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By Mike Henry —- CANDY MAN ROCKET SET TO RETURN FOR LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER FOR WEDNESDAY OF $45,742.71; ULTIMATE 6 HIT OLDSMAR, FL. – Candy Man Rocket, who burst onto the scene as a legitimate Triple Crown candidate by winning the Grade III...

By Robert Yates —- Oaklawn Park Photo Essential Quality Emerges from Southwest Victory in Good Order; Several Runners Eying Rebel Champion Essential Quality emerged in good order from his victory in the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds Saturday at Oaklawn, the...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Park News & Notes Florida Derby (G1) Likely for Impressive Maiden Winner Collaborate Fountain of Youth (G2) Runner-Up Drain the Clock Cutting Back Champion Filly Vequist “Happy and Sound’ After Davona Dale (G2) Loss HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –...

By David Joseph —- Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Guaranteed Pool $900,000 Pletcher Wins Four, Jose Ortiz Three Collaborate a Promising Winner HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a guaranteed pool of $900,000 when racing resumes Sunday with a 12-race program. First...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 2021 MEDINA SPIRIT, LIFE IS GOOD RUN IN SAN FELIPE BIG ’CAP HIGHLIGHTS MAJOR RACES SATURDAY MARGOT’S BOY BACK ON MAIN TRACK IN TIZNOW $460,345 CARRYOVER IS AT END OF THE RAINBOW MEDINA SPPIRIT JOINS LIFE IS GOOD...

By Robert Yates —- Early Oaklawn Success Helps Cox Reach the Top In the early spring of 2016, Livia Frazar was asked where she saw her husband’s training career in five years. That trainer, then an up and comer obsessed with horses, was Brad Cox. “I see him at the top,” she...

By David Joseph —– GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.25.21 Castellano Back in Gulfstream Park Winner’s Circle Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hall of Famer Javier Castellano made a welcome return to the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle...

By Robert Yates —- It was championship Thursday at Oaklawn as Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox sent his two Eclipse Award winners, Monomoy Girl and Essential Quality, to the track to train in preparation for weekend stakes engagements. Cox said Monomoy Girl and...

By Mike Henry —- THE CRITICAL WAY, MISS AURAMET STAR ON TURF SPRINT SHOWCASE DAY OLDSMAR, FL. – Randal Gindi was unsure about The Critical Way’s upside after he claimed him for $30,000 at Gulfstream Park in January of 2020. But the owner’s faith in trainer Jose H. Delgado’s...

By Robert Yates —- Baffert Taking Aim at Southwest with Spielberg Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has captured one of Oaklawn’s four Kentucky Derby points races with a horse named after an Olympic gold medalist, another with a horse named after a professional tennis icon...