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

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

Fourth of July weekend horse racing featured Grade I turf action at Saratoga, the Iowa and Indiana derbies, a heavyweight ...

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

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

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

In this year's race for trainer Richard Baltas, Sweet Azteca had no trouble in a repeat performance, sprinting out to lead ...

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 ...

Horse racing notes: Kopion vs. Sweet Azteca tops bill for Los Alamitos meet Santa Anita racetrack reports rises in betting, attendance Originally Published: July 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM EDT.

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.

Most of the attention before the race had gone to Kopion, a 4-year-old filly who came in with three memorable 7-furlong stakes wins in a row: a 37-1 upset in the La Brea at Santa Anita in December ...