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The importation of the successful young sire Sergei Prokofiev from England should be a huge boost to the Ontario breeding industry. Sergei Prokofiev will stand for $10,000 at Ballycroy Bloodstock north of Toronto after the son of Scat Daddy was purchased privately and syndicated last fall by his Canadian breeder, David Anderson. A $1.1 million […]

Galloping Ami (Victory Gallop) is a mare accustomed to making headlines. Named Outstanding Broodmare in Canada in 2016 after producing three black-type winners, including that year’s Canadian 3-year-old colt champion Amis Gizmo (Giant Gizmo), she’s only gotten better in the years since. In 2025, her fourth stakes winner Kopion (Omaha Beach), the GI La Brea […]

The homebred, Kentucky-born filly by Curlin – Galloping Ami sold for $1.25 million to trainer Wesley Ward for an anonymous owner. In Kentucky, the demand for breeding stock is alive and well, at least at the high end. Session 1, Book 1 of the 2025 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 4 saw the […]

There are quick workouts and there is the effort the 4-year-old filly Kopion displayed at Santa Anita on Sunday. A four-time stakes winner, Kopion worked three furlongs in 33.20 seconds under jockey Mike Smith in advance of a first start against males in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar. “That was pretty […]

Spendthrift Farm’s two-time Grade 1-winning filly Kopion will be taking on males in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), trainer Richard Mendella told Daily Racing Form’s Brad Free. Originally, Kopion was pre-entered for the seven-furlong Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), in which she was tabbed as the early 2-1 favorite, but Mandella opted for the six-furlong […]

Owner-breeder Ivan Dalos, Eclipse champion Ghostzapper, and trainer Mike Doyle were among the 2025 inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Mississauga Convention Center in suburban Toronto on Wednesday night. Thoroughbred builder inductee Ivan Dalos has been a successful owner-breeder for nearly 50 years. His Tall Oaks Farm […]

Leading into the first Saturday in May, the Beyer Speed Figure benchmark for the year hadn’t been set by one of the star 3-year-olds in the nation, but by the 4-year-old California campaigner Kopion (f, 4, Omaha Beach–Galloping Ami, by Victory Gallop), who closed out her 2024 season as a surprise 37-1 victress in the GI La […]

For almost 50 years, 2025 Thoroughbred Builder inductee Ivan Dalos has been part of the Canadian Thoroughbred industry, establishing himself as one of Canada’s most successful owner/breeders. After claiming his first racehorse in 1978, with a dream to become a breeder of champions, his Tall Oaks Farm was born. Learning everything he could about pedigrees […]

Kopion reminds trainer Richard Mandella of her sire, multiple grade 1 winner Omaha Beach. The ease with which the 4-year-old filly captured the Feb. 1 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park certainly bolstered the opinion of the Hall of Famer who trained them both. Read More