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Baffert has all four entries in Robert B. Lewis Stakes
Bob Baffert will win the Feb. 4 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. That's because he trains the only four horses in the race. Only two other trainers nominated a horse to the 1 1/16-mile race, with Baffert supplying 14 nominations, and those trainers...
Havnameltdown wires the San Vicente
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman's Havnameltdown set all the fractions and held stablemate and co-favorite Faustin at bay to the wire to win the GII San Vicente S. by 1 1 /2 lengths at Santa Anita Sunday. Off a tad awkwardly from his inside post,...
Faiza stays perfect in Las Virgenes
A $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic grad, Faiza (Girvin) already had lofty expectations by the time she entered the starting gate for the first time Nov. 12. A popular choice at the betting windows, she put on a 3 1/2-length winning performance that day worthy of a 'TDN...
Newgrange gets up late in San Pasqual
Newgrange caught 7-5 favorite Hopper in deep stretch and edged away to a one-length victory in Saturday’s $202,000 San Pasqual (G2) at Santa Anita. Off as the 4-1 third choice in the nine-horse field, Newgrange earned his first stakes win since opening last year with...
Reincarnate holds off Newgate to win Sham
Topping a Bob Baffert trifecta, REINCARNATE (Good Magic), the co-longest shot on the board at 16-1, held off Newgate (Into Mischief) and favored National Treasure (Quality Road) to steal the GIII Sham S. Fresh off his maiden-breaking score in just his second start on...
Comebacking Hopper looks to fire fresh in San Pasqual
Newgrange and Tripoli are the dangers to the Bob Baffert duo of Hopper and Messier. A 5 1/4-length winner of the four-horse Affirmed Stakes (G3) last June for then-trainer Sean McCarthy, Hopper returns off a series of fast workouts for Hall of Fame trainer Bob...
Faiza and Blessed Touch: Airdrie-bred Girvin fillies meet again in Starlet
Born just a day apart in the same foaling barn, two daughters of Girvin once roamed the same Bluegrass fields in their early days at Airdrie Stud. On Saturday, the duo will meet again as 'TDN Rising Star' Faiza and stakes-placed Blessed Touch enter the starting gate...
Defunded is dominant in Native Diver
Grade I winner Defunded, who skipped a shot at the Breeders' Cup, kept it rolling with a popular score in the GIII Native Diver S. Sunday at Del Mar.Going wire to wire to capture the GI Awesome Again S. last out Oct. 1 in Arcadia, the chestnut was knocked down to...
G1 Winner, Millionaire Pinehurst Sold on F-T Digital
Pinehurst has been purchased by a domestic farm which will announce in due time," Tom Ryan of SF Bloodstock told BloodHorse Nov. 22 after the Fasig-Tipton Pinehurst Flash Sale concluded. The final price was not named, along with the purchaser for the 3-year-old son of...
Havnameltdown gives Bob Baffert 1-2 in Bob Hope
Looking to collect his second graded stakes win of the season, Havnameltdown proved he was up to the task with a professional score over stablemate Newgate in Sunday's GIII Bob Hope S. at Del Mar. One of three Baffert trainees in the short five-horse field,...
Ontario Sire Heritage Series wraps up with Ashbridges Bay and Lake Ontario Stakes
The Ontario Sire Heritage Series concluded Friday at Woodbine with Strega winning the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes and Full Screen taking the $100,000 Lake Ontario Stakes.Sent off as the 9-5 second choice. Strega, with leading rider Kazushi Kimura in the irons,...
Girvin’s Faiza powers to ‘stardom’ at Del Mar
Sent right to the front after a fast beginning by jockey Flavian Prat, FAIZA (Girvin–Sweet Pistol, by Smart Strike), a $725,000 2-year-old purchase by agegent Donato Lanni out of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale, hooked up early with Teena Ella (War Front) and...