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By Mike Willman —- Itsinthepost; All by Benoit Photo ITSINTHEPOST, HE WILL, FLAMBOYANT & TOP OF THE GAME ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN GABRIEL 72ND RUNNING OF ICONIC TURF FIXTURE ATTRACTS WIDE OPEN FIELD OF 10 OLDER HORSES ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 4,...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (January 3, 2018) – A field of 11 fillies and mares will assemble for the Saturday, January 6th featured event at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the $50,000 Pan Zareta Stakes, which is run at a distance of 5½ furlongs over the...

By Mike Willman —- Bob Baffert; Benoit Photo BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE TOWERS OVER RIVALS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SHAM STAKES AT FLAT MILE; SHIVERMETIMBERS, MOURINHO & ALL OUT BLITZ HOPE TO CONTEND NAMED FOR 1973 SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER, RACE PROVIDES WINNER WITH...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Arnaud Delacour turned a few heads after Saturday’s Lightning City Stakes when he said his winning turf sprint filly Smiling Causeway might not race again until May in The Very One Stakes at Pimlico. Normally, a victory by a 3-year-old (now...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Irad Ortiz, Jr. earned his third year-end riding title, with Chad Brown securing his third consecutive training title on the New York Racing Association’s circuit in 2017. Leading owner Michael Dubb won his fourth straight...

By Ryan Martin —- Louisiana Futurity Winners To Make Next Start At Delta Downs • Margolis Eyes Delta Downs’ Big Drama Stakes For Bourne In Nixa; Ebben Still On Track For Lecomte • Ride a Comet To Try Turf In Saturday Allowance Event LOUISIANA FUTURITY WINNERS TO MAKE NEXT...

By Ed Golden —- DISTANCE, BLINKERS SIGNIFICANT IN SHAM? MAIDEN TO START IN GRADE II SANTA YNEZ HEALTHY FREE ROSE SET FOR SAN GABRIEL LEWIS EXPECTS ‘HAPPY’ IMPROVEMENT IN SHAM STAKES Here Is Happy is light years away in talent at this stage from 1995 Santa Anita Derby winner...

Joe Kristufek; Coady Photo NEW ORLEANS (December 31, 2017) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has officially named Joe Kristufek as the new racing analyst and paddock host for the 2017-18 Winter Meet. A native of Chicago, Kristufek began climbing the ladder at the city’s...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Although many music lovers are most familiar with the Bachman-Turner Overdrive version of “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” it might have been the “Greatest Showman” himself, P.T. Barnum himself, who coined the phrase. Regardless of its origins,...

By Ed Golden —- • VICTOR LOOKS FOR MORE VICTORIES IN 2018 • BLANC BIDS GOODBYE TO 2017 WITH A BANG • STEPH BEING STEPH DRILLS FOR SANTA YNEZ ESPINOZA LOOKS FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR It’s light years from American Pharoah, California Chrome and Stellar Wind, champions all, but...