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The eyes of North American Thoroughbred fans and breeders are on the international stallion markets as much as they’ve ever been, with two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, and likely Eclipse Award winner Bricks and Mortar all set to stand in Japan for the 2020 breeding season. Foreign interest […]

Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Drefong has been retired from racing and will take up stallion duties at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan, according to a statement released by the Baoma Corporation of Susan and Charles Chu, who owned the champion colt. Drefong is a 4-year-old colt by Gio Ponti out of the Ghostzapper mare, Eltimaas. Trained […]

Trainer Bob Baffert said all 11 of his Breeders’ Cup horses came out of their races in fine shape. The Baffert stable finished the weekend with four seconds – Collected (Classic), Solomon (Sentient Jet Juvenile), Alluring Star (14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies) and Abel Tasman (Longines Distaff) and a third – West Coast (Classic) – […]

Gary Hartunian and David Bernsen’s Roy H gave trainer Peter Miller his second-ever Breeders’ Cup win in the Sprint this Saturday at Del Mar. The win goes along with Hartunian and Miller’s victory earlier on the card in the Turf Sprint with Stormy Liberal. Roy H, ridden by Kent Desormeaux for his sixth Breeders’ Cup […]

Calculator – “He went super, really good,” said trainer Peter Miller after Calculator, one of his two prospects for the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint, sped 5f in 59 4/5 over Del Mar’s main track Monday. “I was looking for maybe a minute or 1:01, but he went really well and did it easy.” Miller’s other […]

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a four-wide contingent headed for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar: defending champion Arrogate, Pacific Classic winner Collected, Travers/Pennsylvania Derby winner West Coast, and Awesome Again winner Mubtaahij. “It’s a pretty strong group that I have in the Classic,” Baffert told thoroughbredracing.com in an interview this week. […]

Defending Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Drefong looks as though he’ll have his hands full in two weeks’ time with a pair of East Coast-based sprinters, Mind Your Biscuits and Imperial Hint. Both recorded their penultimate breezes on Saturday. Multiple graded stakes winner Mind Your Biscuits breezed four furlongs in 47.88 seconds in company shortly after the renovation […]

Gun Runner, expected to vie for favoritism with Arrogate in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 4, worked five furlongs on Santa Anita’s fast main track Monday in 1:01.60. “He had good rhythm, looked good and felt good coming off the race track,” said Scott Blasi, assistant to Steve Asmussen, who was on hand for the 6:45 a.m. drill. “He’ll […]

OwnerView announced today that Charles and Susan Chu, who race under Baoma Corporation, have been chosen as the 2017 New Owner of the Year, presented by Fasig-Tipton, which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who has been successful in the sport and has had a positive impact on the industry. The award will be presented during […]

Dos de los principales caballos de la poderosa cuadra de Bob Baffert trabajaron el martes 26 en la arena de Santa Anita, exhibiendo muy buena condición a medida que se preparan para la Breeders’ Cup dentro de cinco semanas en Del Mar. El veloz Drefong, que defenderá su título en la Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), […]