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By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 6, 2018) – William Lawrence’s Analyze It swept to the lead leaving the far turn and bounded away to a 5¼-length victory in the 30th running of the $150,000 Kentucky Utilities Transylvania (G3) for 3-year-olds before a Spring Meet...

By John Asher —- Trainer Casse Reports Colt Will Run in Pat Day Mile; Wagering on Year’s Final Three-Day Pool Opens Friday LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, April 5, 2018) – Churchill Downs has announced that betting will be suspended on trainer Mark Casse’s promising Mississippi...

By Darren Rogers —- Pletcher Leads Trainers with Trio of Wagering Interests; Pool 4 Opens Friday, Closes Sunday at 6 p.m. (EDT) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, April 3, 2018) – A tightly-grouped foursome headed by Ruis Racing LLC’s San Felipe (GII) winner Bolt d’Oro (#2, 5-1)...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- WEST COAST HOLDS LEAD IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL FOR ALL HORSES AFTER SECOND IN DUBAI WORLD CUP LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, April 2, 2018) – New York-bred Audible (6 first-place votes, 381 points)has moved up to second in the latest NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Mendelssohn; Mathea Kelley/Dubai Racing Club Photo Wow! That’s all I can say after Mendelssohn won the UAE Derby on March 31 at Meydan in Dubai by 18 lengths and in track record time of 1:55.18 for the mile-and-three-sixteenths...

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- BOLT D’ORO RETAINS FIRST PLACE ON THE NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; WEST COAST REMAINS IN FIRST-PLACE FOR OLDER HORSES IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 26, 2018) – The two featured Kentucky Derby prep races this past weekend,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today’s $100,000 Florida Cup Horse Races NOW Sprint at Tampa Bay Downs, Luis Carvajal, Jr., experienced the uneasy feeling most trainers get after sending a 1-5 shot postward. “Everybody said they were afraid of this horse because he...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Rudy Rodriguez edged one step closer to joining the 1,000-win club on Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack when Zayat Stable’s homebred Lezendary drew off to a clear victory in the $100,000 Cicada for 3-year-old fillies...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Noble Indy proved one thing in winning the Louisiana Derby on March 24 at Fair Grounds in New Orleans and that is he can run fast early and still hang on at the finish. The son of Take Charge Indy got into a speed duel with 99-1...

By Ryan Martin —- Chocolate Martini (Orange & Brown Silks); Hodges Photography NEW ORLEANS (March 24, 2018) – Making her stakes debut, Double Doors Racing LLC’s Chocolate Martini gave native New Orleanian trainer Tom Amoss his first win in the Grade II, $400,000...