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Trainer Sean McCarthy was set to pass the proverbial baton back to Bob Baffert following Saturday's $100,000 Affirmed Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita, as his one-two finishers, Hopper and High Connection, will be returning to the currently suspended Baffert early next...

Lightly raced Hopper, the lone speed in a four-horse field, stretched to two turns following a maiden sprint victory to wire the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds on Saturday at Santa Anita. Hopper broke like a shot under Abel Cedillo, established a comfortable...

Moira, making her three-year-old debut, swooped to the lead in early stretch to take the $125,000 Stella Artois Fury Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. A bay daughter of Ghostzapper-Devine Aida, Moira, bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, notched her second win from three...

Led by a $725,000 Uncle Mo filly, the second day of selling at the 2022 Ocala Breeders' Sales June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale June 8 saw 217 horses change hands. Agent Donato Lanni purchased the top-priced juveniles of the day: the filly by Uncle Mo and...

Tom Ryan is quite happy to channel his inner Canadian leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Ryan, who also heads SF Bloodstock, is thrilled to know Messier will have a legion of fans across Canada cheering on the son of Empire Maker this Saturday. The horse named after...

Trainer Kevin Attard serves up three interesting facts about the Ontario-bred bay filly and rising star Moira, a top contender for this year’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser. "You get really excited when you have a two-year-old that has an ‘ON’ beside...

Sportsnet - Back in May of 1994, Hockey Hall of Fame legend Mark Messier made one of the boldest guarantees in sports. With the New York Rangers facing elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final against the New Jersey Devils, the captain guaranteed his team...

Making her 2022 debut, George Krikorian’s War Like Goddess surged between Breeze Rider and Family Way to take the lead and post a 1 3/4-length victory in the 60th running of the $300,000 Bewitch (G3) on closing day of Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet. The victory was...

It is no secret why Hip 503 would make the shortlist of any prospective buyer. The gray or roan colt by Curlin is out of the multiple grade 1 winner Hard Not to Like , and he provided an emphatic glimpse of what his future on the racetrack could look like with a...

Any time a horse sells for seven figures at public auction is a cause for celebration for consignors and breeders alike. For Torie Gladwell of Top Line Sales, the $1 million sale of a bay filly by American Pharoah to agent Donato Lanni during the second session of the...

Hall of Famer Bob Baffert picked up yet another rich prize Feb. 26 as he shipped Pinehurst  halfway around the world and was rewarded with a game victory in the $1.5 million Saudi Derby Presented by Al Rajhi Bank (G3) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, Saudi...

Baoma Corp.'s Ganadora installed the 6-5 choice in this first go, slugged it out early with So It Would Seem (Honor Code), but was peerless in the stretch, running away to win by an impressive 6 1/2-length margin over 2-1 second choice Lady T (Into Mischief).  A $1...