OLD FORESTER BOURBON TURF CLASSIC DRAWS EVENLY MATCHED FIELD OF 10

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020) – A field of 10 top older grass runners will go to post in the 34th running of the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI), one of six graded stakes that will precede Saturday’s 146th running of the $3...
Posted On 02 Sep 2020
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PREAKNESS 145 ON OCTOBER 3RD TO PROCEED WITHOUT FANS IN ATTENDANCE

MJC RELEASE —- BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – September 2, 2020 – The Stronach Group and the Maryland Jockey Club, owners of the legendary Preakness Stakes (G1), announced today that Preakness 145 will proceed without fans in attendance on October 3rd at Pimlico Race Cours...
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KENTUCKY DERBY FAVORITE TIZ THE LAW MAKES INITIAL DERBY WEEK APPEARANCE BENEATH HISTORIC TWIN SPIRES

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020) – Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law, the 3-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI), made his first on track appearance of Derby Week on a soggy Wednesday...
Posted On 02 Sep 2020
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Tacitus seeks sought after Grade 1 win in $500K Woodward

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Juddmonte Farms’ three-time graded stakes winner Tacitus has been Grade 1-placed on four occasions, and will seek his first triumph at such level when he faces a field of five competitors in Saturday’s 67th...
Posted On 02 Sep 2020
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Tiz the Law 3-5 Favorite in Field of 18 for Saturday’s 146th Running of the $3 Million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020) – Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law, dominating winner of the Travers (GI) and Belmont Stakes (GI) has been installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite in a field of 18 horses entered for Saturday’s 146th running of the $3...
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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146th Kentucky Derby: The race is for second

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Tiz the Law; Gulfstream Park Photo Tiz the Law was made the 3-5 morning-line favorite year’s Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. With this derby being run four months later than usual none of these...
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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Del Mar Stable Notes August 31, 2020

By Mac McBride —- BEHIND THE MASKS: RIDERS REFLECT ON A DIFFERENT DEL MAR IN 2020 The summer of racing at Del Mar in 2020 has been, to put it mildly, unlike any other. Jockeys, for example, have done their jobs wearing the mandatory accessory of a face mask in addition to...
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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Oaks Undercard previews: Champion Monomoy Girl tops field of eight for La Troienne

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, headlines of a field of eight for Friday’s 35th running of the $500,000 La Troienne...
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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TIZ THE LAW LEADS TOP THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL AHEAD OF KENTUCKY DERBY START

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 31, 2020) – Tiz the Law has spent much of his 2020 season in the driver’s seat where divisional bragging rights are concerned and the son of Constitution will take that lofty status into his expected run in the...
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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MAX PLAYER WORKS FOR DERBY, MR. BIG NEWS ADDED TO FIELD; NINE ENTERED IN $1.25 MILLION LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – George Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbred’s Max Player completed his major preparations for Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) by working a half-mile in :49.80 over a fast track....
Posted On 01 Sep 2020
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