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By Mike Willman —- Easter; Benoit HEAVILY FAVORED EASTER STORMS HOME TO TAKE GRADE II, $200,000 SAN GABRIEL STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS AS HE GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:47.60 ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 26, 2023)—Heavily favored at 3-5, Phil D’Amato’s French-bred Easter tipped five-wide...

By Mike Willman —- ANISETTE; BENOIT PHOTO CLASSY ANISETTE BACK TO HER BEST AS SHE TAKES GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS BY 1 ¾ LENGTHS, GETTING 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF IN 2:00.22 ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 26, 2023)—Freshened since a disappointing effort on Nov. 5, English-bred Anisette...

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photo SPEED BOAT BEACH & HEJAZI ‘THROW-DOWN’ AS BAFFERT RUNS 1-2 IN GRADE I, $300,000 MALIBU STAKES WITH ‘SPEED BOAT’ PREVAILING BY 1 ½ LENGTHS ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 26, 2023)—In a stretch battle befitting it’s status as Santa Anita’s Classic Meet...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Alpine Princess Crowned Queen of the Untapable, Scores 10 Points Towards Kentucky Oaks 150 The Brad Cox trained Untapable exacta punctuated by West Omaha New Orleans, La (Dec. 23, 2023) – Fighting through and winning the early battle for positioning in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Track Phantom Puts Gun Runner Field Behind Him, Racks Up 10 Points Towards Kentucky Derby 150 New Orleans, La (Dec. 23, 2023) – L and N Racing, Clark Brewster, Jerry Caroom, and Breeze Easy’s Track Phantom tended to a hot pace, took control after the...

Los Alamitos Publicity —- Gulfstream Photo WYNSTOCK POSTS 13-1 UPSET TO GIVE BAFFERT 8TH LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY WIN CYPRESS, Calif. – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert won his eighth Los Alamitos Futurity in 10 years, but it wasn’t with the 2-year-old most were expecting....

By David Joseph —- Noted the Pulpit; Ryan Thompson Photo Noted Makes Successful Return to Turf in $100,000 Pulpit Win Gives Jockey Ortiz Jr. Sweep of Gulfstream Turf Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable’s Grade 2-placed Noted, back on turf following a disappointing...

Hot Fudge comes out on top in $120K Garland of Roses By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – KEM Stables’ Hot Fudge notched her third consecutive victory and first stakes score with an off-the-pace rally in Saturday’s $120,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Touchuponastar Turns Back Tumbarumba for Consecutive Classic The top three finishers in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic were bred by Coteau Grove Farms New Orleans, La (Dec. 9, 2023) – Set-Hut’s phenom Touchuponastar set the pace and turned...

By Mike Henry —- Shaqdiesel; Tampa Bay Downs Photo SHAQ DIESEL, BLUEFIELD ARE STAKES WINNERS THE HARD WAY – THEY EARNED IT OLDSMAR, FL. – Neither 3-year-old colt Shaq Diesel nor 7-year-old mare Bluefield had won a stakes race entering today’s Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’...