Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the sales ticket for the colt on...
Unbeaten Taj Mahal Romps in Preakness Qualifier at Laurel
Taj Mahal (Nyquist) led them every step of the way while making his two-turn debut to romp in the $150,000 Federico Tesio S. at Laurel Park, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the GI Preakness Stakes. The 6-5 favorite cleared the field of 10 from his outside draw and...
OBS History Made: Zedan Buys Flightline Colt For Record-Shattering $10.5 Million
There's breaking records, and then there's what happened midway through Friday's final session at OBS April. After a week of build up, the bidding came to a head as a son of Flightline (hip 1056) absolutely demolished the OBS record, selling to Amr Zedan for an...
Into Mischief’s Cornucopian Sizzles with San Carlos Win
Cornucopian (Into Mischief) looked like he might be something special very early in his career. While it would ultimately take five tries to garner black-type, the striking colt checked that box in style on Sunday, running off to a scortching victory in Santa Anita's...
Not This Time’s Magnitude Denies Forever Young In Dubai World Cup
When Dubai welcomed the world to old Nad Al Sheba Racecourse for the first time in 1996, 'America's Horse' Cigar repelled what seemed an inevitable challenge from compatriot Soul of the Matter to help cement His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Makoum's goal of...