SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES FRIDAY, OCT. 04, 2019

By Ed Golden –=– • SADLER BEGINS BUSY WEEKEND TODAY AT SANTA ANITA • MIDNIGHT BISOU STIRS THE MIX FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR • GINOBILI TRIES TURF IN ‘WIN AND YOU’RE IN’ SPEAKEASY SADLER HAS THE NUMBERS, 19 ENTERED IN THREE DAYS John Sadler, who has run eight horses the...
Posted On 05 Oct 2019
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British Idiom, Engage Win Opening-Day Stakes on Fall Stars Weekend to Earn Trips to Breeders’ Cup

By Amy Owens —- British Idiom, Engage Win Opening-Day Stakes on Fall Stars Weekend to Earn Trips to Breeders’ Cup LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 4, 2019) – Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables’ British Idiom swept to the lead at the head of the...
Posted On 05 Oct 2019
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Talented juveniles look to earn Breeders’ Cup spot with win in Saturday’s G1 Champagne

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented seven-horse field of juveniles will look to add their names to the impressive list of past winners of the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of five stakes on the packed 11-race Joe Hirsch Turf...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Defending Champion Blue Prize (ARG) Faces Four Rivals in Sunday’s $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster

By Amy Owens —- Defending Champion Blue Prize (ARG) Faces Four Rivals in Sunday’s $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 3, 2019) – Merriebelle Stable’s Blue Prize (ARG), who scored her biggest US. victory here last fall in the Juddmonte Spinster (G1), will face...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Delta Downs Set To Begin 2019-20 Thoroughbred Season Tuesday Night

By Don Stevens —- THORNTON, BROBERG AND END ZONE ATHLETICS RETURN AFTER RECORD SEASON – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will kick off its 2019-20 Thoroughbred season next week with live cards scheduled for Tuesday through Saturday night,...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Quality Response looks to handle step up in class against high-priced talent in G1 Frizette

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Quality Response will look to extend her winning West Coast ways into her first graded stakes contest, shipping her 2-for-2 record to New York as part of a seven-horse field in the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for juvenile fillies on...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Keeneland Barn Notes — Friday, Oct. 4

By Amy Owens —- OPENING DAY/FALL STARS WEEKEND – FRIDAY, OCT. 4 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet starts today and concludes Saturday, Oct. 26, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** • LIFELONG HORSEMAN SCOTT...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Hawkish ready for return in Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Multiple graded stakes winner Hawkish, who missed his summer campaign due to throat surgery, is set to make his return to the races on Saturday facing a field of seven in the $150,000 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational at Belmont...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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Stronach 5: Four on the Turf in Friday’s Stronach 5

By David Joseph —- Four on the Turf in Friday’s Stronach 5 Races from Laurel, Gulfstream and Santa Anita $100,000 Guaranteed Pool LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, which continues to offer a strong return on investment, will feature four turf races Friday as well as a $100,000...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES THURSDAY, OCT. 03, 2019

By Ed Golden —- Omaha Beach; Coady Photography • MANDELLA EYES EMERALD CITY WITH OMAHA BEACH • D’AMATO HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN CITY OF HOPE • BAFFERT-SMITH SPLIT ON McKINZIE IS JUST BUSINESS • CALLAGHAN MULLS BREEDERS’ CUP FOR SQUARE DEAL MANDELLA EXCITED ABOUT RETURN OF...
Posted On 04 Oct 2019
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