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By Mike Willman ESCAPE CLAUSE BENOIT PHOTO MANITOBA CANADIAN-BRED ESCAPE CLAUSE ROUTS FOES IN GRADE III, $100,000 LA CANADA STAKES, WINNING BY 5 ½ LENGTHS UNDER BAZE; OWNED & TRAINED BY SCHNELL, SHE GETS 1 1/16 MILES ON WET FAST TRACK IN 1:41.89 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12,...

By David Joseph —- Doctor Mounty; Leslie Martin Photos Doctor Mounty Gets a Trip in Tropical Turf (G3) Slow Start Hurts Even-Money Favorite Heart to Heart HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A tough trip for even-money favorite Heart to Heart and a Hall of Fame trip under jockey Javier...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Saratoga Seven Racing Partners’ Honor Up used a five-path trip in deep stretch to overtake a group of rivals with more extensive stakes experience, edging Syndergaard by a neck to win the second running of the $100,000 Say...

By David Joseph —- Bellavais; Kenny Martin Photo Bellavais Rides Rail to Victory in $150,000 Marshua’s River (G3) Jockey Castellano Sweeps Graded Turf Stakes on Saturday Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bortolazzo Stable’s Bellavais, already a multiple stakes winner, shot...

By Mike Willman —- THREE GRADE I, HALF MILLION DOLLAR STAKES HEAD 35 TOTAL ADDED MONEY OFFERINGS AS SANTA ANITA’S 2019 SPRING STAKES SCHEDULE RUNS FROM APRIL 13 THROUGH JUNE 23 MEET TO OFFER HORSEMEN $5.1 MILLION IN STAKES PURSES OVER COURSE OF 42-DAY RUN ARCADIA, Calif....

By Mike Willman — DANUSKA’S MY GIRL Benoit Photo DANUSKA’S MY GIRL BATTLES BACK TO TAKE $59,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH AS FRANCO & HOLLENDORFER TEAM FOR MILE WIN IN 1:38.81 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2019)—In an extra game effort,...

By Keith McCalmont —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Lawrence Goichman’s homebred Kathryn the Wise, with a powerful front-running performance, proved much the best in Saturday’s $100,000 La Verdad at Aqueduct Racetrack. Breaking alertly under Manny Franco for...

By David Joseph —- Boxwood; Lauren King Photo Boxwood Goes the Distance in $100,000 Ginger Brew Fancy Dress Party Stays Perfect in $75,000 Glitter Woman HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – William L. Pape’s homebred Boxwood, making her season and stakes debut, found her way to the lead...

By Mike Willman —- NEXT SHARES BENOIT PHOTO WITH REPLACEMENT RIDER FRANCO UP, NEXT SHARES IS JUST UP TO WIN GRADE II, $200,000 SAN GABRIEL STAKES BY A NOSE; TRAINED BY BALTAS, WINNER GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:48.61 WINNER HEADED TO $7 MILLION PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF...

Jim Gluckson/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (January 5, 2019) – Led by Horse of the Year candidates Accelerate, Justify, and Monomoy Girl, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced...