Participating Owners Approved to Attend Keeneland’s Summer Meet

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 26, 2020) – Keeneland has been granted approval to permit a limited number of participating owners to attend the upcoming Summer Meet, to be held July 8-12. Keeneland officials collaborated with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and state...
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ASMUSSEN POISED TO CLOSE CHURCHILL DOWNS SPRING MEET WITH A BANG

By Kevin Kerstein —- Midnight Bisou; All Photos by Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 26, 2020) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen is poised to close the 2020 Churchill Downs Spring Meet on a charge with 15 horses entered in the final three days of racing...
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33 HORSES NOMINATED TO GRADE 1 TVG.COM HASKELL ON JULY 18

Monmouth Park Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Thirty-three horses were nominated to the Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, with Monmouth Park’s signature race on July 18 offering the added inducements of points for the Kentucky Derby and “Win and You’re In” status for...
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Belmont Park Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Got Stormy looking for clear skies in G1 Just a Game Diamond King turning back in G2 True North G3 Peter Pan the short term goal for Celtic Striker ELMONT, N.Y. – Gary Barber’s Got Stormy will be running at Belmont for the second time this...
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Handicapping the Grade 2 Stephen Foster, Fleur de Lis; Full card Selections

By Rick Francis —- Churchill Downs spring/summer meet roars into it’s closing weekend with graded stakes action headlined by the Grade 2’s Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis Stakes for fillies and mares; weather forecast looks promising as do the full-card...
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MANDATORY PAYOUTS ON ULTIMATE 6 SET FOR TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The eighth annual, two-day Summer Festival of Racing on Tuesday and Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs will feature mandatory payouts both days on the track’s popular 20-cent Ultimate 6 wager. The current jackpot grew to $61,218 Wednesday. The...
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LOS ALAMITOS: GRINNING TIGER, GALILEAN TOP FIELD OF EIGHT IN SOI PHET STAKES

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Fresh off a gate-to-wire 92-1 shocker in the Crystal Water Stakes on the Santa Anita turf, Grinning Tiger will try to remain perfect at Los Alamitos in the $100,000 Soi Phet Saturday. A one-mile event for 3-year-olds & up bred or...
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CHURCHILL DOWNS TO STAGE KENTUCKY DERBY 146 WITH SPECTATORS ON SEPT. 5

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced that after consultation with Gov. Andy Beshear and state public health officials the 146th runnings of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Longines Kentucky...
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TOM’S d’ETAT MADE EVEN-MONEY FAVORITE FOR SATURDAY’S STEPHEN FOSTER

By Kevin Kerstein —- Tom’s d’Etat; Photos by Hodges Phoyography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) – G M B Racing’s 2019 Clark (Grade I) winner Tom’s d’Etat was installed as the even-money morning line favorite for Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster...
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