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Clearly the best female dirt sprinter, and arguably better than any of her male counterparts, Kopion continues on a path to ...
In this week's edition of On Racing, Jay Hovdey recalls great female sprinters of the past and looks at the July 5 Great Lady ...
The top female sprinter meets Sweet Azteca, Super Shine, One Magic Philly, two others in Saturday’s Great Lady M. Stakes.
The ambitious young jockey and the top-ranked female sprinter are favored in Saturday’s Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos.
Sweet Azteca and Kopion are set to meet for the first time, their battle coming in a Los Alamitos stakes named for the D.
A rough morning for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella and Spendthrift Farm gave way to a glorious afternoon on opening day of the Santa Anita Classic Meet on Thursday in Arcadia, Calif. Early ...
Also cutting back, but from a fourth-place finish in the Santa Anita Oaks, Kopion landed her first Grade 1 victory in the La Brea, sizzling to 2 3/4-length win, as a 37-1 longshot.
• Kopion (with jockey Kazushi Kimura) is a heavy, 3-5 favorite on the morning line for the Great Lady M. Stakes on Saturday, but not because her competition is weak in the Grade II sprint.
Kopion put herself on the national radar; she’s No. 8 in this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll, second among females behind 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (No. 4) and ...
Kopion’s layoff, or anything else for that matter, would wind up being of no consequence. Sent off at 37-1, the Omaha Beach filly rolled to a dominant 2 ¾-length victory under Kazushi Kimura ...