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Tamara , Sweet Azteca , and Mystik Dan   are among the notable Breeders’ Cup scratches at Del Mar from racing Nov. 1. The scratches of the Richard Mandella-trained Tamara and the Richard Baltas-trained Sweet Azteca remove the two morning-line favorites from the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). The former had been 7-2 on the morning line,…

Zarigana  remains the winner of the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, G1) after the appeal lodged by connections of Shes Perfect  was unsuccessful. The race-day stewards at Longchamp judged that Shes Perfect came off a straight line at Longchamp, carrying Ryan Moore on Exactly across Zarigana, interference they deemed to have cost…

“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”—Steven Wright The two Del Mar meets have just ended, both successful by conventional measures. The customary season was highlighted by the whopping victory of Fierceness  in the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) and the four-peat of Gold Phoenix  in the Del Mar Handicap (G2T)….

It is commonplace for sharp-dressed trainer Todd Pletcher to be wearing a tie on a stakes afternoon. But on Nov. 1, Breeders’ Cup Saturday, the one he was sporting at Del Mar carried some personal significance. It belonged to his friend and mentor, D. Wayne Lukas, who died this summer at the age of 89….

Burnham Square  came up short of winning his third straight victory of the 2024-25 Championship Meet when finishing fourth in the $401,650 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1, but trainer Ian Wilkes is forging ahead with the Liam’s Map   gelding on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. After breaking his maiden,…

April 8, 2025 12:56 PM 3:55 Performing his first breeze since finishing third in the March 29 Arkansas Derby (G1), Rebel Stakes (G2) winner Coal Battle recorded a half-mile in :48 2/5 at Churchill Downs April 8. Assistant trainer and exercise rider Bethany Taylor discusses the breeze as the…