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By Mike Willman —- PARADISE WOODS All Photos by Benoit Photo LONGSHOT PARADISE WOODS STUNS RACING WORLD WITH RECORD 11 ¾ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS; PRAT & MANDELLA TEAM FOR 1 1/16 MILE WIN IN 1:42.53 170 KENTUCKY OAKS POINTS AT STAKE, WITH 100...

By Amy Owens —- Sailor’s Valentine; All Photos Provided by Keeneland LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Semaphore Racing and Homewrecker Racing’s Sailor’s Valentine put away pacesetting Someday Soon in the upper stretch and then held off a late surge from Daddys Lil...

By Amy Gregory —- Live Oak Plantation’s Awesome Slew and Holding Gold Post Graded Stakes Victories LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Juddmonte Farms’ favored Paulassilverlining emerged with a neck victory over Constellation to win the 16th running of the $300,000 Madison (G1)...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Green Gratto proved un-catchable in the 117th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Carter Handicap for older sprinters, holding off Unified in gate-to-wire fashion to register a 54-1 upset on Saturday, Wood Memorial Day, at...

By Amy Owens —- Irap Wins the Toyota Bluegrass: All Photos provided by Keeneland LEXINGTON, KY (April 8, 2017) – Reddam Racing’s Irap became the first maiden to win the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2) for 3-year-olds on Saturday, holding off Practical Joke by...

By John Scheinman —- Irish War Cry; Chelsea Durand Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – In the morning, Irish War Cry is calm and collected; in the afternoon, sometimes, he can be wound up tight. In the week leading up to the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by NYRA...

By Mike Willman —- GORMLEY IS UP TO WIN GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY BY HALF LENGTH AS SHIRREFFS & ESPINOZA TEAM GOING 1 1/8 MILES IN 1:51.16GORMLEY Benoit Photo 170 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE AS WINNER AWARDED WITH 100 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 8,...

By Amy Owens —- Big Score wins the Grade 3 Transylvania; Keeneland Photo LEXINGTON, KY (April 7, 2017) – George Krikorian’s homebred Big Score collared pace-setting Holiday Stone in the closing strides Holiday to win the 29th running of the $150,000 Transylvania (G3)...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- With four major Derby prep races still to run, it’s time to start paying close attention to how things are shaking out for this year’s Run for the Roses. We’ll start with major prep races that already have been decided and then move to the...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview — Girvin proved his win in the Risen Star at Fair Grounds in New Orleans was no fluke when he duplicated the feat on April 1 in the Louisiana Derby over the same track. The son of Tale of Ekati sits atop the Kentucky Derby points’...