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By Mike Willman —- Collected; All Photos by Benoit BAFFERT PACKS POTENT ONE-TWO PUNCH WITH COLLECTED & HOPPERTUNITY IN TUESDAY’S GRADE II, $300,000 SAN ANTONIO STAKES; CASSIDY HAS UP & COMER PRIME ATTRACTION AS FIELD OF VETERANS GO 1 1/16 MILES RUN FOR THE FIRST...

By Mike Willman —- Paradise Woods; Zoe Metz Photo OUTSTANDING FIELD OF 10 SOPHOMORE FILLIES TO GO SEVEN FURLONGS TRADITIONAL OPENING DAY FIXTURE FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES ONE OF FOUR GRADED STAKES OFFERED; SPECIAL EARLY FIRST POST TIME OF 12 NOON SET FOR NINE-RACE PROGRAM...

By Ed Golden —- • HOLIDAY’S A WINNER FOR TRUMAN DESPITE LOSING HORSES • BOB BAFFERT SEEKS GRADE I STATUS WITH IRISH FREEDOM • CERIN NEEDS HORSE AT TOP OF HIS GAME FOR SAN ANTONIO • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE TO FANS ON OPENING DAY TRAINER MAINTAINS HOLIDAY SPIRIT YEAR-ROUND...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – No matter their level of involvement, horsemen and Thoroughbred racing fans are always dreaming of the first Saturday in May, hoping to arrive at Churchill Downs with a Kentucky Derby contender they can embrace. A Tampa Bay Downs crowd of...

By Ryan Martin —- • Believe In Royalty, Kowboy Karma Possible For Lecomte • Promise of Spring Gets Class Boost In Tiffany Lass • Imma Bling Spins Back in 10 Days BELIEVE IN ROYALTY, KOWBOY KARMA POSSIBLE FOR LECOMTE Trainer Larry Jones is looking ahead with promising...

By Ed Golden —- • UNIQUE BELLA IN SMART BREEZE FOR GRADE I LA BREA • BOWIES HERO REMAINS ON TURF FOR MATHIS BROTHERS • SANTA ANITA’S STELLAR SIMULCAST TEAM READY TO GO • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE TO FANS OPENING DAY UNIQUE BELLA IN ‘EASY’ DRILL FOR LA BREA Don Alberto...

By Ryan Martin —- VALADORNA HEADS FIELD OF ELEVEN FOR DEC. 26 TIFFANY LASS NEW ORLEANS (December 21, 2017) – Stonestreet Stables LLC’s Valadorna is slated as the 5-2 morning line favorite when she takes on ten other fillies and mares in the 53rd running of the $50,000...

NYRA RELEASE —- Green Gratto faces talented field in $100,000 Gravesend OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Watershed will headline a competitive field of nine in the $125,000 Queens County for 3-year-olds and up, one of two stakes races on Saturday at...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – It’s a place where trainers devise strategy that is liable to fly out the window when a race starts and agents hustle assignments for their baby-faced jockey who may or may not have won 20 races at an unsanctioned bush track. It’s where...

By Ryan Martin —- * Recent Retiree Torres to Focus On New Career • Beschizza Gets Off To A Hot Start • Bullards Alley Works; Next Stop Gulfstream RECENT RETIREE TORRES TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON NEW CAREER Former jockey Francisco Torres, whose retirement ceremony took place in...