WELL ACCOMPLISHED GORMLEY HEADS GRADE III SHAM STAKES

By Mike Willman —- WELL ACCOMPLISHED GORMLEY & FIRST-OUT WINNER AMERICAN ANTHEM HEAD GRADE III, $100,000 SHAM STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA NEWLY TURNED 3-YEAR-OLDS TAKE FIRST GRADED STEP TOWARD $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2017)—The road to...
Posted On 05 Jan 2017
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Gulfstream: California Chrome Ready to Take Flight after Wednesday Workout

By David Joseph —- California Chrome Ready to Take Flight after Wednesday Workout Eclipse Finalists Announcement 11 a.m. www.GulfstreamPark.com Pletcher Trainee Malagacy Debuts with 15-Length Score Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $23,992.48 HALLANDALE...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017
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JOCKEY MEDINA BACK IN WINNER’S CIRCLE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2014

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Doctors told jockey Jean Claude Medina he should find another occupation after he broke his elbow and punctured a lung when his mount clipped heels in a race at Tampa Bay Downs in April of 2015 and threw him to the turf. But riding horses...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017
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NYRA to offer $1 million bonus to Japan-based winner of 2017 Belmont Stakes

From Pat McKenna —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association has announced a $1 million bonus to any Japan-based thoroughbred who competes in and wins the 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 10 at Belmont Park, the...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS: UPDATE ON EHV-1 AT FAIR GROUNDS

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 2, 2017) – Test results have been returned for the two horses who spiked temperatures earlier this morning at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The horse in Barn 14, trained by Tom Amoss, returned a negative result. The horse in...
Posted On 03 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES (MONDAY JANUARY 2, 2017)

By Ed Golden —- • GORMLEY BREEZES FOR GRADE III SHAM STAKES • ‘DADDYO’ COOL FOR THE GRADE II SAN GABRIEL • CADET RONI READY FOR GRADE III LAS CIENEGAS • $12 MILLION PEGASUS NEXT FOR MIDNIGHT STORM? GORMLEY WORKS ‘VERY WELL’ FOR SHAM Under Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor...
Posted On 03 Jan 2017
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El Areeb picks up 10 Derby points with 11 ¼-length score in G3 Jerome

By Heather Pettinger —- El Areeb; All photos by Chelsea Durand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – M M G Stables’ El Areeb picked up 10 points towards securing a spot in the starting gate at the 2017 Kentucky Derby, recording his third straight victory with an 11 ¼-length romp...
Posted On 03 Jan 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS BACKSTRETCH UNDER QUARANTINE

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 2, 2017) – Two horses on the backstretch at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots spiked temperatures Monday morning. As a result of this development, the precautionary step has been taken to place the entirety of the Fair Grounds...
Posted On 02 Jan 2017
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Jockey Ashley Broussard Sweeps The Lookout And B-Connected Stakes

By Don Stevens —- JOCKEY ASHLEY BROUSSARD SWEEPS THE LOOKOUT AND B-CONNECTED STAKES IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS AT DELTA DOWNS VINTON, LA. – For the second consecutive year jockey Ashley Broussard has won the Lookout and B-Connected Stakes at Delta Downs on the same weekend....
Posted On 02 Jan 2017
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Caledonian wins stakes debut in Lost in the Fog

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Curragh Stables’ Caledonian overtook Always a Suspect in deep stretch to win his stakes debut by a neck in the $100,000 Lost in the Fog for newly turned 3-year-olds on Sunday in the first stakes race of the year at Aqueduct...
Posted On 02 Jan 2017
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