Two of Mike Smith’s most memorable Breeders’ Cup races were on fillies and mares at Santa Anita. There was Zenyatta’s 2009 Classic victory that Trevor...
The Breeders’ Cup is the main topic this week to start the seventh season of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who has ridden more...
Spendthrift Farm’s homebred dandy Tamara put it in gear early and just kept on going in simply outrunning 11 of her 2-year-old rivals Saturday at Del ...
There is a dry quality to Richard Mandella’s sense of humor that keeps reporters on their toes. The impish glint in his eyes can be sensed even on the...
Oceanport, N.J. Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella seldom sends horses from his Southern California home base to race at Monmouth Park. On Saturday...
As of this writing, not every 3-year-old pointing toward Kentucky Derby 2023 at Churchill Downs has a jockey lined up to pilot him. Oddly en...
With an Eclipse Award for top 3-year-old male perhaps in the balance, Bob Baffert-trained Taiba made one last emphatic appeal for votes Mond...
A winner of this year’s Santa Anita Derby (G1), the Bob Baffert-trained Taiba (6-5) breaks from post 6 and is the morning-line favorite in a field of ...
Already a two-time Grade 1 winner, Taiba will try to add one more Monday when he faces eight other 3-year-olds in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on openin...
Racing’s final Saturday leading up to the 2022 Breeders’ Cup features seven graded stakes across California, Kentucky, and New York. Among them is a n...