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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN —- SA DERBY: YAKTEEN PAIR GALLOP; MANDARIN HERO GATE SCHOOLS KIRSTENBOSCH TESTS THE HILL IN GIII MONROVIA ON SUNDAY CLASSY TOM’S REGRET RETURNS IN SATURDAY’S EVENING JEWEL ‘PETROS & MONEY’ RADIO REMOTE SET FOR FRIDAY MANDATORY RAINBOW 6...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens tomorrow and runs through Friday, April 28. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except Saturday, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Easter Sunday, April 9 as well as Mondays and...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Pletcher chases standalone record eighth score in G2 Wood Memorial Frosty O Toole seeks to hit the ground running for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Nest could target G1 Ogden Phipps Slip Mahoney vies to give breeders Hill ‘n’...

By Bob Hill, TSV staff writer —- Three 100-point Derby prep races this weekend put us ever closer to knowing the Kentucky Derby Field for 2023. With each of these races awarding 100-40-30-20-10 points respectively for the top five spots, even a second place finish creates...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2023) – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Tapit Trice is the 5-2 morning line choice in a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 99th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the...

By Mike Willman —- PRACTICAL MOVE HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $750,000 RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY AS HE SEEKS HIS 3RD CONSECUTIVE GRADED VICTORY EARLY POST OF 12 NOON SET FOR 12-RACE CARD THAT INCLUDES FIVE OTHER STAKES; RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER TO GET 100 KY DERBY...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 28. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 8 when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Easter Sunday, April 9 as well as Mondays and Tuesdays....

By Keith McCalmont —- White Abarrio headlines G1 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA Bets OZONE PARK, N.Y. – C Two Racing Stable and Antonio Pagnano’s White Abarrio will look to secure his second career Grade 1 score in Saturday’s $300,000 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA...

by Robert Yates Photo Credit: Coady Photography From Modest Beginnings, Angel of Empire Taking Albaugh Family Stables Back to the KY Derby Angel of Empire sold for $70,000 as a yearling and made his first career start at Horseshoe Indianapolis. But that modest resume works for...