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Moira Named Horse of the Year at Sovereign Awards
The Jockey Club of Canada hosted the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony during the evening of April 13, when Moira was awarded the night's most prestigious prize as Canada's 2022 Horse of the Year. Last year during her 3-year-old season for owners X-Men Racing,...
Moira Takes Home Canadian Horse Of The Year Honors
Moira (Ghostzapper), dominant winner against males in last year's Queen's Plate S., took home both Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old honors at the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony hosted by the Jockey Club of Canada on Thursday. Owned by X-Men Racing,...
Baffert’s California Invader Hopper Takes Oaklawn Mile
Hopper made his first start outside of California a winning one as he drew away from his competition to win Saturday's $400,000 Oaklawn Mile (G3) for owners Lanni Bloodstock, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC....
Hopper captures Mile Stakes at Oaklawn
In his first start outside of California April 1, the Bob Baffert-trained Hopper thrived over the Oaklawn Park oval, turning back challenges from graded stakes winners Caddo River and Smile Happy to capture the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3). Purchased by...
Lanni locks in $2 million Good Magic for Zedan on day two at OBS
The second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale on Tuesday saw fireworks at the end of the day. A bidding duel between trainer Steve Asmussen and agent Donato Lanni kept climbing, reaching a fever pitch at $2 million for a son of...
Lanni strikes early at OBS with $1M Munnings filly
The fireworks kicked off early March 22 during the third and final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale with agent Donato Lanni extending to $1 million on behalf of Frank Fletcher Racing Operations for Hip 558, a standout...
Good Magic colt goes to Zedan for $2M to top OBS on Day 2
The numbers just kept climbing up as bidding intensified between trainer Steve Asmussen and agent Donato Lanni alongside trainer Bob Baffert on Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale with all eyes of Hip 546, a Good Magic colt consigned...
Faiza stays perfect in Santa Ysabel
Michael Lund Peterson's Faiza (Girvin) kept her record perfect in tact–and gave her sire his second graded win of the weekend–with a stylish victory in the GIII Santa Ysabel S. at Santa Anita Sunday. Sent off the 4-5 favorite, the bay filly tracked pacesetting...
Donato Lanni: ‘Every Sale, I Fall in Love With Horses Again’
Lanni has found a litany of champions-many for his great friend and collaborator, Bob Baffert, from Arrogate to Authentic; but also plenty for other barns, lately including Canadian champion Moira and a fresh name on the Derby trail in Rocket Can (Into Mischief). So,...
Hopkins delivers in Palos Verdes
A day after landing the Santa Monica Stakes (G2) with Fun to Dream and the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) with Newgate , trainer Bob Baffert kept rolling Feb. 5 with Hopkins ' winning performance in the $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Hopkins, a...
Newgate last to first in Robert B. Lewis
In a sport often built upon uncertainty, the latest renewal of the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. offered one foregone conclusion–a Bob Baffert-trained 3-year-old would emerge victorious. With only four horses–all trained by Baffert–going postward in Saturday's sophomore...
Rocket Can blasts into derby picture with Holy Bull win
One week after teaming up to win the Jan. 28 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) at Gulfstream Park with Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado experienced another Saturday success there Feb. 4, this time...