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Friday, April 19, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release HOT SPRINGS, AR – Seven graded stakes winners are entered in Saturday’s $1.25 million G2-Oaklawn Handicap at Oaklawn, a 1 1/8-mile event for older runners that headlines a stakes tripleheader. First post...

Turf stakes return as does Dakota Gold in $150K Danger’s Hour By Christian Abdo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s New York-bred Dakota Gold will make his seasonal debut versus open-company in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Danger’s Hour, a one-mile inner turf test for...

By Jim Miller —- Illinois Derby Returns to Hawthorne STICKNEY, IL – After a six-year hiatus, the Illinois Derby, Presented by 1/ST BET returns to Hawthorne Race Course with the 60th running. The 1 1/8 miles event on the main track carries a $200,000 purse and will go as...

By Amy Owens —- Saturday’s 100th Running of the $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass has Sierra Leone as 2-1 Morning Line Favorite LEXINGTON, KY (April 2, 2024) – Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook Smith’s Sierra Leone is the 2-1...

“Santa Anita Press Box” —- NEW BIG 3 PICK 3 TO FEATURE WOOD MEMORIAL, BLUE GRASS AND SANTA ANITA DERBY Arcadia, CA, Lexington, KY and Ozone Park, NY.–The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), Keeneland and 1/ST today announce the creation of the Big 3 Pick...

By David Joseph —- G1 Curlin Florida Derby Headlines Day of Big Races, Big Wagers Fierceness, Hades Clash Anchors Late Pick 4, Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 Guaranteed Pools: Late Pick 4 – $1 million; Late Pick 5 – $750,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The $1 million Curlin...

By Mike Henry —- SUNDAY’S FLORIDA CUP DRAWS 45 SET TO VIE FOR $660,000 IN PURSE MONEY OLDSMAR, FL. – A talented collection of 45 state-breds will compete for stakes glory and the lion’s share of the purse money on Sunday’s 21st annual Florida Cup Day card, featuring six...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Webslinger; Gulfstream Photo Second in Pegasus Turf, I’m Very Busy Ships to Fair Grounds for Muniz Al Stall Memorial Winner Spirit And Glory Made the Favorite of Fourteen in the Benson New Orleans, La (Feb. 17, 2024) – Fresh off a second-place finish in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Touchuponastar; Hodges Photography Louisiana-bred Win Machine Touchuponaster Entered to Take On Mineshaft Superfecta in New Orleans Classic Former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme could call an audible and instead run in Sunday’s restricted Star Guitar...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Run Down in the Risen Star, Track Phantom Aims to Hold Off Eleven in the Louisiana Derby Tarifa, Intricate Rematch in Fair Grounds Oaks 100-50-25-15-10 qualifying Derby and Oaks Points are on the line at Fair Grounds on Saturday, March 23 New Orleans, La...