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By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Dec. 6, 2016) – Keeneland has cataloged 1,892 horses for its 59th Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held Jan. 9-13, 2017. The catalog includes 726 broodmares, 147 broodmare prospects, 732 yearlings, 280 horses of racing age and seven stallions...

By Michael Adolphson —- LOUISIANA-BREDS HIGHLIGHT 13-RACE CARD NEW ORLEANS (December 5, 2016) – Eight-year-old Louisiana-bred warrior String King will seek a fourth title in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf on Saturday when the venerable graded stakes-winning son...

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2016-17 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE; GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEAD OPENER DEC. 26; PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS TO BE RUN DEC. 31 A TOTAL OF 58 STAKES, INCLUDING NINE GRADE I EVENTS, TO BE OFFERED THROUGH SANTA...

By Robert Mieszerski —- STARLET, LOS ALAMITOS CASHCALL FUTURITY TO BE RUN DEC. 10; CALIFORNIA CHROME LIKELY FOR WINTER CHALLENGE DEC. 17 CYPRESS, Calif. —The third and final Thoroughbred meet of 2016 at Los Alamitos will begin Thursday, Dec. 8. The eight-day Winter...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Bobby the Brain Gives Stidham Win 100 • Sunbean Set for Champions Day • Work Tab Mike Stidham; CD/File Photo BOBBY THE BRAIN GIVES STIDHAM WIN 100 Stallionaire Enterprises’ Bobby the Brain made his debut a winning one for trainer Mike Stidham,...

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s total handle on Saturday’s Opening Day program for the Championship Meet, highlighted by the 18th edition of the Claiming Crown, was a record $11.115 million. The previous record Claiming Crown...

DMTC— From the Wire $89,411 Carryover, Mandatory Payout in Del Mar Pick Six Sunday Lightly-raced Annals of Time, under a brilliant ride by East Coast star Javier Castellano, darted through a narrow opening in midstretch and overhauled stablemate Beach Patrol nearing the...

By Brian Bohl —- Chester and Mary Broman’s homebred Highway Star overtook Wonder Gal in deep stretch to win her graded stakes debut by a nose in the 77th running of the Grade 3, $250,000 Go for Wand for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on Saturday at Aqueduct...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – From the time he arrived here about a month ago, trainer Gerald Bennett has told everyone within listening distance his 2-year-old colt Chance of Luck has the potential to be a contender for the Grade II, $350,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay...

By Michael Adolphson —- Fair Grounds Barn Notes Wentworth Brochu’s local favorite Chocolate Ride, a victor in all three graded turf stakes for older horses at the Fair Grounds over the course of the last two seasons, put in his final work before his 2016-17 debut at the New...