Sweet Azteca topped not one but two outstanding female sprinters when the 5-year-old mare won the strongest race of Los ...

A little more than six months ago, it looked like trainer Richard Mandella had an emerging star ready for a start in the ...

The ambitious young jockey and the top-ranked female sprinter are favored in Saturday’s Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos.

Sweet Azteca overcame a nine-month layoff to conquer sprint division queen Kopion with an eye-popping victory in the $200,500 ...

Sweet Azteca Lowers Own Los Alamitos Track Record In Great Lady M Repeat originally appeared on Paulick Report. Sweet Azteca ...

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 ...

In a showdown of two of the top female sprinters in California, SWEET AZTECA (m, 5, Sharp Azteca–Sosweetitiz, by Grand Slam) got the better of 1-5 favorite Kopion (Omaha Beach) in the GII Great Lady M ...

Kopion swept to the front passing the eighth pole and drew off for a 3-length victory over Hope Road in the 39th running of the $1 million Derby City Distaff Presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery ...

Kopion drew post 6, Sweet Azteca post 2. There’s no show wagering. The race is the eighth of nine on the second-to-last day of Los Alamitos’ early summer thoroughbred meet.

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 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 first ...

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 ...