Fair Grounds: Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing

By Ryan Martin —- Florent Geroux aboard Gun Runner; Reed Palmer Photo * Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing • Sharp, Beschizza Going For More Success With Into Summer In Pago Hop • Lovell Continues To Aim High With Fault GEROUX OFF ALL MOUNTS THROUGH...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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FILLIES AND MARES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES

By Mike Willman —- EASTERN SHIPPERS PENJADE & ELYSEA’S WORLD, ALONG WITH LOCALLY BASED RESPONSIBLEFORLOVE HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES FOR FILLIES & MARES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2017)—Trainer Chad Brown...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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STAR CROSSED MASOCHISTIC FACES TOUGH FIELD IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III MIDNIGHT LUTE STAKES

By Mike Willman —- STAR CROSSED MASOCHISTIC TAKES ON AMERICANIZE, CALCULATOR, SILENT BIRD & IKE WALKER AS FIELD OF NINE SET TO CONTEST SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 MIDNIGHT LUTE STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2017)—Shrouded in controversy since his...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut Shortleaf Stable’s High North is under consideration for three races early in the 2018 Oaklawn meeting, including the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 15, trainer Brad Cox said...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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Santa Anita: Grade 1 American Oaks Preview

By Mike Willman —- DADDYS LIL DARLING, NEW MONEY HONEY, MADAM DANCEALOT & DESERT DUCHESS HEAD COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 10 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS AT 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF PRESTIGIOUS OAKS SERVES AS NATION’S FINAL GRADE I EVENT OF 2017 ARCADIA, Calif....
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS NOTES: FAIR GROUNDS HORSEMEN REMEMBER LATE VAN BERG

By Ryan Martin —- Jack Van Berg; Benoit Photo * Fair Grounds Horsemen Remember Late Van Berg • Valadorna Exits Tiffany Lass Triumph In Good Order; Will Target Houston Ladies Classic • Farrell Likely To Scratch From Saturday’s Pago Hop; Uncontested Could Still Run • Geroux...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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Sea Foam looks to repeat as stakes winner in Saturday’s Damon Runyon

By Brian Bohl/Michael Johnson —- Sea Foam looks to repeat as stakes winner in Saturday’s Damon Runyon; Control Group seeks second straight stakes win in Alex M. Robb OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Waterville Lake Stable’s Sea Foam will seek his third straight victory...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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INSPIRED BY GREATNESS, “ROOKIE” HANDICAPPER WINS 10 DAYS OF FESTIVUS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Ken Hamilton considers his victory in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge” Handicapping Contest an ideal way to cap his rookie year as a horse player. “I used to watch the Triple Crown races when I was a kid in the 1960s and ’70s,” said the El...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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LEGENDARY HALL OF FAME TRAINER JACK VAN BERG PASSES AT 81

Santa Anita Press Release —- LEGENDARY HALL OF FAME TRAINER JACK VAN BERG PASSES AT 81; NEBRASKA NATIVE WON 1988 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP WITH ALYSHEBA ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 27, 2017)—A legendary figure in the annals of American racing, Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg passed...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS STAKES ADVANCES: FULL FIELD OF 14 3-YEAR-OLDS ASSEMBLED FOR WOODCHOPPER, PAGO HOP

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2017) – Three-year-old colts and fillies will have a final chance to end their 2017 campaign on a high note this Saturday, December 30 at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in the Pago Hop and the Woodchopper Stakes, both...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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