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Cyclone State takes $150K Jerome by storm By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Gold Square, George Messina and Michael Lee’s Cyclone State stormed home in dominant fashion to win Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Chad...

Photo Credit: Coady Media Coal Battle; Kurtis Coady Photo by Robert Yates HOT SPRINGS, AR – Different tactics, same result. Norman Stables’ Coal Battle added to his Kentucky Derby war chest with a front-running romp in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Saturday...

By Victor Ryan —- Barnes; Benoit Photo BARNES PASSES 1st STAKES TEST WITH FLYING COLORS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES FOR 3-YEAR- OLDS GOING 7 FURLONGS ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 4, 2025)—Highly regarded 3-year-old Barnes, who was making just his second start...

Phileas Fogg dominant in $150K Queens County victory By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jupiter Stable’s Phileas Fogg made his return to stakes company a winning one with a pacesetting romp in Sunday’s Listed $150,000 Queens County, a nine-furlong route for 3-year-olds and up, at...

by Robert Yates Jenkin; Andrew Stauffer Photo For Immediate Release HOT SPRINGS, AR – Arkansas lumberman John Ed Anthony now has two horses on the Kentucky Oaks trail following Jenkin’s three-quarter length victory in the $175,000 Year’s End Stakes for 2-year-old fillies Sunday...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Smoken Wicked, Secret Faith Add Louisiana Futurity to Stakes Resume New Orleans, La (Dec. 29, 2024) – Louisiana-bred juveniles took centerstage on Sunday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots as two editions of the 6-furlong $100,000 Louisiana Futurity...

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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