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Stone Smuggler slips by in time in $500K NYSSS Fifth Avenue By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s Stone Smuggler made all the right moves to notch her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue...

By Mike Henry —- NIC’S STYLE SETS STAKES RECORD IN CITY OF OCALA; BIG MARTINI WINS OLDSMAR, FL. – After Nic’s Style ran second to top sprinter Ways and Means in the Grade II Gallant Bloom Stakes in New York on Sept. 29, trainer Bill Mott decided to tap on the brakes with...

by Robert Yates —- HOT SPRINGS, AR – Indiana-bred star Corningstone recorded her first career stakes victory in open company Saturday at Oaklawn, powering to 4 ¼-length victory over favored Taxed in the one-mile $150,000 Mistletoe for fillies and mares, 3 and up. Making her...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park Photo Cugino Provides Ortiz 5 Wins Saturday in Tropical Park Derby HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – West Point Thoroughbreds’ Cugino provided jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. with his fifth winner, as well as a stakes sweep, on Saturday’s program at Gulfstream...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Hodges Photograph Millionaire Touchuponastar Matches Star Guitar with Third Classic Recaps of seven Louisiana Champions Day stakes New Orleans, La (Dec. 14, 2024) – With $750,000 in stakes purses on the line for the 34th Louisiana Champions Day at Fair...

By Victor Ryan —- KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER MYSTIK DAN AMONG 94 NOMINEES FOR 6 GRADED STAKES ON OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA THURSDAY, DEC. 26 ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 13, 2024)— Reigning Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano and Breeders’ Cup...

By David Joseph —- Ryan Thompson Photo GULFSTREAM TODAY 12.13.24 Tyler Gaffalione Notches Career Win No. 2500 John Velazquez Back in Gulfstream Winner’s Circle Irad Ortiz Jr. Rides Four Winners on Friday’s Card Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $500,000...

By Mike Henry —- BILL MOTT FILLY HEADS SATURDAY FTBOA STAKES; MARIN WINS THREE OLDSMAR, FL. – Barring late changes, the stage appears set for a super showdown Saturday afternoon at Tampa Bay Downs. Nic’s Style, a 4-year-old filly whose 4-for-5 record includes a New York...

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Tropical Turf Pick 3 at Gulfstream Features Full Fields in Derby, Oaks Cugino Could Be Key in Derby, Unbeaten Random Harvest in Oaks $1,200 Average Payout, 15-percent takeout HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s popular Tropical Turf Pick...

By Rick Francis —- It’s Louisiana Champions Day from Fair Grounds highlighted by seven stakes contests and a “guest” appearence by reigning Kntucky Derby champion Mystic Dan who’ll paddock parade before and during the third race. Weather conditions...