Richard Mandella

Abel Tasman Rallies Late to Win G1 Kentucky Oaks

LOUISVILLE, KY – China Horse Club and Clearsky Farms’ Abel Tasman rallied from far back and then held off a late bid from Daddys Lil Darling by 1 1/4 lengths to […]

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Paradise Woods Destroys G1 Santa Anita Oaks, Heads to Kentucky Oaks

ARCADIA, CA — A maiden winner in her second start going 5 1/2 furlongs on March 11, Paradise Woods took the 78th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks by […] Read More

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Bal a Bali Flies Late to Edge What a View in G1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile

ARCADIA, CA – Bal a Bali won the Grade 1, $400,345 Frank E. Kilroe Mile by a head over defending champion What a View. Ridden by Javier Castellano and trained by […] Read More

Breeders' Cup

Beholder Beats Songbird by Nose in Epic Breeders’ Cup Distaff

ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2016) – Spendthrift Farm’s brilliant mare Beholder ($8.60) nipped the previously undefeated by Songbird by a nose to win the 33rd running of the $2 million Longines […] Read More

Track Reports

Beholder Turns in Final Breeze for Pacific Classic

Spendthrift Farm’s Beholder turned in her final bit of serious exercise in front of the $1-million TVG Pacific Classic this Saturday when she worked a half mile on Tuesday morning […] Read More

Track Reports

Del Mar Stable Notes: California Chrome, Dortmund Put in Final Works for Pacific Classic

California Chrome and Dortmund, the 1-2 finishers at the end of a heart rate-accelerating stretch duel in the San Diego Handicap on July 23, put in their final works Sunday […] Read More

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Beholder Back on Worktab, Pacific Classic ‘Possible’

Defending TVG Pacific Classic champion Beholder breezed five furlongs in 59 seconds Wednesday morning under Gary Stevens, 10 days away from the signature race of the Del Mar summer meeting. […] Read More

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Beholder Loss Leaves Mandella With a Classic Decision

Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella was calm and, to borrow a Del Mar marketing phrase, “cool as ever” Sunday morning, about 12 hours after Beholder’s hard-fought loss to Stellar […] Read More

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Stellar Wind Upsets 1-9 Favored Beholder in G1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes

In a stunning upset, Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind, the Eclipse Award winner as champion three-year-old filly of 2015, outran 1-9 favored Beholder in the stretch to win the featured Grade […] Read More

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Clement Hirsch Preview: Beholder Preps for the Pacific Classic

Champion Stellar Wind and three other older fillies and mares were entered Wednesday morning to face mighty Beholder in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. Post position draw […] Read More