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By Mike Willman —- CONQUEST TSUNAMI Benoit Photo MILLER RUNS 1-2-3 AS UPSTART CONQUEST TSUNAMI GOES GATE TO WIRE TO TAKE GRADE III, $150,000 DAYTONA STAKES BY 2 ½ LENGTHS UNDER ESPINOZA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2018)—As Charlie Whittingham used to say, “We’ve got ’em...

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Cutting back in distance and making her fist start since finishing seventh in the East View on January 14, Louis Ferrari’s Aunt Babe rallied late and held off a late charging My Roxy Girl to win the $100,000 Franklin...

Joan Lawrence/NTRA —- GOOD MAGIC REMAINS IN FIRST PLACE ON THE NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; WEST COAST RETAINS FIRST-PLACE FOR OLDER HORSES IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Tuesday, February 20, 2018) –Week four of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Monday, Feb. 19, 2018) – Don’t Tell My Wife Stables and Monomoy Stables LLC’s My Boy Jack came up a narrow opening on the rail and drew off to win Monday’s $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) by 4 ½ lengths over Combatant before a Presidents’...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Monday, Feb. 19, 2018) – Veteran runner Hawaakom benefitted from a rail skimming ride by jockey Corey Lanerie to earn his first graded stakes victory in Monday’s $500,000 Razorback Handicap (G3). It was also the first graded stakes win...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- The Risen Star at Fairgrounds, the El Camino Real and the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park are now in the books. So what did we learn from the races? Let’s start with the negatives first. The Risen Star (50 points to the winner)...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (February 17, 2018) – A simple equipment change made all the difference for The Player who wore blinkers for the first time when scoring his second graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Gr. III Mineshaft Handicap. Owned by Carl Hurt in...

By Mike Henry —- X Y Jet; Tampa Bay Downs Photos OLDSMAR, FL. – X Y Jet was already home free in the $100,000 Pelican Stakes when jockey Emisael Jaramillo tapped the strapping gray 6-year-old gelding with his stick at the 1/8-mile pole. “It’s not because the horse was...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Streamline: All Photos provided by Oaklawn HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018) – Nancy A. Vanier and Cartwright Thoroughbreds LLC.’s Streamline, never worse the third in nine previous Oaklawn races, reaffirmed her affinity for the Oaklawn oval with...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (February 17, 2018) – Pin Oak Stable’s Synchrony had not seen racing action in nine months, but nevertheless was still able to prove himself against a deep field when taking Saturday’s Grade III Fair Grounds Handicap. Sent off as the 9-2 third...