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Queen Maxima, Spirited Boss Make Florida-bred Exacta in Santa Anita’s Mizdirection Stakes
Queen Maxima kicked into high gear at the top of the stretch to run down front-runners Princess Moche (Per) and Amorita then held off a fast-closing Spirited Boss to land a Florida-bred exacta in the $102,000 Mizdirection (Listed) at Santa
Six Speedy Fillies, For the Week of May 11-17
Three of this week’s six fastest ran at Laurel on the Preakness weekend undercard. Queen Maxima ran her record to 6-for-8 in Santa Anita turf sprints, with four of those victories coming down the hill. She was the 2-5 favorite
Mullins Sends Queen Maxima, Intrepido to the Farm for Rest
After earning her sixth stakes win in Saturday’s Mizdirection Stakes, Queen Maxima heads for a vacation. “She’s going to the farm,” trainer Jeff Mullins said Sunday morning. “I’ll get her back about halfway through the Del Mar meet and get
Queen Maxima Gets Back on Track With Mizdirection Score
Queen Maxima needed slightly more than a quarter-mile to reestablish her role as California’s leading female turf sprinter in Saturday’s $102,000 Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita. When the field of nine fillies and mares crossed from the hillside turf course
Florida-bred Champion Queen Maxima Wheels Back in Mizdirection
Queen Maxima, the 2025 Florida-bred Champion Turf Female, returns after a trip to Kentucky and a short break of just two weeks in Saturday’s $100,000 Mizdirection at Santa Anita Saturday. Owned by Michele Arthur’s Dutch Girl Holdings and Ruben Islas’
Brad Free’s Santa Anita Horses to Watch for the week of May 8-10
Jeff Mullins trainee posted the top speed figure of the horses Brad Free had his eye on in the week that was at Santa Anita.
Spot Plays for 2026 Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs
Kentucky Oaks Day will have a different twist this year. A later starting time to the Friday card (12:30 p.m.) at Churchill Downs ensures the feature will be run just after sunset, thus the Oaks will be a prime-time, under-the-lights
Kentucky Derby Update: Chief Wallabee Among Six to Post Final Works
Other entrants to log final breezes Sunday morning for the Louisville classic were Potente, Intrepido, Incredibolt, Pavlovian, and Albus.
Potente, Intrepido Set Track Ablaze in Derby Works
Southern California-based trainers are generally known to have their horses work quickly in tune-ups for major stakes races, a philosophy that often stands in contrast to more measured approaches elsewhere. On the morning of April 26 at Churchill Downs, that
Kentucky Derby 2026: Stark Contrast Defects, Intrepido Is In
As expected, trainer Michael McCarthy will point Stark Contrast to the Grade 1 American Turf on the Kentucky Derby undercard rather than run for the roses on May 2. Next up on the Kentucky Derby 2026 eligible list is Intrepido