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By Mike Willman —- PARADISE WOODS All Photos by Benoit Photo LONGSHOT PARADISE WOODS STUNS RACING WORLD WITH RECORD 11 ¾ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS; PRAT & MANDELLA TEAM FOR 1 1/16 MILE WIN IN 1:42.53 170 KENTUCKY OAKS POINTS AT STAKE, WITH 100...

By Mike Willman —- GRADE I WINNER UNION STRIKE TAKES ON SIX RIVALS IN SUNDAY’S $75,000 SANTA PAULA STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (April 6, 2017)—Originally entered to run in Saturday’s Grade III Providencia Stakes on turf, the Mick Ruis-owned and trained Union...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Turf racing returns Sunday with Danger’s Hour OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Phipps Stable’s homebred Carrumba, winner of the 2016 Grade 3 Top Flight Handicap, is set to make her first start since last summer, topping a field of six in...

By Amy Owens —- Sailor’s Valentine; All Photos Provided by Keeneland LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Semaphore Racing and Homewrecker Racing’s Sailor’s Valentine put away pacesetting Someday Soon in the upper stretch and then held off a late surge from Daddys Lil...

By Amy Gregory —- Live Oak Plantation’s Awesome Slew and Holding Gold Post Graded Stakes Victories LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Juddmonte Farms’ favored Paulassilverlining emerged with a neck victory over Constellation to win the 16th running of the $300,000 Madison (G1)...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Green Gratto proved un-catchable in the 117th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Carter Handicap for older sprinters, holding off Unified in gate-to-wire fashion to register a 54-1 upset on Saturday, Wood Memorial Day, at...

By Amy Owens —- Irap Wins the Toyota Bluegrass: All Photos provided by Keeneland LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Reddam Racing’s Irap became the first maiden to win the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2) for 3-year-olds on Saturday, holding off Practical Joke by...

By John Scheinman —- Irish War Cry; Chelsea Durand Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – In the morning, Irish War Cry is calm and collected; in the afternoon, sometimes, he can be wound up tight. In the week leading up to the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by NYRA...

By Mike Willman —- GORMLEY IS UP TO WIN GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY BY HALF LENGTH AS SHIRREFFS & ESPINOZA TEAM GOING 1 1/8 MILES IN 1:51.16GORMLEY Benoit Photo 170 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE AS WINNER AWARDED WITH 100 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 8,...