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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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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...
Posted On 26 Jun 2020
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Belmont: Brown attempts fourth straight G1 Just a Game victory

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will bring a strong hand of cards to the table when he saddles turf champion Uni, Grade 1-winner Newspaperofrecord and two-time graded stakes winner Regal Glory in pursuit of a fourth consecutive win in the 27th...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020
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MORALES WINS 2,000th WITH FAMILY, AGENT AND FRIENDS HERE IN SPIRIT

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Despite winning on 4-year-old filly Dreaming Diamonds on March 20, Pablo Morales knew something wasn’t right with the left foot he’d injured six days earlier in a starting-gate mishap. An X-ray revealed a break, sending the 31-year-old jockey...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020
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Promises Fulfilled headlines Saturday’s G2 True North

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Robert Baron and WinStar Farm’s Grade 1-winner Promises Fulfilled returns off a more than eight month layoff to headline Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 True North, a 6 ½-furlong sprint for 4-years-old and up at Belmont...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020
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OWNERS ALLOWED TO WATCH WORKOUTS AT MONMOUTH PARK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNINGS AT BLU GROTTO

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Owners will be permitted to watch their horses work from a designated area at Monmouth Park from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Fridays through Sundays starting Friday, June 26, the track announced today. Monmouth Park has been closed to all but essential personnel...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020
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Tiz the Law tops Derby contenders; Gamine joins the club

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Tiz the Law left little doubt that he is the “Beast in the East” as far the 3-year-old class is concerned with his dominating win in the Belmont Stakes on June 20 in New York. The top ranks of the division are thinning more with...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020
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