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By Kevin Kilroy —- Attempting to Sweep the Local Kentucky Derby Preps, Cox Enters a Trio in Saturday’s Louisiana Derby ● 100-40-30-20-10 Derby points are on the line as the Championship Series begins in New Orleans with the $1,000,000 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) ●...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The final stakes card of the 2022-2023 Tampa Bay Downs meet takes place on Sunday, March 26, with six $110,000 races for registered Florida-breds comprising the 20th edition of the Florida Cup. First run in 2003, the Florida Cup was cancelled...

By Kevin Kerstein —- FAIR GROUNDS, TURFWAY PARK TO OFFER SPECIAL BAYOU BLUEGRASS 5 FLORENCE, Ky. (Saturday, March 18, 2023) – Fair Grounds Racecourse and Turfway Park will team together next Saturday, March 25, to offer bettors a special 50-cent Pick 5 that features an...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Untapable, Rachel Alexandra Victress Pretty Mischievous Eyes Local Hat Trick in Fair Grounds Oaks · After a flat effort in the Rachel Alexandra, can Hoosier Philly return to her winning ways? · 100-40-30-20-10 Kentucky Oaks points are on the line as the...

The 23-year old two-time graded-stakes winner came to Old Friends in 2016.   GEORGETOWN, KY. – March 19, 2023 – Eye of the Tiger, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was found dead in his paddock early Saturday morning, March 18, 2023 at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. Necropsy...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Downtown Mischief could target $125K Bouwerie; Lifetime of Chance eyes $200K NYSSS Times Square Ouster earns career-best 100 BSF for Saturday allowance score Abreu readying turf stakes contenders for Keeneland and the Big A...

By Mike Henry —- SMART AS ME ONE OF THOSE HORSES THAT KEEP THE DREAM PERCOLATING OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs trainer Craig Smith drove about 3,100 miles from his farm near Calgary, Alberta (that’s western Canada, folks) in November to compete here for the first time...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023 FUJITA HAS HIGH HOPES FOR MANDARIN HERO IN GI SA DERBY NATIONAL TREASURE, GEAUX ROCKET RIDE, SKINNER GEARING UP EURTON GETS 1ST STAKES WIN OF MEET WITH PRINCESS BETTINA CASTELLANO TO BE HONORED WITH WOOLF AWARD SUNDAY...

By Joe Kristufek —- 2023 LOUISIANA DERBY/FAIR GROUNDS OAKS Key Facts · This is the 110th running of the $1 million Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) for 3-year-olds. It was extended from 1 1/8 miles to 1 3/16ths miles in 2020 and it is the only North American Kentucky...

by Robert Yates —- Albarado a Part of McPeek’s Success at Oaklawn This Season Trainer Kenny McPeek’s young horses have flourished this season at Oaklawn. One reason, McPeek said, is the work behind the scenes of Robby Albarado, who spent much of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s...