CLASSIC CHAMP ARROGATE TO RUN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II SAN PASQUAL STAKES

By Mike Willman —- ARROGATE (schooling this afternoon) (Photos provided by Zoe Metz Photography) BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC CHAMP ARROGATE ENTERED TO RUN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES BAFFERT SUPERSTAR TO PREP FOR REMATCH WITH CALIFORNIA...
Posted On 30 Dec 2016
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FAIR GROUNDS: FLORENT GEROUX GETS VICTORY 1,000

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (December 29, 2016) – Placing the proverbial cherry on top of a career year, jockey Florent Geroux won his 1,000th race on Thursday afternoon at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The defending meet champion rider guided Flurry Racing...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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FAIR GROUNDS STAKES ADVANCES: Pago Hop and Pan Zareta

By Michael Adolphson —- SEVEN STAKES WINNERS CLASH IN WIDE-OPEN PAGO HOP; KATHBALLU SEEKS BACK-TO-BACK STAKES IN PAN ZARETA NEW ORLEANS – A full field of 14 sophomore fillies, plus one also eligible, have packed Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ $75,000 Pago Hop Stakes...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream: French Import Azaelia Looks to Blossom in Tropical Park Oaks

By David Joseph —- French Import Azaelia Looks to Blossom in Tropical Park Oaks HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – French import Azaelia will seek to build on her first U.S. victory when she takes on 13 other 3-year-old fillies in the $75,000 Tropical Park Oaks, scheduled for 1 1/16...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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RIVALRY SET TO RESUME IN TURF DASH; GONZALEZ WINS THREE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – A pair of turf-loving speedballs foaled about 9,500 miles apart, Fast Flying Rumor and Power Alert, are set to resume their rivalry in Saturday’s $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes, which has attracted a full field of 12 horses. The 5-furlong grass...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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MIND YOUR BISCUITS TAKES GI MALIBU; CONSTELLATION IN LA BREA

Santa Anita Media —- MIND YOUR BISCUITS TAKES GRADE I, $300,000 MALIBU STAKES BY A HALF LENGTH UNDER ROSARIO; TRAINED BY FALCONE, JR., HE GETS SEVEN FURLONGS IN 1:20.81 ON-TRACK CROWD OF 46,514 COMES OUT FOR FOUR GRADED STAKES UNDER IDYLLIC CONDITIONS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec....
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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QUEEN’S PLATE CHAMP SIR DUDLEY DIGGES TOPS WOODCHOPPER

By Michael Adolphson —- LOUISIANA FUTURITIES ADD TO SIX-STAKES NEW YEAR’S EVE CARD NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2016) – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Canadian classic winner Sir Dudley Digges will attempt to return to the winner’s circle for the first time since annexing the $1...
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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Damon Runyon, East View on tap this week as live racing returns to Aqueduct

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred action will return to Aqueduct Racetrack Thursday, December 29 for a five-day race week over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Along with a Pick 6 carryover of $30,987 beginning in Race 4, Thursday’s card...
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Petrov Looking to Start 2017 in Smarty Jones Stakes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Petrov Looking to Start 2017 in Smarty Jones Stakes Lightly raced Petrov will make his initial race moves as a 3-year-old in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 16 at Oaklawn, trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs said Tuesday morning. Petrov, a gray son...
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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FAIR GROUNDS: DANZATRICE DOMINANT IN TIFFANY LASS

By Michael Adolphson — NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2016) – Gainesway Stable’s Danzatrice impressed onlookers with a facile 7¼-length victory in the $50,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes on Monday afternoon at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The daughter of Dunkirk sat...
Posted On 27 Dec 2016
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