Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Sunday March 11, 2018: Margolis Looks Ahead With Allen “Black Cat” LaCombe Winner Kabella

By Ryan Martin —- * Monomoy Girl Tops Sunday Morning Work Tab • Lanerie Gets Four-Day Suspension Starting Mar. 25 • $200,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick 4 Set For Louisiana Derby Day MARGOLIS LOOKS AHEAD WITH ALLEN “BLACK CAT” LACOMBE WINNER KABELLA All was well with Kabella...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Trainer Tom Howard Passes Saturday; Announces 2nd Purse Increase of Season

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Trainer Tom Howard Passes Saturday Trainer Tom Howard, best known for developing multiple stakes-winning sprinter Ivan Fallunovalot, died from complications of cancer Saturday night at his Hot Springs home. He was 70. Howard was diagnosed with liver...
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FAVORED ACCLERATE POWERS TO 5 ½ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I SANTA ANITA HANDICAP UNDER ESPINOZA

By Mike Willman —- ACCELERATE Benoit Photo FAVORED ACCELERATE POWERS TO 5 ½ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $600,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP UNDER ESPINOZA; SADLER GETS FIRST BIG ’CAP WIN AS 5-YEAR-OLD SON OF LOOKIN AT LUCKY GETS MILE & A QUARTER IN 2:01.83 ON WET FAST TRACK...
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Aqueduct Racetrack Notes: Sunday, March 11, 2018

NYRA RELEASE —- • Enticed exits G3 Gotham in fine fettle, likely for G2 Wood Memorial • Decker ‘super pleased’ with Gotham runner-up Old Time Revival • Jacobson contemplating next starts for Harlan Punch, Great Stuff • Gotham trifecta launched Casey to...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Martini Glass Has Eyes Set on Azeri

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Martini Glass Has Eyes Set on Azeri The rags-to-riches story of multiple stakes winner Martini Glass is scheduled to continue in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares March 17 at Oaklawn, co-owner/trainer Keith Nations said Thursday...
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FAIR GROUNDS: GIRVIN WORKS FIVE FURLONGS, 4-YEAR-OLD DEBUT STILL UNDECIDED

By Ryan Martin —- Girvin Works Five Furlongs, 4-Year-Old Debut Still Undecided • Classy Act, Patrona Margarita Work For Gr. II Fair Grounds Oaks • Cooptado Takes Drop In Class For Sunday Allowance • $200,000 Guaranteed All-Stakes Pick Four Set For Louisiana Derby Day GIRVIN...
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BITSY’S AFLEET RALLIES TO WIN THE PELICAN STAKES

By Don Stevens —- Bitsy’s Afleet; Coady Photography MIDNIGHT RULER WIRES THE FIELD IN THE OWNER APPRECIATION CUP AT DELTA DOWNS – THE TRACK CLOSED OUT THE 2017-18 SEASON WITH A 12-RACE PROGRAM – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs capped off its 2017-18 Thoroughbred...
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OAKLAWN: IT WAS A COSMIC BURST IN HONEYBEE STAKES

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Cosmic Burst; Oaklawn Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 10, 2018) – Norma Lee Stockseth and Todd Dunn’s Cosmic Burst earned herself 50 points towards Kentucky Oaks eligibility with a late rally to win Saturday’s $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) before...
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Aqueduct Stakes Recaps: Grade 3 Tom Fool, Stymie, Heavenly Prize

By Brian Bohl —- Skyler’s Scramjet; Coglianese/NYRA Photo Skyler’s Scramjet wins graded stakes debut in G3 Tom Fool OZONE PARK, N.Y. – SJB Stable and Marcello Micozzi’s Skyler’s Scramjet won her graded stakes debut in impressive fashion,...
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FAVORED CITY OF LIGHT DRAWS CLEAR TO WIN GRADE I, $400,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES

By Mike Willman —- CITY OF LIGHT Benoit Photo FAVORED CITY OF LIGHT DRAWS CLEAR TO WIN GRADE I, $400,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES BY 1 ½ LENGTHS AS VAN DYKE REGISTERS 4TH CONSECUTIVE WIN; TRAINED BY MCCARTHY, QUALITY ROAD COLT GETS SEVEN FURLONGS IN 1:21.35 ARCADIA, Calif. (March...
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