Qahira

Gamine Back in a Big Way in Las Flores

ARCADIA, CA – Idle since winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) November 7, Bob Baffert’s Gamine, in what amounted to a paid workout, broke alertly from her rail post and made every…

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Breeders’ Cup Champ Gamine Resurfaces in Sunday’s Las Flores

ARCADIA, CA – Idle since winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) November 7 at Keeneland, Bob Baffert’s brilliant 4-year-old filly Gamine towers over her competition going 6 furlongs in Sunday’s $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. Supplemented at a cost of $2,000, owner Michael Lund… Read More

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Merneith Wins Santa Monica On Front End

ARCADIA, CA – With jockey Edwin Maldonado aboard for the first time, the speedy Merneith was a front-running winner of Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. Merneith and her Bob Baffert stablemate Golden Principal (with Mike Smith aboard) dueled heads apart through fractions of :22.64 and :45.34… Read More

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Santa Monica Preview: Fair Maiden Brings Four La Brea Rivals

ARCADIA, CA – Godolphin homebred Fair Maiden, winner of last December’s La Brea Stakes (G1), brings four rivals from that event into Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. The Santa Monica is a 7-furlong dirt sprint restricted to fillies and mares ages 4 and up. This year’s… Read More

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Qahira Conquers Kalookan Queen

ARCADIA, CA – Baoma Corporation’s Qahira conquered her rivals in Sunday’s $75,000 Kalookan Queen Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Joel Rosario piloted the 3/2 favorite to a 1-length hand-ridden score, her first at the stakes level. She completed the 6 1/2-furlong fast dirt sprint in 1:16.05 after closely stalking the pace.… Read More

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Kalookan Queen Preview: Biddy Duke Makes Speedy Return

ARCADIA, CA – Trainer Doug O’Neill’s fleet-footed Biddy Duke makes a speedy 2-week return to the races for Sunday’s $75,000 Kalookan Queen Stakes. The Kalookan Queen is a 6 1/2-furlong dirt sprint restricted to fillies and mares ages 4 and up. This year’s edition is the penultimate event on a… Read More

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Never Be Enough Captures Kathryn Crosby

DEL MAR, CA – Ronald Charles and Samuel Gordon’s Never Be Enough used a strong rally down the middle of the lane to capture Saturday’s $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes at Del Mar. The Manuel Badilla trainee sat second-to-last in the 7-horse field under Tiago Pereira and watched the 9/5 favorite She’s Our Charm… Read More

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Kathryn Crosby Preview: Ellie Arroway Steps Up

DEL MAR, CA – Hronis Racing’s Ellie Arroway steps up to face stakes rivals for the first time in Saturday’s $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes at Del Mar. The Kathryn Crosby is a 1-mile turf route restricted to fillies and mares 3 and up that have not won a stakes other than state-bred.… Read More

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Into Chocolate Slips by Late to Win Chillingworth

ARCADIA, CA – Pam and Martin Wygod homebred Into Chocolate tipped out at the 1/8 pole and slipped by the front-runners late to win Friday’s $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Into Chocolate broke from post 3 under Umberto Rispoli at 8/1 odds and settled into a stalking position, racing… Read More