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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....

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Tapit Trice is for real and now Todd Pletcher has at least a double-barrel threat for the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The son of Tapit broke flat-footed...

Old Friends Welcomes Any Given Saturday Home from South Korea The 19-year-old stakes winner had been standing in South Korea since 2015   GEORGETOWN, KY – March 6, 2023 – Any Given Saturday has been repatriated to the United States from South Korea to spend his retirement at Old...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Photo by Jaime Newell TRINITY, Fla. – Forte, Practical Move and Raise Cain all earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with 50-point wins in prep races on March 4 across the country. Forte, a son of Violence,...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Wonderful Justice Stays Perfect Winning the Black Gold ● Big Chopper scored his second stake of the meet, this time on the turf in the Edward J. Johnston Memorial ● Fort Polk Grinds Out the Red Camelia New Orleans (Saturday, March 4, 2023) – Blue Diamond...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Coady Photography CHEL-C BAILY EARNS FIRST STAKES WIN IN DOWNTHEDUSTYROAD GAR HOLE DEFENDS NODOUBLE TITLE HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, March 4, 2023) – Jockey Chel-C Bailey and John Carver’s Summer Shoes have made a formidable team over the last year,...

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photo PRACTICAL MOVE SAVES GROUND & SAILS TO AN IMPRESSIVE 2 ½ LENGTH SCORE IN GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES TO STAMP HIMSELF A DERBY A-LISTER WINNER BAGS 50 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS, AS 20-15-10-5 GO TO REMAINING TOP FIVE...