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By Gary Yunt Notes Team Captain Churchill Downs Racetrack —- QUIET, ROUTINE MORNING FOR DERBY HOPEFULS ON DERBY EVE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 4, 2018) – On a warm and breezy Friday morning at Churchill Downs all entrants for Saturday’s 144th running of the $2,192,000...

By Bailey Gallison —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 3, 2018) – A stakes schedule worth a total of $3,700,000 will be offered throughout the 2018 meet at Arlington International Racecourse, which kicks off on Friday, May 4. Headlining the 71-day season is the International...

By Ed Golden —- JUSTIFY Benoit Photo • SMITH HOPES TO JUSTIFY HIS POSITION IN DERBY • NEW GELDING LA LA LAND RUNS IN SINGLETARY • TRAINER ROOTS FROM KENTUCKY ON SATURDAY SMITH SITTING PRETTY FOR OAKS AND DERBY Mike Smith appears to be in the enviable position of riding...

By Bailey Gallison —- Arlington International Racecourse is pleased to announce the addition of handicapper Noel Michaels to the broadcast team as Racing Analyst. Michaels recently worked as Editor-in-Chief and contributor to American Turf Monthly Magazine in addition to...

By Bailey Gallison —- FAN APPRECIATION DAY KICKS OFF 2018 ARLINGTON SEASON FEATURING 36TH ARLINGTON MILLION AND MORE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 1, 2018) – Live racing and entertainment return to Arlington International Racecourse in 2018 with another event-filled calendar...

By Darren Rogers —- COMBATANT WORKS TOWARD DERBY 144, MENDELSSOHN DUE TO ARRIVE MONDAY AFTERNOON; MONOMOY GIRL 2-1 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR KENTUCKY OAKS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 30, 2018) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s Combatant completed his...

By Ed Golden —- INSTILLED REGARD Zoe Metz Photography • VAN DYKE READY FOR HIS FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY • SPAWR HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY NEXT WEEKEND • PRAT RIDES WITH MOMENTUM AS DERBY DAY NEARS VAN DYKE ON INSTILLED REGARD IN HIS FIRST DERBY At the tender age of 23 and already...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Things were different in 1999. Current WinStar Farm President/CEO & Racing Manager, Elliott Walden, was one of the top Thoroughbred trainers in the country, coming off a year in which he won the Belmont Stakes with Victory Gallop to deny...

By ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- • BOLT D’ORO PICTURE-PERFECT IN DERBY BREEZE • APPRENTICE RIDER ASA ESPINOZA IS ‘ACING IT’ • BEJARANO IS GETTING READY TO RESUME RIDING • FIRST POST WILL BE 12:30 P.M. STARTING ON MAY 3 BOLT D’ORO, MIDNIGHT BISOU WORK FOR KENTUCKY Under a...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Colts and geldings that compete in the inaugural $100,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Silver Charm Florida Sire Stakes on Saturday, May 5 at Tampa Bay Downs will be racing for more than the winner’s purse. The race...