Oaklawn Barn Notes: Streamline Works toward Apple Blossom

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Streamline Works toward Apple Blossom Streamline moved closer to a scheduled start in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) for older fillies and mares April 14 at Oaklawn by working 5 furlongs Tuesday morning for trainer Brian Williamson. Streamline...
Posted On 06 Apr 2017
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Keeneland: Grade 3 Transylvania Headlines Opening Day

By Rick Francis —- Keeneland Race Course kicks off its 2017 spring meet in Graded Stakes fashion as a field of nine 3-year-olds takes to the turf in the running of the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes; let’s have a look at the starters. Race 9) 1ˆ Mile. (Turf) Transylvania S....
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SANTA ANITA OAKS STAKES ADVANCE GR. I, $400,000

By Mike Willman —- ABEL TASMAN Zoe Metz Photography ABEL TASMAN, IT TIZ WELL & PARADISE WOODS HEAD GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS AT 1 1/16 MILES ON SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (April 5, 2017)—Highly accomplished Abel Tasman and It Tiz Well, along with upstart...
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Miss Sky Warrior tops G2 Gazelle

By Lynne Snierson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Miss Sky Warrior looks for her fifth straight win, fourth consecutive stakes score and third Grade 2 victory in a row when she takes on eight other promising 3-year-old fillies in the 122nd running of the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes...
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SANTA ANITA DERBY STAKES ADVANCE GR. I, $1,000,000

By Mike Willman —- ILIAD Zoe Metz Photography ILIAD, GORMLEY, REACH THE WORLD & AMERICAN ANTHEM ALL PROMINENT AMONG FIELD OF 13 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY O’NEILL ENTERS FOUR WHILE BAFFERT HAS THREE IN PREMIER SHOWDOWN; TOTAL OF 170 KENTUCKY...
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Keeneland Spring Meet Special Events Offer Fun and Philanthropic Support

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2017) – College Scholarship Day, tailgating on The Hill, Sunrise Trackside, an appearance by the Budweiser Clydesdales and Military Day at the Races Presented by Marathon are among the popular special events scheduled for Keeneland’s...
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • BAFFERT ENTERS THREE IN SANTA ANITA DERBY • O’NEILL HAS FOUR FOR THE MONEY SATURDAY • HOLLENDORFER EYES FIRST SA DERBY VICTORY • IT TIZ WELL, ABEL TASMAN HEAD GRADE I OAKS • RECORD $16 MILLION FOR PEGASUS WORLD CUP • PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $135,546 INTO...
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The 93rd RUNNING OF THE WOOD MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS

NYRA RELEASE —- The 93rd RUNNING OF THE WOOD MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS Grade 2 TOTAL: $750,000 Distance – 1 1/8 miles Winner: $400,000 Track Record – Riva Ridge (1973) 1:47; stakes record – Bellamy Road (2005) 1:47.16 Second: $140,000 Last...
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Santa Anita Previews: Royal Heroine, Echo Eddie & Providencia Stakes

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY HARMONIZE HEADS GRADE II, $200,000 ROYAL HEROINE STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA; PRETTY GIRL, SWEET CHARITY & LADY VALEUR ALL IN GOOD FORM AS FIELD OF EIGHT OLDER DISTAFFERS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (April 5, 2017)—Trainer Bi...
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Tu Brutus to make North American debut in G3 Excelsior

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Winning Move Stable’s Tu Brutus will make his first start on North American soil as part of a field of seven 4-year-olds and up in the Grade 3, $150,000 Excelsior on Saturday, Wood Memorial Day, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Tu...
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