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By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner; Coady Photography Gun Runner Retains First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, October 23 2017) – Eleven days remaining until the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, week 39 of the National Thoroughbred...

By Amy Owens —- Apple Betty (IRE) Romps to Victory in Rood & Riddle Dowager LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 22, 2017) – Joseph Allen’s Apple Betty (IRE), denied victory in this race last year by a nose, left no doubt Sunday as she exploded to a 3½-length victory over Promotional...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet concludes Saturday, Oct. 28. The final week of racing begins Wednesday. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · LYNCH TURF DUO WORKS TOWARD BREEDERS’ CUP STARTS · FIRST LADY WINNER ZIPESSA BEGINS DEL...

By Ed Golden —- BOLT D’ORO, WEST COAST HEADLINE BC BREEZERS D’AMATO WORKS HIS RUNNERS FOR BREEDERS’ CUP POETIC JUSTICE: SPIN ME A KISS FOR AUTUMN MISS UNBEATEN BOLT D’ORO IN ‘GREAT’ WORK FOR JUVENILE A bevy of blueblood talent bent on winning Breeders’ Cup races were out en...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 21, 2017) – Alan Klein and Phil Lebherz’s Miss Sunset wore down pace-setting Chalon in deep stretch to win the 19th running of the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2) for 3-year-old fillies by a half-length before a Saturday afternoon crowd of...

By Ed Golden —- COLLECTED, STELLAR WIND WORK FOR BREEDERS’ CUP ECLIPSE WINNER KYLE FREY RETURNS AT SANTA ANITA VETERAN IGGY PUGLISI RIDING A WELCOME HOT STREAK COLLECTED, STELLAR WIND IN ‘NICE’ BC BREEZES Pacific Classic winner Collected, one of Bob Baffert’s “Fab Four” for...

By Amy Owens —- SATURDAY, OCT. 21 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet concludes Saturday, Oct. 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · WARD PLEASED WITH LADY AURELIA’S FINAL KEENELAND WORK BEFORE BREEDERS’...

By Don Stevens —- 7-YEAR-OLD GELDING RIDDEN TO VICTORY BY JOCKEY ASHLEY BROUSSARD – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the $100,000 Gold Cup Stakes on Saturday night as the track closed out the first week of its new Thoroughbred season. The one-mile Gold Cup for...

By Amy Owens —- Lovely Bernadette Gets Ground-Saving Trip to Win Pin Oak Valley View LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 20, 2017) – James Miller’s Lovely Bernadette swept by pacesetting I’m Betty G inside the sixteenth pole and had more than enough left to hold off favored Journey Home by...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, OCT. 20 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet concludes Saturday, Oct. 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · HORSEMEN TALK ABOUT WEEKEND STAKES HORSES · LIVE OAK PLANTATION, G. WATTS...