By Jennifer Hoyt —- Oaklawn Park Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR (Sunday, April 14, 2019) – Favorite Midnight Bisou demonstrated her championship potential by grinding out a narrow win over the hard-fighting Escape Clause in Sunday’s $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1). It was the...
By Amy Owens —- SUNDAY, APRIL 14 ********** BARN NOTES WILL NOT BE PRODUCED MONDAY, APRIL 15. THEY WILL RESUME TUESDAY, APRIL 16. ********** Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April...
Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Omaha Beach and Improbable went from being on the outside looking at the 2019 Kentucky Derby to securing solid spots in the 145th renewal of the race after putting on a thrilling stretch drive in the Arkansas Derby on April 13 at Oaklawn...
By Jennifer Hoyt —- Midnight Bisou; Zoe Metz Photo MIDNIGHT BISOU LEADS SMALL, BUT MIGHTY APPLE BLOSSOM FIELD HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 13, 2019) – A small, but select six-horse field is entered in the $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) Sunday at Oaklawn, a 1...
By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for an eighth consecutive racing day Saturday at Gulfstream Park, producing a carryover jackpot of $203,322.54 for Sunday’s card (First-race post time: 1:15 p.m.) Multiple tickets with all six...
By Jennifer Hoyt —- $1 Million Arkansas Derby (G1) Quotes: Winning trainer Richard Mandella, Omaha Beach: “He looked like he was well within himself and Mike (Smith) just let him enjoy his job, just stride out and go where he went. My first thought was, ‘Jeez, don’t move...
By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 13, 2019) – E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ brilliant Rushing Fall took the lead out of the gate and held off a late bid from stablemate Rymska (FR) by a length to win the 31st running of the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley (G1) for fillies...
Another Broad soars to victory in Top Flight Invitational —- By Keith McCalmont OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Another Broad made her Aqueduct Racetrack debut a winning one with a dramatic late rally under Manny Franco in Saturday’s $200,000 Top Flight Invitational, a...
By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 12, 2019) – Motion Emotion bids for her first career stakes victory in the $500,000 Fantasy (G3) for 3-year-old fillies Friday at Oaklawn, the final major local prep for the Kentucky Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile Fantasy goes as...
