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By John Heims —- GUNNISON RALLIES IN DEEP STRETCH TO BEAT STRIKE ME DOWN IN MONMOUTH PARK’S FEATURED $60,000 TALE OF THE CAT STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Gunnison surged in the final 100 yards to reel in favored Strike Me Down and went on to score a 1¼-length victory in the...

By Anthony Affrunti —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Saturday’s running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Pennine Ridge at Belmont Park came down to a thrilling stretch duel in which it appeared the strong-closing Analyze It was on his way to perfection through four starts, but...

By Mike Willman —- Unique Bella; Zoe Metz Photos HEAVILY FAVORED UNIQUE BELLA SPEEDS TO 2 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $400,000 BEHOLDER MILE; SMITH & HOLLENDORFER TEAM FOR MILE SCORE IN 1:35.60 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 2, 2018)—Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Beholder Mile...

Golden Gate Release —- THE LIEUTENANT, HALF BROTHER TO JUSTIFY, WINS THE ALL AMERICAN Berkeley, Calif. (May 28, 2018) – Under the guidance of Southern California jockey Tyler Connor, 5-year-old The Lieutenant stalked the pace before surging in the final sixteenth of a...

By John Heims —- MAY START NEXT IN $75,000 REGRET STAKES ON JUNE 17 OCEANPORT, N.J. – Day by Day, looking and acting every bit the part of a 1-2 shot, blazed to a 3-1/4-length victory in Sunday’s $42,000 featured allowance race at Monmouth Park in a performance that likely...

By Mike Willman —- Hunt; Zoe Metz Photo COMEBACKING HUNT UP TO BEAT FAVORED HEART TO HEART BY A NECK IN GRADE I, $400,000 SHOEMAKER MILE; PRAT & D’AMATO TEAM FOR TURF WIN IN 1:34.07 SHOE MILE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ CHALLENGE RACE ARCADIA, Calif. (May...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Ebony Ball overcame late traffic to come off the pace, then had enough left to hold off the late-charging Kodiak Katie by a half-length to win the featured $50,000 allowance at Monmouth Park on Sunday, May 20. Trained by Rory Huston, Ebony...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 19, 2018) – Vettori Kin (BRZ) swept wide at the top of the stretch and rallied to grab the lead from stablemate Harlan Strong (ARG) inside the final furlong and win Saturday’s 81st running of the $100,000 Louisville...

By Bailey Gallison —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 19, 2018) – Al Moorhouse and James M. Gulick’s Princess La Quinta rose to the occasion in Saturday’s 81st running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Matron to capture her first graded-stakes win. Under the confident...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Drop Dead Red returned an immediate profit for new owner Cavallino Racing LLC and trainer Kelly Breen, sitting behind dueling leaders early and then having enough to hold off 3-5 favorite Party Boat to capture the featured $60,000 Politely...