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By Kevin Kilroy —- Lagynos Gives Asmussen and Morales Second Consecutive Woodchopper; Wild Bout Hilary Unaccosted in Pago Hop Lagynos; Hodges Photos New Orleans, La (Dec. 28, 2024) – Saturday’s stakes action at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots included two 1 1/16 miles...

By Victor Ryan —- Benoit J B STRIKES BACK SPRINGS 16-1 UPSET IN FIRST-EVER RUNNING OF GRADE II, $200,000 LAFFIT PINCAY JR. STAKES ON OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 26, 2024)—In the first-ever running of the Grade II, $200,000 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes, J B...

By Victor Ryan —- Benoit Photo FAVORITE RAGING TORRENT PREVAILS IN GRADE I, $300,000 MALIBU STAKES ON OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA; KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER MYSTIK DAN LAST ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 26, 2024)—Raging Torrent, bet down to the 5-2 favorite, finished best of all to provide...

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By David Joseph —- Major Dude; Ryan Thompson Photo Major Dude Thrilling Winner of $215,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) 4YO Colt Becomes Millionaire, Punches Ticket to Pegasus Turf (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Spendthrift Farm’s Major Dude rediscovered his graded-stakes winning form...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Her Laugh Uncatchable in the Untapable, Earns 10 Points Towards 151st Kentucky Oaks Recaps for Tenacious, Buddy Diliberto, and Richard R. Scherer New Orleans, La (Dec. 21, 2024) – Stretching out to 1 mile 70 yards after debuting a winner at 6 furlongs,...

by Robert Yates Spirit Wind; McCarlee Perkins Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR – The best horse on paper proved it. Grade 2 winner Spirit Wind justified her 7-5 favoritism with a victory in the $150,000 Poinsettia Stakes Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn. Spirit Wind finished three-quarters of...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Built; Hodges Photography Built Piles it On the Gun Runner Field, Earns Ten Points Towards Kentucky Derby 151 Recaps for Sugar Bowl, Letellier, and Blushing K.D. New Orleans, La (Dec. 21, 2024) – To the lead and with plenty left in the tanks, Eclipse...

Stone Smuggler slips by in time in $500K NYSSS Fifth Avenue By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s Stone Smuggler made all the right moves to notch her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue...

By Mike Henry —- NIC’S STYLE SETS STAKES RECORD IN CITY OF OCALA; BIG MARTINI WINS OLDSMAR, FL. – After Nic’s Style ran second to top sprinter Ways and Means in the Grade II Gallant Bloom Stakes in New York on Sept. 29, trainer Bill Mott decided to tap on the brakes with...