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Wise Dan: How One Racehorse Defined What It Means to Be a Champion

What defines a champion?

Is it talent; the raw ability that gives an athlete the ability to excel in their sport? Is it accomplishments; the record of achievements that their talent enables them to compile? Or is it something else entirely; an innate desire to perform as well as possible and give your all every time you compete?

Native Diver Stakes, Del Mar, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Native Diver Stakes at a Glance

The Native Diver Stakes is named after one of the greatest California-breds of all time, a fan favorite whose blend of speed, stamina, and durability led to three straight wins in the Hollywood Gold Cup from 1965 to 1967.

Equibase, earnings, standings, leaderboard, jockeys, horses, trainers, Irad Oritz, Flavien Prat, Shred the Gnar, Fionn, Laurelin, Jockey Club Oaks, Chilukki Stakes, fillies, Brad Cox, horse racing, Chad Brown, Brad Cox, ABR

Equibase Standings: Irad Ortiz Jr. Closes Earnings Gap with 15-Win Week

The big mover in Equibase’s rankings of earnings for North America-based racehorses, trainers, and jockeys last week was Irad Ortiz Jr. The five-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey delivered a dominant week, more than doubling any competitor’s win total, and pushed his 2025 earnings past $36.7 million.

Horse racing, racetrack, Gulfstream Park, Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Tampa Bay Downs, Fair Grounds, Oaklawn Park, Woodbine, Los Alamitos, Santa Anita Park, Del Mar, turf, Kentucky Derby, preps, ABR

Focus Shifts for Top-Class Horse Racing as Autumn Turns to Winter

This is a season of change in horse racing, and we’re not just talking about the weather. Horseplayers see that change is in the air on several racing circuits around the country as many high-profile race meets come to an end just as new ones are ready to get started. Here is what’s happening in horse racing with Thanksgiving approaching as the calendar gets ready to flip to December.

Aqueduct

Azeri wins the 2004 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.

2002 Horse of the Year Azeri: A Standard of Excellence

Allen E. Paulson and his family are no doubt best known in Thoroughbred racing for owning the great champion Cigar, one of the sport’s most brilliant males.

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