FAIR GROUNDS NOTES: ALBARADO JOINS ELITE RANKS WITH CAREER WIN 5,000

Brian W. Spencer Michael Adolphson —- Hodges Photography NEW ORLEANS (January 22, 2017) – Jockey Robby Albarado joined an elite group on Sunday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots when earning his 5,000th career victory. The 43-year-old Lafayette, Louisiana, native...
Posted On 23 Jan 2017
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CALIFORNIA CHROME IS 2016 HORSE OF THE YEAR

NTRA RELEASE —- HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.– The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced this evening that California Chrome, winner of the Dubai World Cup and the TVG Pacific Classic, and Nor...
Posted On 23 Jan 2017
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GULFSTREAM NOTES

By David Joseph —- Promising Sophomores Irish War Cry, Painter’s Rags Breeze Sunday Racing Resumes Wednesday with Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Irish War Cry and Painter’s Rags, a pair of promising undefeated colts trained by Graham Motion,...
Posted On 23 Jan 2017
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UPDATE ON EHV-1 AT FAIR GROUNDS

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 22, 2017) – As directed by the official protocols set forth by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, the quarantine on horses entering and exiting the property at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots expired at 12 a.m. Sunday,...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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ARROGATE GOES SIX FURLONGS IN 1:12.13 IN FINAL DRILL FOR $12 PEGASUS WORLD CUP

By Mike Willman —- IN FINAL DRILL FOR $12 PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL, BAFFERT’S ARROGATE GOES SIX FURLONGS IN 1:12.13; BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC CHAMP HANDLES ‘WET-FAST’ SURFACE WITH APLOMB, WILL FLY TO FLORIDA TUESDAY STAGE SET FOR EPIC REMATCH WITH LEGENDARY CALIFORNIA...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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R ANGEL KATELYN THRILLS BACKERS; THE MONEY MONSTER COLLECTS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – For a few minutes following today’s $100,000 Gasparilla Stakes, leading Tampa Bay Downs trainer Gerald Bennett might have felt as if he was in a never-ending bad dream. Bennett, who sent out second-place finishers in two earlier stakes races...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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Laurel: High Roller Earns First Stakes Win in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

By David Joseph —- Filly Winner Looks ‘Super’ $75,000 Marshua Winter Leaves Rivals in the Cold in $75,000 Nellie Morse Jockey McCarthy Posts Three-Stakes Riding Triple LAUREL, MD – Louis Ulman and Stephen Parker’s High Roller opened his sophomore season in successful...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • ESPINOZA’S WILD RIDE ON CHROME COULD CONTINUE • APPRENTICE FUENTES WINS FIRST RACE AT SANTA ANITA • STEVENS PROGRESSING FROM LEFT HIP REPLACEMENT CALIFORNIA CHROME: IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Victor Espinoza, who journeyed worldwide aboard California...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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Pegasus World Cup: Final career work for California Chrome

By David Joseph —- Final career work for California Chrome California Chrome breezes for the final time; Leslie Martin photo North America’s richest racehorse breezes for Pegasus World Cup (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – In what was the final breeze of his storied career...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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Guest Suite joins Derby points race; Uncontested moves up

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview—- We’ve now had four points’ races in 2017 on the road to the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May and all of them have been run on sloppy racetracks. That still may not give one a good idea how the colts will go over a dry...
Posted On 22 Jan 2017
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