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By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 1, 2023) – Albaugh Family Stables LLC’s Angel of Empire capped a big day for trainer Brad Cox as he provided his trainer with his second straight victory in the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park in south Florida and the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs were the Kentucky Derby points’ races that were contested on April 1. Forte overcame the...

Derby points galore Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The weekend of March 25-26 was loaded with Kentucky Derby points’ races and it started with the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Japan sent a powerful group of 3-year-olds...

The 23-year old two-time graded-stakes winner came to Old Friends in 2016.   GEORGETOWN, KY. – March 19, 2023 – Eye of the Tiger, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was found dead in his paddock early Saturday morning, March 18, 2023 at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. Necropsy...

By Pat McKenna —- ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced plans to install a synthetic track at Belmont Park. The one-mile synthetic oval will be located to the inside of the inner turf course and will serve as the fourth Belmont racing...

By Mike Henry —- (PHOTO IS COURTESY OF SV PHOTOGRAPHY OLDSMAR, FL. – Kathleen O’Connell described supplanting Kim Hammond as the No. 1-winning female trainer in North American Thoroughbred racing history as an accomplishment. For O’Connell’s many fans, including jockey...

By Mike Willman —- COX-TRAINED SHIPPER A MO REAY UP TO DENY FAVORED FUN TO DREAM BY A HEAD IN GRADE I, $500,000 BEHOLDER MILE ARCADIA, Calif. (March 11, 2023)—In a thrilling finish, New Orleans-based shipper A Mo Reay was up to tag heavily favored local Fun to Dream by a...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Amoss Repeats in the Laombe with Girl Named Charlie New Orleans, La (Saturday, March 11, 2023) – Last year it was Kneesnhips, this year Girl Named Charlie won the $75,000 Allen “Black Cat” LaCombe Memorial Stakes, making it back-to-back years that Tom...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography SECRET OATH IMPRESSIVE IN SATURDAY’S AZERI VICTORY HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 11, 2023) – Briland Farm’s 2022 Kentucky Oaks (G1) and multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Secret Oath marked herself a filly to watch in 2023...

By Mike Henry —- SV Photography OLDSMAR, FL. – With six horses ahead of him approaching the 1/8-mile pole of the Grade III, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, 1-2 favorite Tapit Trice appeared likely to be responsible for a mountain of shredded pari-mutuel tickets....