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By Jennifer Hoyt —- SONNETEER PICKS UP FIRST STAKES WIN IN $125,000 FIFTH SEASON STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, Jan. 12, 2018) – Calumet Farm’s Sonneteer, who almost stole the show in the 2017 Rebel Stakes at odds of 112-1, reaffirmed his affinity for Oaklawn by finally...

By Don Stevens —- Testing One Two; Coady Photography SUMMER HOUSE ROLLS IN THE ELDORADO STAKES – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted a pair of stakes races on Friday night headed by the $60,000 Take Charge Brandi, which was won impressively by Brittlyn Stable, Inc.’s...

By Mike Willman —- HEAVILY FAVORED MCKINZIE REMAINS UNBEATEN AS HE TAKES GRADE III, $100,000 SHAM STAKES BY 3 ½ LENGTHS UNDER SMITH; BAFFERT TAKES BLINKERS OFF & STREET SENSE COLT RELAXES WELL EARLY WITH THE WIN, MCKINZIE PICKS UP 10 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS...

By Don Stevens —- JAMES HODGES TRAINEE ENJOYS THE FIRST STAKES WIN OF HIS CAREER – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs closed out its 12th week of racing on Saturday night with an 11-race program that included the $65,000 B-Connected Stakes for Louisiana-breds competing at one...

By Don Stevens —- Hyper Piper; All Photots by Coady Photography SAM B. DAVID, JR. TRAINEE GETS HER FIRST STAKES WIN AND THIRD WIN IN A ROW – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted its first stakes of the new calendar year on Friday night and it was Hyper Piper who notched...

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...