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Sovereignty, who in 2025 won the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Travers as part of a 5-for-6 campaign, was voted Horse of the Year, capping another big night at the Eclipse Awards for Godolphin, the global racing and breeding operation headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
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Linda Rice’s domination of Aqueduct’s winter meet hit a crescendo Thursday when she won five races on the eight-race card, with her trainees finishing first and second in two of those events.
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Six Speed stands a decent chance of getting on the Kentucky Derby qualifying-points board in the UAE 2000 Guineas on Friday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
2025 Eclipse Awards: Forever Young, Sovereignty, Thorpedo Anna, and more.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, January 23, at Aqueduct.
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Jockeys Umberto Rispoli, the current leader at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, and Mirco Demuro, tied for sixth in the standings through Monday, are riding out of state on Saturday.
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Splendora, who ended her 2025 season with a win in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar in November, is on schedule to start in the Grade 2 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 7.
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The Grade 1 winners Brant and Subsanador had workouts at Santa Anita in recent days, the beginning of comebacks for starts in coming months.
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Nine horses were entered for Saturday's $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes at Gulfstream Park, although the majority of the attention will be focused on just two of them – budding superstars Knightsbridge and Life and Times – who will dominate the wagering in the Grade 3 fixture to be decided at a mile over the main track.
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James Cassidy, who began training in his 40s and had 10 Grade 1 wins in the 2000s and 2010s, died on Wednesday at his home in Monrovia, Calif., his friends said.
