Oaklawn Barn Notes: Azeri and Essex Handicap Updates

By Jennifer Hoyt —- AZERI STAKES STREAMLINE The consistent Streamline is scheduled to tackle Terra Promessa for the third time this year in Saturday’s $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles. Streamline’s trainer, Brian Williamson, said...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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Gulfstream (VIDEO LINK): Mo Town Visits from Payson Park for Breeze With Eye on Florida Derby

By David Joseph —- Mo Town Visits from Payson Park for Breeze With Eye on Florida Derby Video Link to Work HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – On an unseasonably chilly morning in South Florida, Remsen (G2) winner Mo Town became acquainted for the first time with Gulfstream Park by...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Rebel Stakes Update

By Jennifer Hoyt —- REBEL STAKES AMERICAN ANTHEM Bob Baffert won’t be at Oaklawn on Saturday to witness what he hopes will be an auspicious step up into Grade 2 competition for American Anthem. Rather, he will be in the Los Angeles airport waiting to board a jet to Dubai....
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017

BY ED GOLDEN / MIKE WILLMAN —- • FINEST CITY, VALE DORI MEET IN SATURDAY’S SANTA MARGARITA • O’NEILL’S SMOOVE IT DEFENDS TITLE IN SATURDAY’S IRISH O’BRIEN • MULHALL & PEDROZA TEAM WITH ROO’S VALENTINE • SAN FELIPE WINNER MASTERY ON MEND AFTER SURGERY • $1 MILLION...
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, March 16

By Michael Adolphson —- • Hawaakom Fires Warning Shot for Nola Handicap • Chocolate, Chip Sweeten up Salty Thursday Allowance • Guest Suite Bullet Tops Work Tab HAWAAKOM FIRES WARNING SHOT FOR NOLA HANDICAP Stephan H. Smoot’s and trainer Wes Hawley’s Hawaakom zipped through...
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SAENZ, BROBERG, AND END ZONE ATHLETICS INC. CAPTURE LEADING HORSEMEN TITLES AT DELTA DOWNS FOR 2016-17 SEASON

By Don Stevens —- 84-DAY SEASON CAME TO A CLOSE SATURDAY NIGHT VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs closed out its 2016-17 Thoroughbred season on Saturday night and the track honored its leading horsemen for the meet during the 10-race program. Jockey Diego Saenz won his third leading...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Rebel Stakes Update

By Jennifer Hoyt —- REBEL STAKES AMERICAN ANTHEM American Anthem, Hall of Famer trainer Bob Baffert’s hopeful for the $900,000 Rebel Stakes-G2 at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, will break from post 7 in the field of 11 3-year-olds when the promising but lightly-raced colt meets...
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Gulfstream Today: Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $550,211

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $550,211 Super Claim Queen Del Valle Rolls to 8th Win in 9 Starts HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Rainbow 6 went unsolved Wednesday or the 14th consecutive program, producing a $550,211.63 carryover jackpot for...
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FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, SANTA MARGARITA

By Mike Willman —- ECLIPSE CHAMP FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES KRULJAC’S FINEST CITY STRETCHING OUT OFF BIG WIN IN GRADE II SANTA MONICA, WHILE BAFFERT’S VALE DORI EYES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE...
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Aqueduct: Clothes Fall Off, Hot City Girl set to face off in Correction

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making her first start in New York since finishing fifth in the Interborough on January 22, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off will look to improve off a third-place running in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie when she faces a...
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