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DMTC News – From the Wire BAFFERT’S BOB HOPE HOPES DIMINISHED BY ONE Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes – the first of nine graded stakes on the fall racing at Del Mar schedule – falls right in the wheelhouse of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. It’s for...

By Darren Rogers —- MORALES ENDING APPRENTICESHIP WITH A BANG LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018) – Jockey Edgar Morales will lose the five-pound weight allowance that is granted to apprentice riders on Saturday, but the 20-year-old Puerto Rico native has made the...

By Ryan Martin —- KEY DATES TO KNOW: 147th THOROUGHBRED RACING SEASON NEW ORLEANS (November 14, 2018) – The 147th Thoroughbred Racing Season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is approaching, with Opening Day scheduled for Thursday, November 15 with a 12:30 p.m. first...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018) – Jeff Hiles, a former U.S. Marine and longtime assistant to trainer Kenny McPeek, is set to start the next chapter in his life by stepping out on his own and becoming a trainer. “This has been something I’ve...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (November 14, 2018) – Live Thoroughbred racing is set to return in New Orleans for the 147th time, as Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will open for the start of the Thoroughbred racing season on Thursday, Nov. 15 with a 12:30 p.m. first...

SANTA ANITA PRESSBOX —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2018-19 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE, HEADED BY THE GRADE I MALIBU & LA BREA STAKES OPENING DAY, DECEMBER 26 A TOTAL OF 60 STAKES, INCLUDING 34 GRADED EVENTS (EIGHT OF THEM GRADE I) TO BE OFFERED THROUGH APRIL 7, WITH...

By Ryan Martin —- Monte Man Seeks Seven Straight Wins In Saturday’s Heitai • My Miss Chiff Exits Eight-Month Layoff In Sunday’s Happy Ticket • Declan Carroll Excited for First Winter at Fair Grounds MONTE MAN SEEKS SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS IN SATURDAY’S HEITAI Ivery Sisters...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Three Diamonds Farm’s Bigger Picture will make his 16th consecutive graded stakes start as one of three entrants for trainer Mike Maker as part of a full 16-horse field in the Grade 3, $200,000 Red Smith Handicap on Saturday...

By Ryan Martin —- NINETY ONE ASSAULT MAKES STAKES DEBUT IN MR. SULU; Hodges Photography Remember Daisy Returns To Grass In Tom Benson Memorial Johnston Seeks Big Weekend With Stakes Contenders Ninety One Assault Makes Stakes Debut In Mr. Sulu REMEMBER DAISY RETURNS TO GRASS...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 13, 2018) – Federal Case, a 2-year-old son of Gemologist who won his career debut in October at Keeneland, sold for $650,000 to West Bloodstock, agent for Robert and Lawana Low, to be the most expensive horse of Tuesday’s ninth session of...