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By Ryan Martin —- Barn Notes: Thursday, February 14, 2019 • War of Will Proof That Derby Hopefuls Can Come From Anywhere • Consistent Limonite Gets Back to Business in Risen Star • Owendale Makes Stakes Debut in Risen Star • Hogy Still Going Strong at Age 10 • Lynch Ships...

By Ed Golden —- • LEADING TRAINER O’NEILL SET FOR SANTA MONICA • AUTOMATIC PREAKNESS BERTH AT GOLDEN GATE • ROSARIO CLOSES GAP ON PRAT IN JOCKEYS’ RACE • THIS MONDAY IS PRESIDENTS’ DAY AND DOLLAR DAY ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR MOPOTISM IN SANTA MONICA Mopotism returns to a sprint...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Fields for Presidents’ Day Stakes Taking Shape Post positions will be drawn Friday for Monday’s stakes tripleheader at Oaklawn, a special Presidents’ Day program that features the first graded events of the meeting. The Oaklawn racing office listed these...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Big Names Work Wednesday at Oaklawn Several notable horses worked over a fast track Wednesday morning at Oaklawn, including multiple stakes winner Whitmore for co-owner/trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs. Breezing for the first time since finishing...

By Ryan Martin —- • Synchrony Kicks Off 6-Year-Old Campaign in Grade III Fair Grounds Handicap • Casse Targets Grade II Tampa Bay Derby With Dream Maker • Regally-Bred and Maturing Gun It Gives Risen Star a Try • Quip Not Making the Trip for Grade III Mineshaft Handicap •...

By Mike Henry —- IMPERIAL HINT SET FOR PELICAN; CENTENO OK, STATUS FOR FRIDAY UNCERTAIN OLDSMAR, FL. – Imperial Hint, a two-time Eclipse Award finalist in the Male Sprinter category, will make his 2019 debut in Saturday’s $100,000, 6-furlong Pelican Stakes for horses...

By Ryan Martin —- • Serengeti Empress, Lone Sailor Ready for Their First Tests of the Year • Chasing Yesterday, Kingly Not Making Trip to Fair Grounds • McFadden Not Getting Ahead of Himself with Risen Star Contender Country House SERENGETI EMPRESS, LONE SAILOR READY FOR...

By Ryan Martin —- • Bloom Hopeful That Henley’s Joy Has Capability to Perform on Dirt • Grade I Belmont Oaks Invitational the Long Term Goal for Winter Sunset BLOOM HOPEFUL THAT HENLEY’S JOY HAS CAPABILITY TO PERFORM ON DIRT This time of the year, it’s natural for...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Gray Attempt; Coady Photography Gray Attempt among Slew of Workers Targeting Presidents’ Day Races Several candidates for Oaklawn’s Presidents Day stakes tripleheader recorded workouts on a cloudy, damp Sunday morning, including Gray Attempt who breezed...

By Ed Golden —- Paradise Woods; Zoe Metz Photo • ‘PARADISE’ NOT LOST, RETURNS FOR SHIRREFFS • FIRSTS ALL AROUND AT SANTA ANITA SATURDAY • SINGLE TICKET JACKPOT IS STILL UP FOR GRABS PARADISE WOODS DEBUTS FOR SHIRREFFS IN SANTA MONICA Multiple Grade I winner Paradise Woods...