The Malibu Stakes (G1) – the final ranking of the year, limited to three-year-olds on dirt – had a rather strange start. Bob Baffert declared five for the event, but one of his runners, Barnes the morning line favorite, was scratched by a strained tendon, which turned out to be a career-ending injury. His place […]
In 1995, Irish-bred four-year-old Wind in Her Hair achieved a rare feat. Already a smart performer at the age of three, she captured the 1994 Newbury Fillies Trial Stakes and Pretty Polly Stakes, ran second to Balanchine in the Epsom Oaks (G1) and then finished third in the Yorkshire Oaks (G1). She was bred by […]