Friday’s Stronach 5: Four Tracks, Four on Turf, Free Past Performances

By David Joseph —- $100,000 Guaranteed Pool LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring a 12-percent industry-low takeout and a $100,000 guaranteed pool, will feature four turf races Friday afternoon from four different tracks. Post time for the national pick 5 will be 5:30 p.m....
Posted On 08 May 2019
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MR. MONEY TO PASS PREAKNESS FOR MATT WINN

By Gary Yunt/CD Media —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 8, 2019) – Trainer Bret Calhoun said Wednesday morning that Allied Racing Stable’s Mr. Money, the 5 ¼-length winner of Saturday’s Pat Day Mile (GIII), would “probably pass on the Preakness.” “I think we are going to...
Posted On 08 May 2019
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Separationofpowers returns to action in G3 Vagrancy

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y – Following an eight-month layoff, Klaravich Stables’ two-time Grade 1 winner Separationofpowers will be making her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Vagrancy – a 6 ½ furlong test for fillies and mares on...
Posted On 08 May 2019
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Gulfstream’s Championship Meet Continues to Produce Classic Winners

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover $817,189.50 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet, home of the Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) and Fountain of Youth (G2), continued its tradition of producing 3-year-old classic champions and stars...
Posted On 08 May 2019
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ARLINGTON STAKES PREVIEW: THE $100,000 GIII HANSHIN CUP

By Grant LaGrange —- The 67th running of the GIII $100,000 Hanshin Cup will mark the first Stakes race of the 2019 Arlington meet. It will be run at 1 mile on the Polytrack with a field of eleven older horses including last year’s runner up. The 2019 running will be the...
Posted On 08 May 2019
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Maximum Security Takes the Lead in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- MAXIMUM SECURITY TAKES THE LEAD IN NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; BRICKS AND MORTAR STILL REIGNS IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2019) – His winning effort in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve may have been made and void via...
Posted On 07 May 2019
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Derby Winner Country House Tops Prospects for 144th Preakness

By David Joseph —- Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Saturday, May 18 at Pimlico Race Course BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Country House tops the list of candidates for the 144th Preakness Stakes (G1) – the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course – on...
Posted On 06 May 2019
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Gulfstream: Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $817,189 for Thursday

By David Joseph —- Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $817,189 for Thursday Live Racing Returns with 10-Race Card May 9 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Live racing returns to Gulfstream Park with a 10-race program Thursday, May 9 featuring a carryover jackpot of $817,189.50 in the 20-cent...
Posted On 06 May 2019
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BENNETT WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TRAINING TITLE; AVERILL RACING ON TOP

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Heavy rain, accompanied by widespread lightning and high winds, forced the cancellation of the remainder of today’s card after the first race. Officially, the 2018-2019 Tampa Bay Downs season concludes on Sunday, June 30, which is also the...
Posted On 06 May 2019
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019

By Ed Golden —- • PRAT IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD AFTER DERBY VICTORY • CONTROVERSY REIGNS FOLLOWING DISQUALIFICATION • $356,332 UP FOR GRABS AT END OF RAINBOW JACKPOT • OHIO AT THE READY FOR THE GRADE I SHOEMAKER MILE TEAM PRAT ON CLOUD NINE AFTER HISTORIC DERBY WIN Flavien...
Posted On 06 May 2019
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