Oaklawn Barn Notes: Sporting Chance Works a Mile Monday In Advance of Rebel

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; All Photos by Coady Photography Sporting Chance Works a Mile Monday In Advance of Rebel Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas went old school Monday morning at Oaklawn, working Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance a mile in preparation for the...
Posted On 08 Mar 2018
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Aqueduct Stakes Previews: Heavenly Prize, Stymie

By Heather Pettinger —- New York-bred millionaire Highway Star kicks off 2018 campaign in Heavenly Prize OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s multiple graded stakes winner Highway Star will aim to start her 5-year-old campaign on a high note, leading a...
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11 ENTERED IN LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY ON SATURDAY

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Eleven 3-year-olds will attempt to take a major step toward Thoroughbred immortality Saturday in the Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, the centerpiece of Festival Day 38 at Tampa Bay Downs. The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby,...
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Green Gratto looks to recapture winning form in G3 Tom Fool

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Multiple graded-stakes winner Green Gratto will look to earn a return trip to the winner’s circle for the first time in almost a year as part of a field of 10 4-year-olds and up in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool...
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Fair Grounds Stakes Preview: Nelson J. Menard, Allen “Black Cat” LaCombe

By Ryan Martin —- TRIPLE CHELSEA HEADS A DOZEN IN NELSON J. MENARD MEMORIAL OVERNIGHT STAKES; COMPETETIVE BUNCH OF 3-YEAR-OLDS FACE OFF IN ALLEN “BLACK CAT” MEMORIAL OVERNIGHT STAKES NEW ORLEANS (March 7, 2018) – Brad Grady’s Triple Chelsea will be in search of her second...
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Free Drop Billy, Firenze Fire top field of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls in G3 Gotham

By Anthony Affrunti —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – This Saturday, the 70th winner in the history of the Grade 3, $300,000, Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack will try to become just the second horse since the mighty Secretariat to use the race towards a successful path before...
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