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By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 18 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1:05 p.m. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April 21. ********** • ORTIZ ALL SMILES WHEN DISCUSSING KENTUCKY DERBY HOPEFUL TACITUS • MORAVIA (GB) RETURNS TO...

Pat McKenna/Mark Bardack —- Spring training now underway at historic Oklahoma Training Track SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In the surest sign that the annual meet at Saratoga Race Course is fast approaching, the famed Oklahoma Training Track is now officially open for...

By Gissel Torres —- Photo Credit: Coady Photography Mike Smith Makes His Pick Moments after Omaha Beach won the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn, his owner, Rick Porter, said he was confident Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith would choose to ride the colt...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1:05 p.m. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April 21. ********** • ZULU ALPHA HEADLINES FIELD OF 10 FOR DIXIANA ELKHORN • JALA JALA (MEX) TRIES TO MAKE THE GRADE...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 15, 2019) – Arkansas Derby (Grade I) runner-up Improbable, along with third-place finisher Country House and sixth-place finisher Long Range Toddy, arrived at Churchill Downs on Monday morning following a flight from...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Jason Beem, a veteran race caller with more than a decade of experience, will handle Monmouth Park’s announcing duties until the return of Frank Mirahmadi following the conclusion of the Santa Anita meet on June 23, general manager Bill...

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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...