Keeneland COVID-19 Update on 2020 Spring Race Meet and April Sale

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (March 12, 2020) – The health and safety of Keeneland’s fans, horsemen, athletes and staff are at the forefront of every decision our leadership makes about our racing, sales and hospitality operations. After detailed consultations with...
Posted On 12 Mar 2020
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Gulfstream Today 3.11.20: Joseph Looking to Regroup after Chance It’s Subpar Effort

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 3.11.20 Joseph Looking to Regroup after Chance It’s Subpar Effort Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $1 Million Leading Rider Irad Ortiz Jr. Wins Four Races HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Wednesday morning at Gulfstream Park, trainer...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020
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Aqueduct: Kept True faces open company in Saturday’s $100K Correction

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Treadway Racing Stables’ last-out stakes winner Kept True will attempt her first victory against open company when taking on a seven-horse field in Saturday’s 80th running of the $100,000 Correction for fillies and...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020
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FAIR GROUNDS: ROOM TO FINISH INSTALLED AS SLIGHT FAVORITE IN RED CAMELLIA STAKES

By Grant LaGange —- 5-year-old mare is in form, looking for her first stakes win New Orleans (March 11, 2020) – West Point Thoroughbreds, Forge Ahead Stables LLC, and Jerry Caroom’s Room to Finish is a five-time winner, but on Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course &...
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TAMPA DERBY WINNER KING GUILLERMO NOMINATES TO TRIPLE CROWN; LATE NOMINATIONS REMAIN OPEN UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 30

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, March 11, 2020) – Victoria’s Ranch’s King Guillermo, the 49-1 upset winner of last Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade II), has been nominated to the Triple Crown with a $6,000 late payment that was received and...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Nadal Arrives From California Looking to Give Baffert Seventh Rebel Win

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Nadal Arrives From California Looking to Give Baffert Seventh Rebel Win Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is No. 1 in Rebel Stakes victories, and his latest hope, Nadal, will break from post No. 1 in the $1 million Grade 2 race for 3-year-olds Saturday...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020
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2002 Kentucky Derby-Preakness Champ War Emblem Dies at 21

Cynthia Grisolia —- War Emblem at Old Friends (Photo: Laura Battles) GEORGETOWN, KY – MARCH 11, 2020 – 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion War Emblem has died. The dual classic winner, who had been pensioned at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center...
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Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Catalog Now Online

By Amy Owens —- Click here for the online catalog of juveniles in the April Sale. Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale Catalog Now Online LEXINGTON, KY (March 10, 2020) – Keeneland has cataloged 70 juveniles for its 2020 April Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020
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CHAMPION MIDNIGHT BISOU NEW LEADER IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL; TIE AT THE TOP OF 3-YEAR-OLD POLL

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2020) – Midnight Bisou, the champion older dirt female of 2019 and runner-up in her first try against males in the $20 million Saudi Cup on February 29, earned 16 first-place votes and a total of 376 points to take over the...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020
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FAIR GROUNDS: SHIRER LETS HIS BARN DO THE TALKING

By Joe Kristufek —- Up and coming trainer has won with 41% of his starters at the current Fair Grounds stand New Orleans (March 10, 2020) – Trainer Matt Shirer won with seven of his first ten starters at the current Fair Grounds meet, and his barn hasn’t slowed down much...
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