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Into Mischief Filly Second to Seven Figures at Keeneland

A filly by Into Mischief became the second seven-figure yearling of the Keeneland September sale when selling for $1.25 million Monday in Lexington. Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, standing alongside trainer Bob Baffert, made the winning bid on behalf of Frank...

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Cave Rock Rolls in Runhappy Del Mar Futurity

Following up on a giant, 'TDN Rising Star'-worthy debut,Watson, Weitman and Pegram's Cave Rock (Arrogate) made it a sweep of the weekend main-track juvenile Grade Is for his late sire and gave trainer Bob Baffert an unprecedented 16th victory in the GI Runhappy Del...

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Bayern’s Speed Boat Beach Motors Home to New Track Record

Speed Boat Beach stepped out in sharp fashion on unveiling here, taking a field of 10 gate to wire and establishing a new track record of 1:01.86 in the process as the 2-1 second choice behind even-money Hejazi (Bernardini). The latter was the $3.55 million EASMAY...

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Eyeing a Championship with War Like Goddess

With a sterling race record that befits her very distinctive name all wrapped in an engaging story, War Like Goddess (English Channel) is an impossible-to-ignore race mare bidding for a championship. At the June 2019 OBS sale, bloodstock agent Donato Lanni purchased...

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Carmel Road Impressive in Maiden Win

SF Racing, Starlight Racing, and Madaket Stables celebrated another winner from their $650,000 purchase of Carmel Road . The Quality Road colt, who is campaigned with multiple other partners, won his second start for trainer Bob Baffert when he took a one-mile maiden...

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Ghostzapper’s Moira Crushes Colts in Queen’s Plate

Heading into the 163rd Queen's Plate, most of the pre-race talk swirled around X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables and SF Racing's Moira (Ghostzapper), and her pre-Woodbine Oaks antics that led to her ultimately running, and romping, without hind shoes. Keeping her shoes–if...

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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...

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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 little over...

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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 long after...

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