Barry Irwin's Team Valor International announced July 23 the acquisition of group 3-winning filly Queen Azteca. She will make ...

• A matchup of Grade I winners Kopion and Sweet Azteca is shaping up as the highlight of the three-week Los Alamitos thoroughbred meet that begins Friday at 1 p.m. Trainer Richard Mandella’s 4 ...

• $150,000, Grade 1 Vessels Maturity, quarter horses, 4-year-olds and up, 400 yards • $30,000 Independence Day Handicap, quarter horses, 3-year-olds and up, 300 yards ...

Richard Baltas’ 5-year-old mare Sweet Azteca is on course to make the Great Lady M. her first start of 2025 after winning that Grade II Great Lady M. and Grade I Beholder Mile in 2024.

The Orange County track begins three weeks of daytime thoroughbred racing on Friday, with the two Grade I winners set for the Great Lady M. Stakes on July 5.