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By Mike Henry —- TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT; MORALES HEADED TO NEW YORK; CAMACHO RIDES FOUR WINNERS OLDSMAR, FL. – Two $100,000 stakes races for 2-year-olds and the start of the annual “10 Days of Festivus Challenge” Handicapping Contest highlight Saturday’s racing...

By David Joseph —- Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Set for GPW Closing-Day Program Rainbow 6 Carryover Poll at $347,136 for Saturday’s Mandatory Payout Video: Blewitt, Nicoletti Handicap Rainbow 6 Entries Drawn for Wednesday’s Championship Meet Opener Zayas (Jockey) Crichton...

MTC News – From the Wire —- ONE DOWN, FOUR TO GO FOR TEAM CHAD BROWN Phase I of Operation Del Mar Turf Festival for trainer Chad Brown’s contingent was successfully accomplished Thursday when favored Orglandes made a late burst under Irad Ortiz, Jr., squeezing through...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 27, 2020) – Trainer Brad Cox’s Barn 22 on the Churchill Downs backstretch will be bustling with activity Saturday as 13 of his promising juveniles are scheduled to make a start on the “Stars of Tomorrow II” program including...

By Darren Rogers —- BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE THIRD-PLACE FINISHER KEEPMEINMIND SET TO FACE STAKES WINNERS KING FURY, SITTIN ON GO IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020) – Cypress Creek and Arnold Bennewith’s $2 million...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Gerald Bennett says there are several riders capable of winning the 2020-2021 Tampa Bay Downs title. But the perennial leading trainer thinks most of the track’s jockeys will spend a fair amount of time chasing Samy Camacho. “He’s psyched up...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The smell of freshly cut grass drifted across the Grandstand apron shortly after 9 a.m. today, as track maintenance workers groomed Tampa Bay Downs’ renowned turf in preparation for Wednesday’s Opening Day program. Although no one was around...

By Darren Rogers —- MULTIPLE GRADE I WINNER CODE OF HONOR HEADLINES OVERFLOW FIELD IN GRADE I, $500,000 CLARK PRESENTED BY NORTON HEALTHCARE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020) – W.S. Farish’s multiple Grade I winner Code of Honor will take on 13 rivals including graded...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- The Golden State Juvenile Fillies was run Friday, so for an encore Del Mar will present the Golden State Juvenile on Saturday. Both races are part of the $4.6 million California-bred or sired series in the state and both are at seven...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Fans of the Tampa Bay Downs Thoroughbred scene have numerous favorites to cheer for and wager on in the 37th Breeders’ Cup, scheduled Friday and Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. Sunny weather is forecast Friday, with partly cloudy...