Red Oak Dispersal Adds Quality to F-T Winter Mixed Sale
The product of late owner/breeder Stephen Brunetti's love for horses will be on display when his family's homebred grade 1 winner Unbridled Mo and her yearling colt by Curlin enter the ring Feb. 3 at ...
Fair Grounds Track Photographer Lou Hodges Retires
Since 1976, second-generation track photographer Lou Hodges Jr. has captured horse racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, and at age 76, he has decided to retire. ...
Eclatant Leads Cox Exacta in Forward Gal Stakes
A classic pace meltdown in the Feb. 1 $155,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) played right into the hands of a waiting Eclatant, who exerted her superiority late with a 1 1/4-length score....
Burnham Square Rallies to Victory in Holy Bull Stakes
A less-than-ideal break from the gate forced jockey Edgard Zayas to change his plan of attack with Whitham Thoroughbreds' homebred Burnham Square, who nevertheless persevered to capture the $250,000 H...
El Potente, Rashmi Notch First Stakes Victories
A month into 2025, trainer Dan Blacker is back winning graded stakes in California, this time with My Way Racing's El Potente, who blitzed a mile on firm turf in 1:32.39 in taking the $102,000 Thunde...
Citizen Bull Delivers in 2025 Return in Robert B. Lewis
In winning his 13th Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) and seventh straight, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert best summed up the performance from Citizen Bull during a postrace television interview, saying, ...
Kopion Emulates Sire Omaha Beach in Santa Monica Win
In defeating three tough runners from the Bob Baffert barn in the Santa Monica Stakes (G2), Kopion reminded her trainer, Richard Mandella, of her sire, Omaha Beach, also a Mandella trainee....
Captain Cook Takes Withers in Stakes Debut
Perhaps in two months trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. will start focusing on the Kentucky Derby (G1). For now anyway, he's quite content to know he has an exciting 3-year-old in Captain Cook who can be pointe...