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Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media —- HOT SPRINGS, AR – Avoiding all the bear traps, reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna opened her 2025 campaign with a workmanlike 3 ½-length victory in the $400,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Tampa belongs to Owen Almighty TRINITY, Fla. – How do you make 50 Kentucky Derby points disappear? You win the Tampa Bay Derby and decide you’re not going to the “big dance” on the first Saturday in May. Trainer...

By Mike Henry —- OWEN ALMIGHTY UNLEASHES BEST IN TB DERBY; DOWNS DAY TO REMEMBER SV Photography OLDSMAR, FL. – Irad Ortiz, Jr.’s face was flushed with excitement as he sought out trainer Brian Lynch in the winner’s circle after 3-year-old colt Owen Almighty’s scintillating...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 3.7.25 Sovereignty ‘95 Percent’ Headed to G1 Florida Derby Champion Just F Y I Entered to Launch Comeback March 13 Right Karma Gives Joseph 1,000th Gulfstream Training Win Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $225,000 HALLANDALE...

Racing Press Release Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, March 7, 2025 Barring any setbacks, Thorpedo Anna figures to have the heaviest workload for a reigning Horse of the Year in more than a decade in 2025. The work starts Saturday at Oaklawn when Thorpedo Anna makes her...

By Mike Henry —- NAUGHTY RASCAL CARRIES TB DERBY HOPES OF BENNETT, OLDSMAR FANS OLDSMAR, FL. – Samy Camacho had a chance to ride Naughty Rascal on Nov. 2 in the Armed Forces Stakes on the turf at Gulfstream Park. Instead, Camacho chose to ride Scarecrow after working that...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 ALPHA BELLA GOES IN BEHOLDER, EAGLES FLIGHT BACK FOR SADLER WORKS: GAMING DRILLS 6F ON SYNTHETIC TRAINING TRACK JOURNALISM VAULTS TO NO. 2 IN NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL FRIDAY’S $1 COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 STARTS AT 1:38 P.M. PT ALPHA...

Pat McKenna/ NYRA —- NYRA announces stakes schedule for the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2025 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park News & Notes Horacio Karamanos Gulfstream Park Photo Journeyman Karamanos Enjoying Winter at Gulfstream Sweezey on Track for Best Championship Meet Yet Top Three Swale Runners Nominated to $115,000 Hutcheson HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – By...

By Mike Henry —- JOCKEY FRANKIE DETTORI ON STAR LIST FOR STAKES-LADEN FESTIVAL CARD OLDSMAR, FL. – The stars are set to shine Saturday during Festival Day 45 at Tampa Bay Downs. Triple Crown prospects Chancer McPatrick and Hill Road, both trained by Chad Brown, and trainer...