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By Mike Willman —- Daddys Lil Darling; Zoe Metz Photo DADDYS LIL DARLING RALLIES TO TAKE GRADE I, $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS UNDER SMITH; KENTUCKY SHIPPER, TRAINED BY MCPEEK, GETS 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF IN 2:00.11 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 30 2017)—Just when it looked like favored New...

By Mike Henry —- Pay Any Price; Tampa Bay Downs Photo OLDSMAR – Before he was claimed for $25,000 in July of 2016, according to co-owner Rich Averill, Pay Any Price was his own worst enemy. “He was a complete basket case,” Averill said after the 7-year-old Florida-bred...

By Ryan Martin —- MR. MISUNDERSTOOD CONTINUES TURF DOMINATION IN WOODCHOPPER NEW ORLEANS (December 30, 2017) – Flurry Racing Stables LLC’s Mr. Misunderstood added yet another turf stakes victory to his resume and is now an unbeaten 8-for-8 on the grass after scoring a...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2017) – Stonestreet Stables LLC’s Valadorna was much the best in Tuesday’s $50,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes over the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots main track, which was the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old daughter of...

By Mike Willman —- Giant Expectations; All photos by Zoe Metz GIANT EXPECTATIONS TAKES ON ROLE OF GIANT KILLER AS HE TORCHES FIELD BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS AT 13-1 IN GRADE II, $300,000 SAN ANTONIO STAKES; TRAINED BY EURTON & RIDDEN BY STEVENS, HE GETS 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:43.07...

NYRA RELEASE —- Do Share grinds out first stakes win in exciting Gravesend OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making his first start since July, in which he finished fourth in an optional claiming race at Parx, Ten Strike Racing’s longshot Zanotti, rebounded off the layoff...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Ryan Racing’s Aqua Bel Sar capitalized on being part of the pace scenario, surging to the front at the half-mile mark and outkicking Belleville Spring in deep stretch to capture the 33rd running of the $150,000 Great White Way...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – After Mo Cash made a bold move to split horses on the far turn of the $125,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners Association (FTBOA) Marion County Florida Sire Stakes, jockey Antonio Gallardo and trainer Ronald Spatz knew the work...

By Brian Spencer —- COOPTADO BACK TO WINNING WAYS IN TENACIOUS; DIMENSION SPRINGS 39-1 DILIBERTO UPSET ON SANTA SUPER SATURDAY NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 16, 2017) – Valentin Bukhtoyarov and Evgeny Kappushev’s multiple Group I-winning millionaire Cooptado (Arg) made his first visit...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Louis Ferrari’s Aunt Babe stayed off the pace and outkicked Pure Silver at the wire to win the 33rd running of the $150,000 Fifth Avenue for juvenile fillies on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Aunt Babe, a 39-1 longshot, won...