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By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Derek’s Smile will stretch out in distance in his New York debut, headlining a field of seven 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Paradise Creek at seven furlongs on the Belmont Park Widener turf. Trained by Kelly Breen,...

By John Heims —- Oceanport, N.J.- Gavin-Ty Racing LLC’s sat off the early pace of Flowers for Lisa and Henry the King before storming home to take Sunday’s $40,000 allowance optional claiming feature by 2 ¼ lengths at Monmouth Park. Trained by Harold Wyner, Winter Ride...

By Darren Rogers —- CALDWELL FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS TO START SPRING MEET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 21, 2017) – Through the first 13 days of the 38-day Spring Meet, Texas native J.R. Caldwell is making his presence known at Churchill Downs with an impressive nine...

By Ed Golden —- • • MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES START SATURDAY • • SADLER HOPES HARD ACES HAS WINNING HAND • • BALTAS DUO SET FOR GRADE I GAMELY STAKES • • SANTA ANITA’S JACOBELLIS HONORED AT HONDA CENTER SANTA ANITA OFFERS SEVEN STAKES MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND As America honors...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 5.21.2017 Chad Brown; Anne M Eberhardt Photo Chad Brown Celebrates First Preakness Win With Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Exits Disappointing Effort ‘Healthy, Happy’ Classic Empire, Senior Investment, Lookin At Lee Belmont Bound...

By David Joseph —- Whitmore Rallies for $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) Win BALTIMORE – Southern Springs Stables, Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Partners’ Whitmore swept past dueling leaders A.P. Indian and Awesome Banner past the eighth pole to notch a popular half-length...

By David Joseph —- Turf Suits World Approval in $250,000 Longines Dixie (G2) BALTIMORE – Live Oak Plantation homebred World Approval flashed his Grade 1-winning form Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course, sitting just off the lead until taking over at the head of the...

By David Joseph —- Winning jockey Javier Castellano; MJC Photo Record Crowd of 140,327 Witness Thrilling Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown Spectacular 14-Race Program Sees All-Time Record Total Handle of $97,168,658 BALTIMORE– Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s...

By Ed Golden —- • • MIDNIGHT STORM CAN WEATHER PACE BATTLE • • TRUMAN HOPES ‘SKY’S’ NOT THE LIMIT ON SUNDAY • • ROMAN, BELVOIR ARE A PERFECT WINNING TEAM MIDNIGHT STORM ‘CAN RATE’ FOR RICH GOLD CUP Midnight Storm’s forte is speed, and on paper, it appears there will be...

By Bailey Gallison —- STAKES WINNERS SEEK STEP UP IN GRADE III ARLINGTON CLASSIC The 82nd running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Classic, a 1 1/16-miles event for 3-year-olds on the turf on May 27, garnered 25 nominations from 16 trainers at closing on Wednesday. Mike...