Correll’s Eclipse Selections: Bricks and Mortar to reign as Horse of the Year

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview The 49th Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 23, 2020, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters I’m allowed to vote in both the equine and human categories for the...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019 • MEMORABLE SANTA ANITA OPENER ‘A CELEBRATION’ • OMAHA BEACH HEADS TO FLORIDA FOR RICH PEGASUS • MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ESPINOZA ABOARD BELLAFINA • OISEAU DE GUERRE OFF THE RAIL FOR JOE HERNANDEZ FANS ENJOY ‘A...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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Fair Grounds: Our Lost Love, X Clown Score in Divisions of Louisiana Futurity

By Grant LaGrange —- Steve Asmussen denied 1,000th stakes score with favorite in filly race On the lead virtually every step of the way as the 3-1 second choice under jockey Mitchell Murrill, Tri-star Racing LLC’s Our Lost Love scored the first of two wins on the card for...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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TAMPA BAY: CODY’S WINNER SHINES ON DIRT; GALLARDO, ALLEN FINISH 2019 IN STYLE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today, the only time Admiralty Pier had raced on a dirt track was more than two years ago, when he finished fourth as a 2-year-old in the Grade III Dixiana Bourbon Stakes on a sloppy surface at Keeneland in a race taken off the turf....
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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OMAHA BEACH CRUISES TO 2 ¾ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I RUNHAPPY MALIBU STAKES

By Mike Willman —- OMAHA BEACH BENOIT PHOTO OMAHA BEACH CRUISES TO 2 ¾ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $300,000 RUNHAPPY MALIBU STAKES IN PENULTIMATE START; SMITH & MANDELLA TEAM FOR SEVEN FURLONG WIN IN 1:22.33 SMITH NOTCHES 217TH GRADE I WIN, SURPASSING RETIRED HALL OF FAMER...
Posted On 30 Dec 2019
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ASMUSSEN EYES 1,000th CAREER STAKES WIN WITH VACHERIE

By Grant LaGrange —- On the brink of a milestone, Hall of Fame trainer saddles the odds-on favorite in the fillies division of the Louisiana Futurity The Sunday card Fair Grounds Racecourse will feature two $100,000 Louisiana-bred Futurities, one for the boys and one for...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • A BUSY OPENING DAY FOR BALTAS ON SATURDAY • DRAFT PICK IN THE TRENCHES FOR SAN ANTONIO • POST SHOULD AID BELLAFINA IN GRADE I LA BREA • GLATT DUO MAKE U.S. DEBUT IN MATHIS BROS. MILE • POLANCO REMEMBERS THE LATE BOBBY FRANKEL • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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Gulfstream Today: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed at $1.5 Million

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed at $1.5 Million Pegasus Candidate Spun to Run Breezes at Palm Meadows Irad Ortiz Rides Five of Six in Rainbow 6 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool will be guaranteed at $1.5 million Saturday at...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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DALE’S LIL SIS SNARES FIRST STAKES WIN IN THE $70,000 LOOKOUT AT DELTA DOWNS

By Don Stevens —- – KARL BROBERG TRAINEE EXTENDS WINS STREAK TO FOUR IN A ROW – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the first of two stakes races this weekend on Friday night and it was Dale’s Lil Sis who proved best in the $70,000 Lookout Stakes for Louisiana-bred...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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Aqueduct Racetrack to be open Wednesday through Sunday in 2020

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced, as of January 1, Aqueduct Racetrack will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday. With on-track simulcasting closed on Monday and Tuesday at the Big A, racing...
Posted On 28 Dec 2019
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