Del Mar: Hunt Face Ten Tough Rivals in Eddie Read Stakes Sunday

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Irish-bred Hunt, acclaimed champion grass horse of the 2017 Del Mar summer meeting after triumphs in the Eddie Read Stakes and Del Mar Handicap, returns to the seaside track to seek a second success in the Read Sunday when he heads an...
Posted On 21 Jul 2018
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Saturday, July 21, 2018

Ryan Martin —- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF RACING ATTRACTS EUROPEAN ATTENTION A part of what makes the International Festival of Racing at Arlington International Racecourse such a unique event is the arsenal of overseas contenders that travel for one of the greatest days of...
Posted On 21 Jul 2018
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Saratoga Day 3: Grade 1 CCA Oaks

By Rick Francis —- Monomoy Girl; Coady Photography (Editor’s Note: Staff writer Matt Pappis’ Late Pick-4 play hit for $186.25 for an $80 wager; Atta Boy!) Saratoga Race 9) Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks 3YO Fillies 1&1/8th Miles Post Time 5:40 EDT 1)...
Posted On 21 Jul 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes July 21, 2018

NYRA RELEASE —- Vino Rosso wraps up major preparations for G2 Jim Dandy Brown takes advantage of good weather on a busy Saturday, readies contingent for upcoming stakes assignments Core Beliefs puts in Del Mar breeze as Eurton weighs G2 Jim Dandy start...
Posted On 21 Jul 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes July 20, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire —- SPOUSE OR SHEIK? BAFFERT STAYS STRESS FREE TRAINING FOR BOTH The question regarding Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 San Diego Handicap was one only Bob Baffert was qualified to ponder. “Is it a bigger stressor to train a horse for your wife,...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Friday, July 20, 2018

By Tom Luicci —- STEPHENS PLANNING TO DEBUT A PAIR OF 2-YEAR-OLDS ON TURF IF WEATHER HOLDS AT MONMOUTH PARK FOR SUNDAY’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – With all of the work that John Stephens puts into getting a young horse to the races – more than most trainers, since he and his...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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Opening Day all-sources handle at Saratoga Race Course tops $20 million for second consecutive year

NYRA RELEASE —- New York Racing Association introduces The Stretch, Saratoga’s newest hospitality area SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Opening Day of the 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $20,247,319, the second consecutive season that...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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Daddy Is a Legend holds off Altea in stretch to win G3 Lake George

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jim and Susan Hill’s Daddy Is a Legend outkicked Altea in the stretch to earn her first stakes win of the year, capturing the Grade 3, $150,000 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies on Opening Day of the 40-day summer meet...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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Gulfstream: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $377,000

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $377,000 Gulfstream Summer Graduate Takes Schuylerville (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved at Gulfstream Park Friday, creating a $377,563.07 carryover jackpot for Saturday’s...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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Catherinethegreat storms home in G3 Schuylerville

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies, the first of 69 stakes worth $18.85 million in purses during the 40-day Saratoga Race Course meet, was captured by John C. Oxley’s filly...
Posted On 20 Jul 2018
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