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By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography Big Late Charge Puts Wet Paint in the Honeybee Stakes Winner’s Circle HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023) – Over a wet track, Godolphin’s Wet Paint unveiled a masterpiece by storming from last to first in Saturday’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography CONFIDENCE GAME UPSETS REBEL STAKES AT 18-1 HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023) – A colt from a family bred for success in Hot Springs shuffled the deck on the Kentucky Derby trail when Don’t Tell My Wife Stables’...

By David Joseph —- Lauren King Photo Classy Edition Turns Tables on Kathleen O. in G2 Royal Delta HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Classy Edition, second to Kathleen O. in last year’s Davona Dale (G2), turned the tables on the 4-5 favorite in Saturday’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography LAST SAMURAI PULLS MILD UPSET IN SATURDAY’S $600,000 RAZORBACK (G3) HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023) – Willis Horton Racing LLC’s 2022 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) winner Last Samurai proved he’s a horse for the course...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Pioneer of Medina Wins Thriller in Grade 3, $250,000 Mineshaft Stakes ● Two Emmys Decisively Wins Grade 3, $150,000 Fair Grounds Stakes ● Evan Sings Rallies for 3/4-Length Victory in $100,000 Colonel Power Stakes ● Godolphin 1-2 in $100,000 Albert M....

By Kevin Kilroy —- New Orleans (Feb. 18, 2023) – Godolphin’s Pretty Mischief was able to turn the tables on heavy favorite Hoosier Philly and earn 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks Championship Series in Saturday’s $300,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes presented by...

By Kevin Kilroy —- New Orleans (Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023) – Albaugh Family Stables’ Angel of Empire, the longest price of the three entries from the Brad Cox barn, proved to be the colt most ready to handle more distance, winning the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes presented by...

By Mary Eddy —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Gary and Mary West’s Kentucky homebred Hit Show announced his presence in the sophomore division with an emphatic 5 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The...

By Mike Henry —- Litigate; SV Photography Just when a race seems more wide-open than you can imagine, and any one of eight or nine horses seems to have a chance to land in the winner’s circle, along comes this Pletcher fellow to snap you back to reality. Hall of Famer and...

By David Joseph —- Red Carpet Ready; Lauren King Red Carpet Ready Stays Perfect in $125,000 Forward Gal (G3) Improves to 3-0 with Impressive Victory in 3-Year-Old Filly Sprint HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing’s Red Carpet Ready, unbeaten in her...