Oaklawn Barn Notes: Sporting Chance Returns to Track Following Southwest

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; Coady Photography Sporting Chance Returns to Track Following Southwest Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance has returned to the track to begin preparations for his scheduled start in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) March 17, Hall of Fame...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018

By Ed Golden —- MCKINZIE Zoe Metz Photography • BAFFERT THREE-YEAR-OLDS BREEZE ON DERBY TRAIL • MAJESTIC HEAT COMES BACK QUICK FOR SPRING FEVER • ASA ESPINOZA WINS HIS FIRST RACE AT THE AGE OF 18 • NEW 11:30 A.M. SUNDAY FIRST POST STARTS MARCH 11 • MAIDEN RACE NEXT FOR...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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NATIONS, FERRER SWEEP TAMPA TURF TEST; CENTENO RIDES 3 WINNERS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Today’s Tampa Turf Test starter handicap series races, the first for fillies and mares and the second for older male horses, played out in eerily similar fashion. So did the post-race interviews with jockey Jose Ferrer, who rode both winners....
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Saturday February, 24

By Ryan Martin —- • Carroll Looks Ahead With Wonder Gadot • Promising 3-Year-Old Curlin’s Honor Makes Seasonal Bow On Sunday CARROLL LOOKS AHEAD WITH WONDER GADOT Grade II Rachel Alexandra Stakes third-place finisher Wonder Gadot could return to action in the Gr. II...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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OAKLAWN: BOURNE IN NIXA SCORES IN GAZEBO STAKES

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Bourne In Nixa; Oaklawn/Coady Photos HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018) – Robert and Lawana Low’s Bourne In Nixa overtook the pacesetters late and drew off to win Saturday’s $125,000 Gazebo Stakes impressively under jockey Ramon Vazquez. Coming...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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MILLER RUNS 1-2-3 AS UPSTART CONQUEST TSUNAMI GOES GATE TO WIRE TO TAKE GIII DAYTONA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- CONQUEST TSUNAMI Benoit Photo MILLER RUNS 1-2-3 AS UPSTART CONQUEST TSUNAMI GOES GATE TO WIRE TO TAKE GRADE III, $150,000 DAYTONA STAKES BY 2 ½ LENGTHS UNDER ESPINOZA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2018)—As Charlie Whittingham used to say, “We’ve got ’em...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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Aunt Babe rallies for victory in Franklin Square

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Cutting back in distance and making her fist start since finishing seventh in the East View on January 14, Louis Ferrari’s Aunt Babe rallied late and held off a late charging My Roxy Girl to win the $100,000 Franklin...
Posted On 25 Feb 2018
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