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Speightstown’s Prince of Monaco Drives Home As Latest ‘TDN Rising Star’
Living up to both his price tag and his recent workouts, Prince of Monaco (Speightstown–Rainier by Medaglia d'Oro) earned 'TDN Rising Star' billing as the 2-year-old poured on the speed at Los Alamitos on Sunday afternoon en route to a maiden-breaking victory for...
Eda extends win streak to six
Eda, the 19-10 favorite, is now a double graded stakes winner at Los Alamitos after holding off 19-1 shot Chismosa to win the Grade 2, $202,000 Great Lady M. on Tuesday's Independence Day program at the Cypress, Calif., track. Owned by Baoma Corporation and trained...
Fort Bragg makes the grade in heart-stopping Dwyer
Fort Bragg narrowly outslugged the previously unbeaten Saudi Crown to gamely capture Saturday's GIII Dwyer S. at Belmont Park... https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tapits-fort-bragg-makes-the-grade-in-heart-stopping-dwyer/
Muth Speeds To ‘TDN Rising Star’ Status After Flashy Debut
Muth, a $2 million purchase back in March at OBS, certainly lived up to expectations Sunday afternoon at The Great Race Place as he won convincingly in his debut at odds of 1-5 and stamped himself as a newly-minted 'TDN Rising Star' for his efforts......
Hard Spun Colt ‘Rockets’ To Top At Workmanlike OBS June Opener
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training duly marched through its opening session with a $450,000 son of Hard Spun one of three horses to top the $200,000 mark Tuesday in Ocala. Midway through Tuesday's session, Frank Fletcher, bidding...
Arabian Lion gives justify a first Grade I winner in Woody Stephens
Five years ago, Justify became the 13th winner of the Triple Crown with a gate-to-wire victory in the GI Belmont S. The Ashford Stud-based stallion, quite fittingly, celebrated his first Grade I winner as a sire on the Belmont undercard courtesy of 'TDN Rising Star'...
Adare Manor trounces rivals in G2 Santa Margarita
Bob Baffert’s heavily favored Adare Manor didn’t disappoint, as she completely dominated four rivals going a mile and one eighth in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita. Ridden to her third consecutive victory by Juan Hernandez, she got...
Arabian Lion makes Woody Stephens win look easy
Welcome back to Belmont Park Bob Baffert. Making his first local appearance since watching Justify complete a sweep of the Triple Crown with his victory in the Belmont Stakes here five years earlier, Baffert made a triumphant return to New York on Saturday when...
National Treasure on track for Belmont
National Treasure (Quality Road) turned in his first work since winning the May 20 GI Preakness S., going four furlongs in :50.62 (9/15) at Belmont Park Tuesday as he continues preparations for the June 10 GI Belmont S. With jockey John Velazquez up for trainer Bob...
Defunded takes them coast to coast in Gold Cup
Caught late and forced to settle for second when racing for Sean McCarthy in last year's GI Hollywood Gold Cup, Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman's Defunded (Dialed In) wrested command of the 2023 iteration soon after the start and led past every pole to give...
Baffert gets ninth Hollywood Gold Cup win with Defunded
Defunded led throughout the May 29 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) at Santa Anita Park despite a determined Piroli dogging him throughout the 1 1/4 miles. Defunded handed trainer Bob Baffert his ninth victory in the race and the undisputed Gold Cup crown, a title Baffert had...
Baffert earns record eighth Preakness with emotionally charged win
The ABC Wide World of Sports telecast used to kick off with legendary TV host and personality Jim McKay uttering “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.” And never were those atipodal points more evident than they were for trainer Bob Baffert on Pimlico's...