04/18/22

#KYDerby Tales from the Crib: Taiba

Taiba will bid to defy nearly 140 years of Kentucky Derby (G1) history. Not since Leonatus, all the way back in 1883, has a colt won the Churchill Downs classic in just his third career start.  Yet if any sophomore can blithely shred that stat, it’s Taiba. His meteoric rise on the racetrack is no revelation to those […]
04/04/22

TAIBA earns Grade 1 honors and punches ticket to Kentucky Derby

After an impressive maiden breaking score early March, in only his second start TAIBA stepped up to the highest level and emerged triumphant in the Santa Anita Derby (G1), earning a spot in the starting gate at the Kentucky Derby next month. Breaking alertly from the outside, the 3-year-old son of Gun Runner tracked the […]
03/28/22

COUNTRY GRAMMER schools the competition in the Dubai World Cup (G1)

After a hard-fought runner-up effort in the Saudi Cup (G1) last month, Zedan Racing’s COUNTRY GRAMMER came back and schooled the competition in the Dubai World Cup (G1). He was stacked up against the likes of USA’s top runners Life is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, and Midnight Bourbon – as well as a host of […]
03/07/22

TAIBA impressive in Debut, earns a “Rising Star” tag from TDN

Zedan Racing’s TAIBA – a $1.7 million juvenile at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale – made his long-awaited debut March 5th, and showed he’s all talent to earn “TDN Rising Star” honors. The overwhelming 1-2 favorite broke well, but had to settle for a pressing spot in between rivals early. Jockey John Velazquez tapped on […]
02/28/22

COUNTRY GRAMMER a determined runner-up in Saudi Cup (G1)

COUNTRY GRAMMER put in a valiant effort Saturday in the world’s richest race – the Saudi Cup (G1) at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh – with a runner-up score after a nine-month layoff. The Bob Baffert-trainee broke well and raced just behind the leaders throughout most of the race under jockey Flavian Prat. Turning for […]
01/17/22

Zedan Racing partners with Winstar Farm on Grade 1 winner COUNTRY GRAMMER

Zedan Racing is honored to partner with Winstar Farm on Grade 1 winner COUNTRY GRAMMER. The lightly-raced 5-year-old won the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) in 2021, and is currently working towards his 2022 debut in the barn of Bob Baffert, most recently posting a five furlong move in 1:00.40 on Sunday at Santa Anita Park. […]
12/07/21

Remembering MEDINA SPIRIT
11/16/21

PRINCESS NOOR sells for $2.9 million at Fasig-Tipton November in foal to Into Mischief

PRINCESS NOOR was offered in foal to champion sire Into Mischief at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, consigned by Taylor Made Sales as hip 222. With precocious speed, Princess Noor was built for early success. She was purchased for $1.35 million as a juvenile at OBS Sales from Pick View Sales, and two months later she […]
10/16/21

PRINCESS NOOR set to shine at the “Night of the Stars”

Selling this November at the Night of the Stars ✨ at Fasig-Tipton –– our beautiful PRINCESS NOOR ???????? –– who brought us Grade 1 glory last summer as she dominated her peers in southern California. She will be offered in foal to champion sire Into Mischief consigned by Taylor Made Sales as hip 222. With […]
10/08/21

MEDINA SPIRIT Punches Ticket to Breeders’ Cup after Dominant Performance in Awesome Again (G1)

MEDINA SPIRIT won the Awesome Again S. (G1) for Zedan Racing at Santa Anita on October 2. The dark bay colt returned to the dirt after a wire-to-wire win at Del Mar August 29.  MEDINA SPIRIT set the pace early and dueled his rivals until Johnny Velazquez piloted him with a burst of speed down […]
08/30/21

MEDINA SPIRIT returns victorious in the Shared Belief Stakes

It’s been over three months since MEDINA SPIRIT was last seen winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) and placing in the Preakness (G1), and Sunday he was supplemented into Del Mar’s Shared Belief Stakes. It was another all-heart, wire-to-wire victory for the colt as he held Grade 1 winner Rock Your World at bay down the […]
05/07/21

TDN: “Taking Stock: Amr Zedan has Arrived”

From our first entry into Thoroughbred racing in partnership with #CaliforniaChrome before he won the Dubai World Cup – to the winner’s circle at the @kentuckyderby with our own MEDINA SPIRIT just five years later… “Taking Stock: Amr Zedan has Arrived” by the Thoroughbred Daily News. Three of the first four finishers in the Gl […]
05/03/21

MEDINA SPIRIT victorious in the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1)

In a victory as storybook as it is surreal, MEDINA SPIRIT put himself into the history books as the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1) winner. A mere $35,000 purchase at the OBS July sale less than 10 months ago, the often underestimated Protonico colt was all heart in a game victory in the “run for the […]
04/28/21

MEDINA SPIRIT featured in Kentucky Derby’s “Tales From the Crib”

Kentucky Derby’s website offers an excellent read on the rags to riches story of MEDINA SPIRIT: including his breeder Gail Rice, his modest purchase and prep by Christy Whitman’s Whitman Sales, and how he came to become a part of Zedan Racing’s roster and now on racing’s biggest stage in the 147th Kentucky Derby. Written […]
04/27/21

MEDINA SPIRIT draws post 8 for the 147th Kentucky Derby

MEDINA SPIRIT drew a favorable post 8 in the Kentucky Derby post position draw this morning. The Protonico colt coincidentally also sat 8th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard after a win the Robert B. Lewis (G3), and runner-up efforts in both the Sham (G3) and Santa Anita Derby (G1) earlier this spring. MEDINA SPIRIT […]
04/22/21

MEDINA SPIRIT posts final breeze for 147th Kentucky Derby

MEDINA SPIRIT put in his final workout on April 22nd before the Kentucky Derby next Saturday. Working outside of graded stakes horse Azul Coast, MEDINA SPIRIT passed him easily down the lane covering six furlongs in a handy 1:12.2 for trainer Bob Baffert. It was the best time in three breezes at the distance on […]
04/01/21

MEDINA SPIRIT draws post 7 for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (G1)

As his last prep before the first Saturday in May, MEDINA SPIRIT drew post 7 for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The 5/2 morning line favorite, the graded stakes-winning son of Protonico stacks up against nine other rivals, looking to add to his tally of Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard points. Jockey […]
04/01/21

Zedan Racing secures standout Gun Runner colt for $1.7 million at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream

Zedan Racing made quite the appearance at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale, purchasing the second highest-priced hip of the select group of 2-year-olds. A Gun Runner colt out of the Flatter mare Needmore Flattery, agent Gary Young went to $1.7 million to secure hip 181, the standout who breezed 10.1 during the breeze show on Monday. […]
02/26/21

An Excellent pedigree analysis of our Kentucky Derby Hopeful MEDINA SPIRIT

Kentucky Derby’s website features an excellent pedigree analysis to our graded stakes-winning Kentucky Derby hopeful MEDINA SPIRIT, written by Kellie Reilly from Brisnet. Although he was a mere $35,000 purchase at OBS with his less commercial sire and broodmare sire, looking back into his bloodlines you can find the tenacity that MEDINA SPIRIT displayed in […]
02/12/21

Paulick Report profiles Zedan Racing’s bargain buy of Medina Spirit.

Medina Spirit could become one of racing’s all-time bargains. Whether he will someday rank with the likes of Carry Back and Seattle Slew in that category, only time will tell, but at this early point, he is moving in the right direction. – proclaims Ed Golden’s Paulick Report article: Bargain Buy Medina Spirit More Than […]