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By Darren Rogers —- SPRINT ONE OF TWO STAKES ON SATURDAY’S ‘DOWNS AFTER DARK’ CARD LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Chris Wilkins’ multiple stakes winner Wilbo heads a competitive field of seven older sprinters that were entered in Saturday night’s 30th running of the $100,000 Aristides...

Golden Gate Release —- THE LIEUTENANT, HALF BROTHER TO JUSTIFY, WINS THE ALL AMERICAN Berkeley, Calif. (May 28, 2018) – Under the guidance of Southern California jockey Tyler Connor, 5-year-old The Lieutenant stalked the pace before surging in the final sixteenth of a...

By John Heims —- MAY START NEXT IN $75,000 REGRET STAKES ON JUNE 17 OCEANPORT, N.J. – Day by Day, looking and acting every bit the part of a 1-2 shot, blazed to a 3-1/4-length victory in Sunday’s $42,000 featured allowance race at Monmouth Park in a performance that likely...

By Mike Willman —- Hunt; Zoe Metz Photo COMEBACKING HUNT UP TO BEAT FAVORED HEART TO HEART BY A NECK IN GRADE I, $400,000 SHOEMAKER MILE; PRAT & D’AMATO TEAM FOR TURF WIN IN 1:34.07 SHOE MILE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ CHALLENGE RACE ARCADIA, Calif. (May...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** • Triple Crown hopeful Justify could have ‘a little breeze’ Tuesday • Bolt d’Oro puts in...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 28, 2018) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert arrived in Louisville on Sunday to watch his undefeated Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Preakness (GI) winner Justify gallop 1 ½ miles Monday morning at...

By Bailey Gallison —- CARLOS MARQUEZ, JR. ONE PHOTO AWAY FROM MILESTONE WIN When jockey Carlos Marquez, Jr. first got into the game back in 1984 his father Carlos Marquez, Sr. – also a jockey – told him that if he maintained a strong work ethic and devoted himself to the...

By Ed Golden —- • O’NEILL HOPES NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR PAVEL • TALAMO, DR. DORR PERFECT FOR RICH GOLD CUP • MOPOTISM MAKES TURF DEBUT IN GRADE I GAMELY • GALLAGHER IS COUNTING ON FRENCH CONNECTION • EVIN ROMAN COULD RESUME RIDING AGAIN JUNE 7 PAVEL GOOD AS GOLD (CUP) AFTER...

NYRA Release —- • Noble Indy joins Vino Rosso ‘in the mix’ for G1 Belmont Stakes; Audible to get freshening for summer campaign • Hofburg puts in Saratoga breeze in preparation for Belmont Stakes • G1 Acorn part of Monomoy Girl’s pursuit of championship •...

By John Heims —- PAGE MCKENNEY LOOKING TO ADD TO REMARKABLE CAREER IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 SALVATOR MILE AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – When trainer Mary Eppler claimed Page McKenney for $16,000 in 2013 for owners Adam Staple and Jalin Stable she barely gave it a second...