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By Ed Golden —- • TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL STARTS WITH THE SHAM STAKES • LOVELY LILIA ELEVATES INTO GRADE II STAKES LEVEL • TRAINER HOPES TRIBALIST AVOIDS ‘HEAP’ OF TROUBLE • MATHIS BROTHERS, CARMA PROVE SUCCESSFUL UNION • TRAINER GARY SHERLOCK PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 73 • OMAHA...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Robert and Kathleen Verratti’s Independence Hall kicked off his journey to the Kentucky Derby by capturing Wednesday’s $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...