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Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- SHE’S BACK: TRIUMPHANT RETURN LANDS CHAMPION MONOMOY GIRL IN TOP TEN OF NTRA THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 18, 2020) – Monomoy Girl keeps picking right up where she left off. After the daughter of Tapizar ended an 18-month...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 SHOEMAKER LURES MAJOR DUO FOR CASSE BALTAS HAS TWO SET FOR GRADE I GAMELY FIVE GRADED TURF STAKES MEMORIAL WEEKEND CASSE HOPES TO MAKE HIS MARK IN SHOEMAKER Newly-minted Hall of Fame member Mark Casse plans to...

By Darren Rogers —- Churchill Photos LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 17, 2020) – Three Diamonds Farm’s Chimney Rock, the runner-up in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (Grade II), collared pacesetter Jack and Noah (FR) in deep stretch to win Sunday’s $58,309...

By Mike Willman —- Bellafina; Benoit Photos BACK ON HER HOME GROUND, CLASSY BELLAFINA TAKES GRADE III, $100,000 DESERT STORMER STAKES BY ONE LENGTH IN 1:09.85 AS PRAT BAGS HIS FIFTH WIN OF THE DAY ARCADIA, Calif. (May 17, 2020)—To quote Judy Garland’s Dorothy, “There’s no...

By Kevin Kerstein —- MULTIPLE GRADE I WINNER SPICED PERFECTION TRANSFERRED TO CASSE; WILL TARGET $100,000 WINNING COLORS (GIII) ON MAY 31 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 17, 2020) – Multiple Grade I-winning sprinter Spiced Perfection has been privately purchased and...

By Mike Willman —- Bellafina; Benoit Photos ARCADIA, Calif. (May 14, 2020)—Although well beaten on April 25, three-time Grade I winner Bellafina heads a group of eight fillies and mares going six furlongs in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita....

BY ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- REMATCH LOOMS IN RICH SANTA ANITA DERBY JUNE 6 BELLAFINA BACK HOME IN GRADE III DESERT STORMER CAL-BRED BELLA VITA TO TRY MAIN TRACK IN EVENING JEWEL ROBUST FIELD SIZE ORDER OF THE DAY(S) THIS WEEKEND CLOCKER SEES AN ‘AUTHENTIC’ SANTA...

By Rick Francis —- Michael Dubb Monomoy Stables champion 5-year-old Monomoy Girl returns to racing to headline Churchill Downs opening day race card; first post 1pm EDT (Please note: check scratch list due to an overabundance of early entries) Race 1) 12, 10, 1, 4 Race 2)...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 14, 2020) – The new Churchill Downs Stable Gate was bustling with activity Thursday morning as trainers continue to fill the backstretch of Churchill Downs. As of 11 a.m., there were more than 720 horses on the grounds...

By Ed Golden/Mike Willman —- John Shirreffs; Benoit Photo STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2020 SHIRREFFS READY FOR DERBY WITH HONOR A.P. $150,000 EVENING JEWEL ATTRACTS NINE ON SATURDAY GLATT FILLY TACKLES BOYS IN $150,000 ECHO EDDIE TO THIS...