FAIR GROUNDS: BLACK GOLD CARRYOVER REACHES $541,240 HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY’S CARD

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (March 10, 2019) – A total of $541,240 will be carried over into the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ Black Gold 5, a bet which only pays out the entire pool if there is a single winning ticket. Live racing action resumes on Wednesday...
Posted On 11 Mar 2019
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TACITUS PICKS RIGHT TIME TO EMERGE AS TRIPLE CROWN CANDIDATE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott clearly is not a man in a hurry. A mere 22 years after his first victory in Tampa Bay Downs’ biggest race, Mott grabbed another Grade II Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby triumph. And he did it with Tacitus, a colt...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Baffert Confirms Champion Game Winner and Improbable for Rebel

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Improbable; Coady Photography Baffert Confirms Champion Game Winner and Improbable for Rebel Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the Rebel Stakes a record six times, all since 2010. Baffert will have a chance to add to that total with unbeaten...
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SANTA ANITA’S ONE MILE MAIN TRACK TO REOPEN FOR TRAINING MONDAY AT 5 A.M

By Mike Willman/Tiffani Steer SANTA ANITA’S ONE MILE MAIN TRACK TO REOPEN FOR TRAINING MONDAY AT 5 A.M.; TRACK TO BE AVAILABLE TO JOGGERS & GALLOPERS ONLY, WORKOUTS EXPECTED TO RESUME IN THE COMING DAYS ARCADIA, Calif. (March 9, 2019)—Santa Anita’s one mile main track will...
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IDAHO NATIVE SCOTT STEVENS WINS PRESTIGIOUS 2019 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD

By Mike Willman —- SCOTT STEVENS COADY PHOTOGRAPHY IDAHO NATIVE SCOTT STEVENS WINS PRESTIGIOUS 2019 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD; CONSISTENCY & WORK ETHIC HALLMARKS OF ICONIC 43-YEAR CAREER SCOTT & GARY STEVENS ARE FIRST BROTHER-WINNING COMBO SINCE AWARD’S...
Posted On 09 Mar 2019
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Aqueduct Racetrack Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Best hoping for big effort from Instagrand in G3 Gotham return • Pletcher contingent ready for Big A stakes action • Cross Country Pick 5 bolsters Gotham Day excitement OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Owner Larry Best, who races under the nom de course OXO...
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SANTA ANITA TO REOPEN INNER EXERCISE TRACK

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA TO REOPEN INNER EXERCISE TRACK Arcadia, CA – March 7, 2019 – Starting Friday, March 8, 2019, Santa Anita will reopen its inner exercise track to all horses stabled on the grounds. That track, about six furlongs (3/4 of a mile) in...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Six Shooter Works towards Gazebo Stakes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Six Shooter Works towards Gazebo Stakes Six Shooter will make his next start in the $125,000 Gazebo Stakes for 3-year-olds March 23 at Oaklawn, trainer Paul Holthus of Hot Springs said Friday morning. Six Shooter had been under consideration for the $1...
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TESTING ONE TWO EASY IN THE OWNERS APPRECIATION DISTAFF AT DELTA DOWNS

By Don Stevens —- Testing One Two; Coady Photography TESTING ONE TWO AS EASY AS ONE TWO THREE IN THE OWNERS APPRECIATION DISTAFF AT DELTA DOWNS – BRITTLYN STABLE CHARGE WINS HER SECOND STAKES RACE OF THE SEASON – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the $68,000...
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FAIR GROUNDS: SERENGETI EMPRESS PLEASES AMOSS IN WEDNESDAY MORNING BREEZE

By Ryan Martin —- • Serengeti Empress Pleases Amoss in Wednesday Morning Breeze • Eurton Could Send Giant Expectations, Core Beliefs for Grade II New Orleans ‘Cap • Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park a Possibility for Exclamation Point • Casse Sends Two ‘Similar’ Fillies...
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