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Mansetti, Ontario Derby, King’s Plate Stakes, Woodbine, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Ontario Derby at a Glance

Three-year-olds take center stage in Saturday’s Grade 3 Ontario Derby at Woodbine. The race usually draws a mix of Ontario-bred and U.S.-bred colts and geldings and that’s the case this year, with a field headlined by upset King’s Plate winner Mansetti.

Thorpedo Anna, Kentucky Oaks, Horse of the year, John Sikura, Ken McPeek, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna Officially Retired from Racing

Trainer Kenny McPeek announced Oct. 15 that 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna has been officially retired from racing and will call John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa near Paris, Ky., her home as she embarks on her second career as a broodmare.

The Incomparable Cigar: A Trainer’s Ability to Transform an Athlete into a Champion

Few sports fans ever have the privilege of watching a world-class trainer cultivate a champion athlete—and even fewer fans have the opportunity to witness the development of an elite animal athlete. The transformation of Cigar from a horse that showed modest turf ability to one that developed into a legend on dirt illustrates how critical a trainer’s role can be in our sport.

The transformation of Cigar from a horse that showed modest turf ability to one that developed into a legend on dirt illustrates how critical a trainer’s role can be.

Equibase, earnings, leaderboard, standings, rankings, Lush Lips, Queen Elizabeth II, Challenge Cup, Keeneland, trainer Brendan Walsh, Steve Asmussen, Brad Cox, jockey Flavien Prat, Irad Ortiz, Mark Casse, Time to Dazzle, horse racing, ABR

Equibase Rankings: Standout Turf Filly Lush Lips Moves Up Earnings Leaderboard

With less than three weeks remaining until the 42nd running of the Breeders’ Cup, it was a relatively quiet week across North America in terms of high-prestige races, one exception being the $800,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Presented by Dixiana for 3-year-old fillies Oct. 11 at Keeneland.

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2025 Raven Run Stakes at a Glance

Apparently, there is a multitude of 3-year-old filly sprinters looking for graded stakes honors in their own age bracket before the year ends. That would explain why Saturday’s $400,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes, a Grade 2 stakes at Keeneland, attracted an overflow field of 15 that includes three also-eligible entrants.

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