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By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 25, 2017) – William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Golden Mischief was the beneficiary when Our Majesty interfered with her stablemate Vertical Oak and was disqualified from first and placed fourth in Saturday’s $125,000...

By David Joseph —- Fear the Cowboy Makes Triumphant Return in Skip Away (G3) Who’s the Lady Stays Undefeated in $75,000 Any Limit HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Multiple-stakes winner Fear the Cowboy made a triumphant return to Gulfstream Park Saturday, closing well off the pace to...

By Darren Rogers —- GODOLPHIN’S THUNDER SNOW (IRE) HEADS SIX LATE NOMINATIONS TO THE RACES OF THE 2017 TRIPLE CROWN Late Nominees Lift Total Roster of Triple Crown-Eligible 3-Year-Old Thoroughbreds to 425 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, March 22, 2017) – Godolphin’s Thunder...

By Joan Lawrence NTRA —- McCRAKEN RETAINS FIRST SPOT, NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL ARROGATE REMAINS TOP PICK IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL (Receives all 37 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, March 20, 2017) – This past weekend may have left some folks scratching...

By Amy Owens —- Click here for a video of McCraken’s work. LEXINGTON, KY (March 20, 2017) – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated graded stakes winner McCraken, who arrived at Keeneland on Thursday to begin preparations for the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2) on April 8,...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- MALAGACY STAYS UNDEFEATED IN REBEL STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 17, 2017) – It may have been a different horse, but trainer Todd Pletcher got the same result when he sent an undefeated, yet unproven 3-year-old from South Florida to Oaklawn for...

By Mike Willman —- VALE DORI Benoit Photo VALE DORI REPELS STIFF CHALLENGE FROM FINEST CITY TO TAKE GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES BY 1 ½ LENGTHS; BAFFERT & BEJARANO TEAM FOR 1 1/8 MILES SCORE IN 1:48.81 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 18, 2017)—Challenged from the...

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making her third start of the year and first since finishing third in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie in February, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off cruised to victory in the 77th running of the $125,000 Correction for...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Malagacy; Oaklawn/Coady Photography Trainer Todd Pletcher pulled off a Bob Baffert trick by taking a relatively inexperienced colt to the Rebel Stakes in Hot Springs, Ark., and he won. Baffert also sent a colt to the Rebel, American...

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...