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

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

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

Sweet Azteca bested her own stakes and track record and defeated fellow Grade 1 winner and 1-5 favorite Kopion by a clear ...

The top female sprinter meets Sweet Azteca, Super Shine, One Magic Philly and two others in Saturday’s $200,000 Great Lady M.

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 ...

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

• 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 ...