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By Darren Rogers —- Brad Cox; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 16, 2018) – Arguably one of the nation’s fastest rising starts, Louisville native Brad Cox is two wins away from a major professional milestone: 1,000 career victories. Cox, 38, is not far removed...

DMTC News – From the Wire BAFFERT’S BOB HOPE HOPES DIMINISHED BY ONE Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes – the first of nine graded stakes on the fall racing at Del Mar schedule – falls right in the wheelhouse of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. It’s for...

By Darren Rogers —- MORALES ENDING APPRENTICESHIP WITH A BANG LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018) – Jockey Edgar Morales will lose the five-pound weight allowance that is granted to apprentice riders on Saturday, but the 20-year-old Puerto Rico native has made the...

By Ryan Martin —- Monte Man Seeks Seven Straight Wins In Saturday’s Heitai • My Miss Chiff Exits Eight-Month Layoff In Sunday’s Happy Ticket • Declan Carroll Excited for First Winter at Fair Grounds MONTE MAN SEEKS SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS IN SATURDAY’S HEITAI Ivery Sisters...

DMTC News – From the Wire TALAMO MAKES IT TO THE FINISH LINE, AND TO A WEDDING, ON TIME Joe Talamo went from stakes-winning jockey to quick change artist to tuxedoed wedding guest in just over a half hour Saturday afternoon. Here’s the Talamo timeline, provided by his agent...

By Darren Rogers —- CASSE HOPES ANGEL OF MISCHIEF CAN TAB HIS FIRST STAKES WIN IN MRS. REVERE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018) – Trainer Norm Casse is closing in on his first year as a trainer with 14 victories but the 35-year-old Louisville-native hopes improving...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR REPEATING BREEDERS’ CUP STAR MILLER Was it only six days ago that Peter Miller became repeater Miller by saddling Stormy Liberal and Roy H to Breeders’ Cup wins in the Turf Sprint and Sprint – the same two horses in...

By Darren Rogers —- TOMLINSON HOPES ‘BARN FAVORITE’ MARCH TO THE ARCH RECORDS FIRST GRADED STAKES WIN IN SATURDAY’S COMMONWEALTH TURF LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 9, 2018) – Trainer Mark Casse’s locally-based assistant Nick Tomlinson is eagerly awaiting Saturday’s $100,000...

DMTC News —- With a growing reputation that puts it at the forefront of the nation’s year-end race meets, Del Mar will present the fifth edition of its fall racing season starting this Friday for a four-week, 16-day run that will bring classy Thoroughbreds back to the...

By Ed Golden —- • CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ TO CONTINUE IN CLASSIC? • OUR SILVER OAKS GOES AFTER JUVENILE GOLD • TRAINER HOPES MADDY STAKES IS MILLER TIME • $2 MILLION RAINBOW JACKPOT GUARANTEED ON SATURDAY • POST TIME SATURDAY IS 10:30 A.M., SUNDAY 11 A.M. GOLDEN STATE DOMINATES...