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Pinehurst Takes Them Gate To Wire In Saudi Derby
The Saudi Derby had been won by horses based in Japan in each of its first two runnings and the island nation swept the first three races on Saturday's Saudi Cup undercard. Pinehurst (Twirling Candy) had his full battling qualities on display and withstood a late...
Adare Manor dominates in Las Virgenes
Michael Lund Petersen's Adare Manor, fresh off a 12-length maiden special weight tour de force, turned in another breathtaking performance in the Feb. 6 $196,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo glided to the wire...
Messier bounces back and blows them away in Bob Lewis
Messier gave trainer Bob Baffert and jockey John Velazquez their second dominant graded winner of the afternoon when he flew home an unchallenged victor of the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita Sunday. There was no running down Messier, who galloped home by 15...
Blackadder Edges Mackinnon in El Camino Real Derby
Trainer Bob Baffert took home his third El Camino Real Derby trophy when the lightly-raced Blackadder blitzed by slow-starting Mackinnon in deep stretch to win by a neck. The second choice was Blackadder, one of many talented 3-year-olds Hall of Famer Baffert has...
Baffert’s Other Horse Wins Palos Verdes
A lightly raced, once-pricey juvenile trained by Bob Baffert won the GIII Palos Verdes S: the $300,000 OBS April 2-year-old Essential Wager (Honor Code) who was making his stakes debut after riding a two-race win streak. "This horse is getting better and better, he...
Violence’s Newgrange Stays Perfect in Southwest
Unbeaten Newgrange (Violence) found his best stride late to justify 3-2 favoritism in Oaklawn's $750,000 GIII Southwest S. “We saw he had a different dimension today, the way the race set up,” said trainer Bob Baffert, who tied Bob Holthus's record five wins in this...
Drefong Ends 2021 as Japan’s Leading Freshman Sire
Drefong has been crowned Japan's champion freshman sire of 2021, which includes statistics from regional racing conducted by the National Association of Racing. Drefong won six of nine starts, including the Ketel One Kings Bishop Stakes (G1) and TwinSpires Breeders'...
Newgrange: ‘New’ Year, Same Story in Sham
Already with a record seven GIII Sham S. trophies, including the two prior runnings and three of the last four, trainer Bob Baffert and the ever-present ownership group nicknamed The Avengers celebrated another big score Saturday at Santa Anita with front-running...
Newgrange Tops 1-2 Finish for Baffert in Sham
His 3-year-olds may not be eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby, but trainer Bob Baffert surely has an abundance of horses with the potential to be Triple Crown contenders in any other year. He added the winner and runner-up in another Road to the Kentucky Derby...
Shaaz: Sales-Topping Uncle Mo Colt Makes Successful Debut
Shaaz, the better fancied of a pair of debuting 3-year-olds for trainer Bob Baffert overcame his inexperience and overhauled his barnmate Hopkins (Quality Road) in the dying strides to graduate by a half-length Sunday at Santa Anita. Shaaz, a $185,000 buyback at the...
‘Doppel’ Vision: Another Rising Star for Into Mischief
Doppelganger (Into Mischief) never felt a crack of jockey Flavien Prat's whip and cruised home a 3 1/2-length winner to become yet another 'TDN Rising Star' for his all-conquering sire. A remarkable 29th Rising Star for Into Mischief, Doppelganger is bred on the same...
Eda Owner Susan Chu and Trainer Bob Baffert (Post Victory Interview)
Interview with owner Susan Chu of Baoma Corp. and trainer Bob Baffert following Eda's victory in the G1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos on December 4, 2021. Thanks to Bob for the shout-out: "Donato Lanni, he found this filly and bought her, he gets the praise."...