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By Amy Owens —- MONDAY, APRIL 2 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 27, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend...

By Mike Willman —- ‘WE’LL RUN HERE,’ SAYS BAFFERT AS TOP PROSPECT JUSTIFY IS COMMITTED TO SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY BUDDING SUPERSTAR SET TO TAKE ON BOLT D’ORO & OTHERS AT 1 1/8 MILES IN THIRD START ARCADIA, Calif. (April 2, 2018)—Bob Baffert,...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- WEST COAST HOLDS LEAD IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL FOR ALL HORSES AFTER SECOND IN DUBAI WORLD CUP LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, April 2, 2018) – New York-bred Audible (6 first-place votes, 381 points)has moved up to second in the latest NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll...

By Ed Golden —- • BOLT D’ORO ‘ON POINT’ FOR RICH SANTA ANITA DERBY • KTLA MORNING NEWS AT SANTA ANITA ON THRUSDAY • RACING MOURNS THE PASSING OF HACEK AND KOOBA • APRIL 8 TELETHON WILL BENEFIT DISABLED JOCKEYS BOLT D’ORO BREEZES FOR $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY Leading...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Mendelssohn; Mathea Kelley/Dubai Racing Club Photo Wow! That’s all I can say after Mendelssohn won the UAE Derby on March 31 at Meydan in Dubai by 18 lengths and in track record time of 1:55.18 for the mile-and-three-sixteenths...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – One day after notching his 1,000th career victory, trainer Rudy Rodriguez added another milestone in capturing the training title for the Aqueduct winter meet that concluded on Saturday with three wins in the Claiming Championship...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 6, and runs through Friday, April 27, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend microsite...

TSV Staff Selections —- GULFSTREAM PARK Race 12) Gulfstream Park Oaks 3-year-old Fillies 1&1/16th Mile Post Time 5:26 EDT Coach Rocks (2), gate-to-wire maiden win here last month came at today’s route; Oxbow filly has been working hot. Take Charge Paula (3),...

By Rick Francis —- GULFSTREAM PARK Race 8) Grade 3 Hardacre Mile Stakes 4-year-olds & Up Post Time 3pm EDT Conquest Big E (1), hot works in the a.m. haven’t helped in the afternoons. Always Dreaming (2), Derby winner returns after seven months on the sidelines; a...

By Ryan Martin —- BLACK GOLD CARRYOVER REACHES $118,980 INTO CLOSING DAY WITH A MANDATORY PAYOUT NEW ORLEANS (March 30, 2018) – A pair of lofty carryover pools on wagers with mandatory closing day payouts will wet the appetite of horseplayers nationwide at Fair Grounds Race...