Keeneland: Big Bend Much the Best in Winning Sycamore

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 19, 2017) – Union Rags Racing’s Big Bend swept to the front at mid stretch with a powerful burst and then had more than enough left in the tank to hold off Nessy by three-quarters of a length and win the 23rd running of the $100,000...
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- SATURDAY’S STAKES RACE IS NAMED FOR CALIFORNIA FLAG CHILD ACTOR ETHAN JONES TO APPEAR IN ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT’ ‘DIAMONDS’ WORKS FOR BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY & MARE SPRINT FANS WILL BE ‘IN THE PINK’ THIS SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA CALIFORNIA FLAG SET BREEDERS’...
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Keeneland Barn Notes — Thursday, Oct. 19

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, OCT. 19 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet concludes Saturday, Oct. 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · APPLE BETTY (IRE) HEADLINES FIELD OF 10 FOR SUNDAY’S ROOD & RIDDLE...
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Belmont: Souper Tapit seeks second consecutive win in Sunday’s English Channel

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Graded stakes winner Souper Tapit will look to parlay class relief into a second consecutive victory in Sunday’s third running of the $100,000 English Channel for 3-year-olds on Belmont Park’s Widener turf. Owned by Live Oak...
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BAFFERT’S JUST A SMIDGE TRIES TO REBOUND IN ANOAKIA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- BAFFERT’S JUST A SMIDGE TRIES TO REBOUND AS SHE HEADS COMPETITIVE $70,000 ANOAKIA STAKES AT SIX FURLONGS THIS SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 19, 2017)—Favored two starts back in a Grade I stakes and well beaten in another Grade I on Sept. 30,...
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