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By Jennifer Hoyt —- McKnight Making Most of First Meet at Oaklawn Following a slow start, training newcomer Norman McKnight continues to climb the standings at Oaklawn, ranking seventh through 26 days of racing. McKnight, riding the momentum of his first training title at...

By Ed Golden —- • UNBEATEN DREAM TREE DRILLS FOR THE SANTA YSABEL • BAFFERT COULD HAVE TWO FOR THE GRADE II SAN FELIPE • CHAMPION UNIQUE BELLA CRUISES IN A BULLET WORKOUT • BOLT D’ORO IN PIVOTAL WORK TOMORROW FOR SAN FELIPE • NEWCOMER ANDREW LERNER HAS PASSION FOR LEARNING...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs’ March 10 Festival Day program, headlined by the Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby for 3-year-olds and offering $1-million in total stakes purses, has attracted 192 nominations, Stakes Coordinator Gerry...

By Ryan Martin —- ArklowHodges Photography GRADE II MUNIZ MEMORIAL THE LIKELY GOAL FOR ARKLOW The Grade II $300,000 Muniz Memorial Handicap on Mar 24 will likely be the next spot for Donegal Racing’s graded stakes winner Arklow, who took Saturday’s ninth race following a...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; Coady Photography Sporting Chance Returns to Track Following Southwest Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance has returned to the track to begin preparations for his scheduled start in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) March 17, Hall of Fame...

By Ed Golden —- MCKINZIE Zoe Metz Photography • BAFFERT THREE-YEAR-OLDS BREEZE ON DERBY TRAIL • MAJESTIC HEAT COMES BACK QUICK FOR SPRING FEVER • ASA ESPINOZA WINS HIS FIRST RACE AT THE AGE OF 18 • NEW 11:30 A.M. SUNDAY FIRST POST STARTS MARCH 11 • MAIDEN RACE NEXT FOR...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Today’s Tampa Turf Test starter handicap series races, the first for fillies and mares and the second for older male horses, played out in eerily similar fashion. So did the post-race interviews with jockey Jose Ferrer, who rode both winners....

By Ryan Martin —- • Carroll Looks Ahead With Wonder Gadot • Promising 3-Year-Old Curlin’s Honor Makes Seasonal Bow On Sunday CARROLL LOOKS AHEAD WITH WONDER GADOT Grade II Rachel Alexandra Stakes third-place finisher Wonder Gadot could return to action in the Gr. II...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Bourne In Nixa; Oaklawn/Coady Photos HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018) – Robert and Lawana Low’s Bourne In Nixa overtook the pacesetters late and drew off to win Saturday’s $125,000 Gazebo Stakes impressively under jockey Ramon Vazquez. Coming...

By Mike Willman —- CONQUEST TSUNAMI Benoit Photo MILLER RUNS 1-2-3 AS UPSTART CONQUEST TSUNAMI GOES GATE TO WIRE TO TAKE GRADE III, $150,000 DAYTONA STAKES BY 2 ½ LENGTHS UNDER ESPINOZA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2018)—As Charlie Whittingham used to say, “We’ve got ’em...