Kanthaka

West Point Thoroughbreds' Kanthaka (Jimmy Creed--Sliced Bread, by Noonmark), a dual graded-stakes winner on dirt and Grade I placed on turf, has been retired. According to a tweet from the New Jersey-based partnership, John H. Haines, a partner in the 6-year-old gelding, adopted Kanthaka and moved him to a ranch in Oregon, where he arrived Sunday. A $140,000 purchase out of the 2017 Barretts March Sale, Kanthaka was at first based in California with trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, for whom he won the GII San Vicente S. and GIII Laz Barrera...

A full field of 12 and three also-eligibles have been entered for Saturday's GIII Runhappy Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs, a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland Nov. 7. The six-furlong dash will offer up one of the afternoon's toughest handicapping challenges to boot. Totally Boss (Street Boss) pounced from just off the pace to scoop this valuable prize by 1 1/4 lengths last year, then lost all chance when steadied three furlongs from home in the Breeders' Cup Sprint and finished...