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By Rick Francis —- Monomoy Girl; Coady Photography (Editor’s Note: Staff writer Matt Pappis’ Late Pick-4 play hit for $186.25 for an $80 wager; Atta Boy!) Saratoga Race 9) Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks 3YO Fillies 1&1/8th Miles Post Time 5:40 EDT 1)...

NYRA RELEASE —- Vino Rosso wraps up major preparations for G2 Jim Dandy Brown takes advantage of good weather on a busy Saturday, readies contingent for upcoming stakes assignments Core Beliefs puts in Del Mar breeze as Eurton weighs G2 Jim Dandy start...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- SPOUSE OR SHEIK? BAFFERT STAYS STRESS FREE TRAINING FOR BOTH The question regarding Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 San Diego Handicap was one only Bob Baffert was qualified to ponder. “Is it a bigger stressor to train a horse for your wife,...

By Tom Luicci —- STEPHENS PLANNING TO DEBUT A PAIR OF 2-YEAR-OLDS ON TURF IF WEATHER HOLDS AT MONMOUTH PARK FOR SUNDAY’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – With all of the work that John Stephens puts into getting a young horse to the races – more than most trainers, since he and his...

NYRA RELEASE —- New York Racing Association introduces The Stretch, Saratoga’s newest hospitality area SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Opening Day of the 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $20,247,319, the second consecutive season that...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jim and Susan Hill’s Daddy Is a Legend outkicked Altea in the stretch to earn her first stakes win of the year, capturing the Grade 3, $150,000 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies on Opening Day of the 40-day summer meet...

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $377,000 Gulfstream Summer Graduate Takes Schuylerville (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved at Gulfstream Park Friday, creating a $377,563.07 carryover jackpot for Saturday’s...

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies, the first of 69 stakes worth $18.85 million in purses during the 40-day Saratoga Race Course meet, was captured by John C. Oxley’s filly...

By David Joseph —- Grade 2 Winner Conquest Big E Targets Sunday’s Coast is Clear Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A son of Tapit who brought a winning bid of $700,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Conquest Big E was always meant to be a good horse. The...

By Rick Francis —- Del Mar Race 7) Grade 2 San Diego Handicap 1&1/16th Miles Post Time 8pm EDT Catalina Cruiser (1), Sadler/Van Dyke; fast, real fast; don’t think he can sustain .21 & change quarters, but if he can, they won’t catch him. Dr. Dorr (2),...