colt

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Baffert said Potente would start once more before the Derby; one possibility is the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4, a race in which another Baffert colt, Cherokee Nation, is expected to run.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

That race and two others were on grass; Baffert said he did that because he wanted to get the colt in some races.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

As her book explains, after overindulging at the house of a neighbor who had a newborn colt, she then tweeted about it with existential despair: “He has tasted life’s infinite tragedy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

The colt was born while Hunter was driving home for a short break before fall camp, its spindly legs still wobbly in the pasture.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

The other horse traders nearby jeered, and a flighty colt reared up in alarm.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman