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By Ryan Martin —- Brendan Walsh NEW ORLEANS (January 15, 2019) – A contentious, overflow field of 14 sophomores (plus one also eligible) hope to earn valuable points on the Road To The Kentucky Derby when they line up for the Grade III $200,000 Lecomte Stakes, the first of...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (January 14, 2019) – Recent Kentucky Oaks winners Monomoy Girl, Lovely Maria, Untapable, Believe You Can, Rachel Alexandra and Proud Spell all wintered at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Could this year’s Oaks winner also take their path...

By Ryan Martin —- Tight Ten; Coady Winchell Homebreds Look to Make Presence Known on Derby Trail • Desormeaux Sends Maiden Night Ops for Grade III Lecomte • Catalano Calls Audible With Liora, Enters in Silverbulletday WINCHELL HOME BREDS LOOK TO MAKE PRESENCE KNOWN ON DERBY...

By Mike Willman —- BELVOIR BAY BENOIT PHOTO FAVORED BELVOIR BAY HANDLES SWITCH IN SURFACE WITH APLOMB AS SHE TAKES $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER PRAT; TRAINED BY MILLER, SHE GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS ON WET FAST MAIN TRACK IN 1:15.06 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12,...

By David Joseph —- Flavien Prat to Ride Audible in $9 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Something Awesome Puts in Second Local Work for Pegasus (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Flavien Prat, a leading rider on the Southern California circuit, will be aboard 2018 Florida Derby (G1)...

By Mike Willman ESCAPE CLAUSE BENOIT PHOTO MANITOBA CANADIAN-BRED ESCAPE CLAUSE ROUTS FOES IN GRADE III, $100,000 LA CANADA STAKES, WINNING BY 5 ½ LENGTHS UNDER BAZE; OWNED & TRAINED BY SCHNELL, SHE GETS 1 1/16 MILES ON WET FAST TRACK IN 1:41.89 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – With four victories today, Samy Camacho is winning races at a pace that would enable him to better Antonio Gallardo’s single-season Tampa Bay Downs record of 147 set during the 2014-2015 meeting. Camacho has 46 winners through the first 27...

By David Joseph —- Jamie Spencer Starts Working Holiday at Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $123,774 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – European jockey Jamie Spencer started a working holiday in the U.S. at Gulfstream Park Sunday, riding Brendan Walsh-trained Bantu to a...

By Ed Golden —- Game Winner; Zoe Metz Photography • CONGRATS IN ORDER FOR BAFFERT AND SMITH • NO ESCAPING ESCAPE CLAUSE’S RISE TO FAME • ALEX SOLIS RECALLS MIGHTY MITE MEGAHERTZ • CTBA WINTER MIXED SALE SET FOR WEDNESDAY SAN FELIPE ON AGENDA FOR UNBEATEN GAME WINNER Bob...

By David Joseph —- Seeking The Soul; Churchill Downs File Photo HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Grade 1 winner Seeking the Soul worked five-eighths of a mile Saturday in a minute flat shortly after the Fair Grounds track opened in preparation for Gulfstream Park’s $9 million...