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By Ed Golden —- TRAINER POINTS NEW BUY TO SANTA ANITA DERBY POPULAR JAY COHEN IS BACK ON THE HORN TODAY RETIRED GARY STEVENS FEELING GOOD BEHIND MIC PAPAPRODROMOU SEEKS SANTA ANITA DERBY UPSET George Papaprodromou plans to run rank outsider and recent private purchase...

By Mike Henry —- AMBITIOUS JOCKEY OF MONTH VIEWS OBSTACLES AS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs jockey Raul Mena was 19 when his mount failed to negotiate the turn in a race at Valparaiso Sporting Club in Chile, throwing him to the ground like a rag doll...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Mike Smith to Ride Motion Emotion; Fields Taking Shape for Racing Festival When Oaklawn’s annual Racing Festival of the South begins April 12 with the $500,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3), a Hall of Fame jockey will be bidding for his fourth victory in the 1...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 5 – FIRST POST 1:05 P.M. ET Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend microsite dedicated to opening weekend of the Spring Meet. Read biographies of the connections of horses entered in the 95th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue...

By David Joseph —- Zayas Returns a Winner on Spring Meet Opening Day Rising Star Wins on First Mount Back off Sideline HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sidelined by injury for the past three months, Edgard Zayas made a victorious return to action on the opening day of Gulfstre...

By Mike Henry —- JOCKEY JORGE URDANETA AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE AFTER SPILL OLDSMAR, FL. – Today’s sixth race was declared a “no-contest” after 3-year-old filly Crystaleigh stumbled and fell shortly after the start, throwing jockey Jorge Urdaneta to the turf. Urdaneta, a...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Trainer Ingrid Mason Hits Milestone Ingrid Mason became the second female trainer in Oaklawn history to reach 100 career victories when Redneck Attack won the ninth race March 22, according to Equibase, racing’s official data gathering...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 4 – OPENING DAY – FIRST POST: 3 P.M. ET ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend microsite dedicated to Keeneland’s April 4-7 opening weekend stakes. See biographies of the connections of horses entered in the 95th running...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 Keeneland’s 2019 Spring Meet opens tomorrow, Thursday, April 4, with a 3 p.m. ET first post. First post for the remainder of meet is 1:05 p.m. The 16-day season runs through Friday, April 26. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April 21....

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Escape Clause Confirmed For Apple Blossom There will be even more Canadian flavor in the $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) after owner/trainer Don Schnell said Monday afternoon that multiple stakes winner Escape Clause would run in the 1 1/16-mile...