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By Bob Mieszerski —- SUMMER THOROUGHBRED FESTIVAL BEGINS SATURDAY; THREE STAKES TO BE OFFERED DURING 10-DAY SEASON; SOI PHET TO MAKE LAST START IN OPENING DAY BERTRANDO CYPRESS, Calif. —-The first thoroughbred meet of 2019 at Los Alamitos will begin Saturday, June 29....

By Kevin Kerstein —- CALIFORNIA SHIPPER PHANTOM BOSS HOPES TO GIVE PERIBAN HIS FIRST CHURCHILL DOWNS VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $125,000 BASHFORD MANOR LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 27, 2019) – Trainer Jorge Periban has never started a horse beneath the historic...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Diversify to join Old Friends; Catholic Boy and Rock my Love pointed for graded stakes action • Varenka remains possible for G1 Belmont Oaks; English Bee and He’s No Lemon hoping for G1 Belmont Derby invites • Olendon set for North American...

Dear Valued Fan, Today the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors unanimously affirmed its commitment to conduct the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park on November 1-2. This will mark the 10th time the event will be held at Santa Anita, the most of any host...

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Well Defined Makes Return in $75,000 Carry Back Among Five Stakes Worth $750,000 on Summit of Speed Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Stonehedge LLC’s homebred sophomore Well Defined, a Grade 3 winner around two turns over the winter, will make his...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – John Oxley’s Wings of Dawn will be making her stakes debut in her first career start on dirt as part of a six-horse field of 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s 63rd running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Mother Goose at Belmont...

By Tom Luicci —- 52 HORSES INVITED TO TVG.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL; MONMOUTH’S SHOWCASE RACE SET FOR SATURDAY, JULY 20 OCEANPORT, N.J. – The second half of a wide-open 3-year-old season will begin in earnest with the 52nd edition of TVG.com Haskell Invitational on Saturday,...

By David Joseph —- Stormy Embrace; Lauren King Photo Stormy Embrace ‘Doing Awesome’ for Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) Set for Title Defense in Grade 2 ‘Win & You’re In’ Summit of Speed Race HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC’s Stormy Embrace...

By Jim Gluckson/Breeders’ Cup —- MCKINZIE STAYS ATOP BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC RANKINGS LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2019) – Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s 4-year-old McKinzie (250 votes) has retained the No. 1 position following the third week of voting in the...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2019) – With the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes producing an upset winner in Hunter O’Riley this past Saturday, there was relatively no movement in this week’s edition of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Multiple Grade 1 winner...