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Defiance, a 4-year-old filly who starts in an allowance race on turf Monday at Del Mar, is out of Grade 1 winner Avenge and a sister to stakes-placed Venganza. Understandably, there are hopes that Defiance can rise to stakes-level competition in coming months.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, November 23, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong fans will finally get the chance to see global superstar Romantic Warrior back on home soil on Sunday (23 November), almost a year after he last stepped out at Sha Tin.
Multiple Group 1-placed in her native Australia, she made an atypical move to opposite seasons in the Northern Hemisphere last year. After starting her United States campaign in Florida, Tutta La Vita comes off a layoff to make her first Kentucky start in Sunday's sixth race at Churchill Downs – and for a new trainer.
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After an impressive comeback win at Churchill, Guns Loaded makes his second start off a layoff in the $300,000 Steel Valley Sprint on Monday at Mahoning Valley.
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On Monday, the 11-year-old gelding Surprsinglyperfect will make the 100th start of his career in a starter allowance at Turf Paradise. He has 28 wins to date, including seven this year, which ranks him among the winningest horses in North America in 2025.
Taylor Made Stallions has launched a statebred initiative program that will support and incentivize clients who breed an out-of-state mare to a selection of the farm's Kentucky stallions, all at crucial points in their careers, and return the mares to their respective states to foal.
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One year after winning her first stakes, Mrs. Astor will try to turn back time Sunday at Del Mar by becoming the first repeat winner of the Grade 3 Red Carpet Stakes.
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Current top 10 freshman sire Leinster and Grade 1 winner Fire At Will will lead the 2026 roster for the debuting Mountain View Farm in Gansevoort, N.Y., north of Saratoga Springs.
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Bango, the winningest horse in recorded Churchill Downs history, will begin his stud career less than two hours north in Indiana.
