OAKLAWN: STREAMLINE GOES FOR SECOND AZERI VICTORY

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Terra Promessa set to challenge returning champ Streamiline In Grade 2 Azeri; Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 16, 2018) – A well-matched field of eight, including defending champion Streamline, is entered in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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BAFFERT FAVORED TO WIN SEVENTH REBEL WITH SOLOMINI

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Solomini; Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 16, 2018) – Another year, another favorite for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in a major 3-year-old race at Oaklawn. This time, it’s Solomini, who is scheduled to make his 2018 debut in the...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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GR. II LOUISIANA DERBY POST POSITION DRAW TO TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, MAR. 17 AT 11 AM

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (March 15, 2018) – WHAT: Post position draw for the 105th running of the Grade II $1 million Louisiana Derby presented by Twinspires.com WHEN: Saturday, March 17 at 11 a.m. CDT WHERE: Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots paddock (weather...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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O’NEILL’S MOPOTISM, MARTIN’S MENDED, D’AMATO’S FAULT & GALLAGHER’S LA FORCE ALL PROMINENT IN GI SANTA MARGARITA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- MOPOTISM Benoit Photo O’NEILL’S MOPOTISM, MARTIN’S MENDED, D’AMATO’S FAULT & GALLAGHER’S LA FORCE ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES FOR OLDER FILLIES & MARES AT 1 1/8 MILES FIELD OF 10 DISTAFFERS IN PROSPECT...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Update on Rebel and Azeri contenders

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; Coady Photography Sporting Chance Ready for Competitive Rebel Before Sporting Chance made his 3-year-old debut in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 19, the colt’s trainer, Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, asked an observer to handicap...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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PUBILIUS SYRUS, UNBEATEN HECK YEAH & STABLEMATE AX MAN HEADLINE SATURDAY’S PASADENA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- PUBILIUS SYRUS Benoit Photo TWO-TIME STAKES WINNER PUBILIUS SYRUS, UNBEATEN HECK YEAH & STABLEMATE AX MAN HEADLINE SATURDAY’S $200,000 PASADENA STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF COMPETITIVE GROUP OF NINE SOPHOMORES COMPETE FOR TOP PRIZE OF $120,000 ARCADIA,...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, March 15

By Ryan Martin —- * Leading Rider Mena, Veteran Clark Injured in 8th Race Spill * Desormeaux Hoping For First Louisiana Derby Win With My Boy Jack • Forever Unbridled Drills Five Furlongs In Final Local Move For Dubai World Cup DESORMEAUX HOPING FOR FIRST LOUISIANA DERBY...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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Startwithsilver looks for another golden effort in Saturday’s Correction

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fresh off a victory in her stakes debut, Startwithsilver will go for her second in a row and fourth consecutive overall victory in headlining a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the 78th running of the $100,000 Correction on...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

BY ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- BOLT D’ORO & JAVIER CASTELLANO Benoit Photo • CASTELLANO ON BOLT D’ORO IN SANTA ANITA DERBY • GRADE I SANTA MARGARITA HAS 10 WITHOUT ‘UNIQUE’ • ONE MILE PASADENA DISTANCE IS OK FOR LA LA LAND • TRAINER SEEKS MOVE TO THE DIRT...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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O’CONNELL HONORED BY FTBOA; FLORIDA CUP FAST APPROACHING

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Two-time champion Tampa Bay Downs trainer Kathleen O’Connell was among the honorees at Monday’s Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association’s Awards Banquet and Gala, held at the Circle Square Cultural Center Ballroom in Ocal...
Posted On 15 Mar 2018
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