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Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media —- First Mission HOT SPRINGS, AR – First Mission’s latest audition for a first Grade 1 victory was a smashing success. A homebred for famed Godolphin, First Mission took command in the final furlong to post a two-length...

By Mike Henry —- DIAZ SUFFERS DISLOCATED SHOULDER; HOPES TO RETURN BEFORE MEET’S END OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs jockey Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr., suffered a dislocated left shoulder Friday when he was unseated in the stretch run of the seventh race on the turf after his...

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Antiquarian Launching Comeback Saturday Squire Wins Debut, Continues 2YO Success for Sire Leinster May 10 Royal Palm Juvenile, Qualifier for Ascot, Up Next Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $100,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Centennial...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, April 18, 2025 American Promise went fast in his penultimate workout for the Kentucky Derby May 3 at Churchill Downs. Really fast. Breezing in company with stablemate Bon Temps, American Promise covered seven furlongs from the...

By Mike Henry —- SILVER SLUGGER RUNS TO FORM, MAY GO IN STAKES NEXT; CAMACHO WINS 4 OLDSMAR, FL. – After coming within .20 seconds of the Tampa Bay Downs track record for 6 ½ furlongs in his previous start on March 23, trainer Juan Carlos Avila’s 5-year-old gelding Silver...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 18 First post during the Spring Meet is 1 p.m. ET except for the April 25 closing day, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale after the races. ************************* FOREVER...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025 WORKS: CITIZEN BULL, MADAKET ROAD DRILL FOR KENTUCKY DERBY SIEGEL STEPS DOWN AS MORNING LINE MAKER DUE TO HEALTH CLASSIC MEET: TOTAL HANDLE UP 14% ON SANTA ANITA RACES 2028 OLYMPICS: SANTA ANITA TAPPED AS EQUESTRIAN VENUE WORKS:...

By David Joseph —- Delgado ‘Confident’ in Mythical Ahead of Juvenile Debut 2YOs Return to Gulfstream with Races Thursday and Friday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Arindel’s Mythical, a bay homebred daughter of St Patrick’s Day, has thrilled her connections and figures to draw...

By David Joseph —- Pair of Berths at Stake This Weekend for Preakness 150 Laurel’s Federico Tesio, Oaklawn’s Bathhouse Row Saturday BALTIMORE – Nine Triple Crown-nominated horses will be vying this weekend for an automatic berth in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs continues to pile up single-season Oaklawn personal bests at the 2024-2025 meeting. A victory by Ngala ($17.40) in Friday’s seventh race represented Moquett’s 29th at the...