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By Mike Willman —- Daddys Lil Darling; Zoe Metz Photo DADDYS LIL DARLING RALLIES TO TAKE GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS UNDER SMITH; KENTUCKY SHIPPER, TRAINED BY MCPEEK, GETS 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF IN 2:00.11 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 30 2017)—Just when it looked like favored New...

By Mike Henry —- Pay Any Price; Tampa Bay Downs Photo OLDSMAR – Before he was claimed for $25,000 in July of 2016, according to co-owner Rich Averill, Pay Any Price was his own worst enemy. “He was a complete basket case,” Averill said after the 7-year-old Florida-bred...

By Ryan Martin —- MR. MISUNDERSTOOD CONTINUES TURF DOMINATION IN WOODCHOPPER NEW ORLEANS (December 30, 2017) – Flurry Racing Stables LLC’s Mr. Misunderstood added yet another turf stakes victory to his resume and is now an unbeaten 8-for-8 on the grass after scoring a...

Santa Anita Press Release —- LEGENDARY HALL OF FAME TRAINER JACK VAN BERG PASSES AT 81; NEBRASKA NATIVE WON 1988 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP WITH ALYSHEBA ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 27, 2017)—A legendary figure in the annals of American racing, Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg passed...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2017) – Stonestreet Stables LLC’s Valadorna was much the best in Tuesday’s $50,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes over the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots main track, which was the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old daughter of...

By Mike Willman —- Giant Expectations; All photos by Zoe Metz GIANT EXPECTATIONS TAKES ON ROLE OF GIANT KILLER AS HE TORCHES FIELD BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS AT 13-1 IN GRADE II, $300,000 SAN ANTONIO STAKES; TRAINED BY EURTON & RIDDEN BY STEVENS, HE GETS 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:43.07...

NYRA RELEASE —- Do Share grinds out first stakes win in exciting Gravesend OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making his first start since July, in which he finished fourth in an optional claiming race at Parx, Ten Strike Racing’s longshot Zanotti, rebounded off the layoff...

By Kathryn Parrish —- CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK BREAKS GROUND AT LOUISVILLE HISTORICAL RACING MACHINE FACILITY, UNVEILS NAME AND BRANDING FOR “DERBY CITY GAMING” Derby City Gaming brings innovation to strengthen Kentucky’s horse racing industry, create new jobs LOUISVILLE,...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Ryan Racing’s Aqua Bel Sar capitalized on being part of the pace scenario, surging to the front at the half-mile mark and outkicking Belleville Spring in deep stretch to capture the 33rd running of the $150,000 Great White Way...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – After Mo Cash made a bold move to split horses on the far turn of the $125,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners Association (FTBOA) Marion County Florida Sire Stakes, jockey Antonio Gallardo and trainer Ronald Spatz knew the work...