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NTRA/Joan Lawrence —- McCRAKEN REMAINS FIRST, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE UNANIMOUS CHOICE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 42 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 13, 2017) – The past weekend two Grade 2 prep races were run as the “Road...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Dennis A. Drazin’s Sunny Ridge went five-wide in deep stretch to overtake Doyouknowsomething, Dolphus and Diversify, capturing his second straight stakes in winning the 62nd running of the $125,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and...

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (March 11, 2017) – Richard and Bertram Klein’s Brad Cox-trained Believe in Bertie ($2.20, $2.10 and $2.10) spread her gospel once again to the tune of an open-length, dominating performance on Saturday afternoon in the $60,000 Red Camelia...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 11, 2017) – Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC.’s It Tiz Well earned herself 50 points towards eligibility in the Kentucky Oaks and a return trip to Oaklawn for the $400,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3) April 14 with her victory in...

By Don Stevens —- JEFF AND J’S DREAM RALLIES LATE FOR BIG UPSET IN OWNERS’ APPRECIATION DAY STAKES AT DELTA DOWNS ON CLOSING NIGHT – VIEJA LUNA CAPTURES THE OWNERS’ APPRECIATION DAY DISTAFF STAKES – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs closed out its 2016-17 Thoroughbred...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Constantine Peter Beler’s Spartiatis scored his first stakes victory, reeling in a front-running Chief Lion in the 42nd running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap for older sprinters on the inner track on...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Mastery easily won the battle in the Grade 2 San Felipe on March 11 at Santa Anita Park in Southern California but he lost the Kentucky Derby war when he was pulled up with a condylar fracture in his left front leg. Trainer Bob...

By David Joseph —- Improves to 3-0 at Gulfstream with Second Straight Stakes Win HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – It took the winter for Stoneway Farm’s Pretty Perfection to heat up, reeling off her third consecutive victory and second straight in a stakes in Saturday’s $75,000...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Whitmore; Coady Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 11, 2017) – Last year’s Triple Crown race hopeful Whitmore stamped himself as this year’s top sprinter with an impressive six length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Hot Springs Stakes, the co-feature...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – If the winner of today’s 37th Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, Tapwrit, goes on to greater glory, the 10,079 fans in attendance at Tampa Bay Downs may remember his decisive surge entering the far turn as “the move.” “He just exploded,” said...