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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...

By Ryan Martin —- * Gun Runner, Seeking The Soul Resume Pegasus World Cup Preparations * Mr. Misunderstood, Hallie Belle Look Ahead Following Saturday’s Stakes Victories GUN RUNNER, SEEKING THE SOUL RESUME PEGASUS WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS Gun Runner; All photos by Hodges...

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY & WIDE OPEN FIELD OF 10 OLDER HORSES SET TO CONTEST $75,000 JOE HERNANDEZ STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF COURSE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, MONDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 30, 2017)—The New Year gets underway with a bang on Monday at Santa...

By Mike Willman —- Daddys Lil Darling; Zoe Metz Photo DADDYS LIL DARLING RALLIES TO TAKE GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS UNDER SMITH; KENTUCKY SHIPPER, TRAINED BY MCPEEK, GETS 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF IN 2:00.11 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 30 2017)—Just when it looked like favored New...