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By Ed Golden —- HE QUALITY SEEMS RED HOT IN BLUE NORTHER ONE FAST BROAD BACK ON TURF FOR TEAM RUIS DESORMEAUX OFF AND WINNING AT SANTA ANITA BLUE NORTHER STAKES COULD MAKE THE GRADE Monday’s Joe Hernandez Stakes is a restricted race offering $75,000 in purse money, but...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Back troubles have prevented owner-trainer Kathleen DeMasi from flying from her Parx Racing base in Pennsylvania to Oldsmar for Saturday’s $100,000 Lightning City Stakes and $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes. But DeMasi believes her entrants, the...

By Ed Golden —- • BALTAS AND BROWN DOMINATE IN GRADE I OAKS • AMERICANIZE RETURNS TO SPRINT ON SATURDAY • LASEEN EYES FIRST U.S. WIN IN FRANKEL STAKES • JACK VAN BERG IS REMEMBERED AT SANTA ANITA BALTAS HAS THREE FOR THE MONEY IN GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS Kathy’s Song moves...

By Ryan Martin —- Florent Geroux aboard Gun Runner; Reed Palmer Photo * Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing • Sharp, Beschizza Going For More Success With Into Summer In Pago Hop • Lovell Continues To Aim High With Fault GEROUX OFF ALL MOUNTS THROUGH...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut Shortleaf Stable’s High North is under consideration for three races early in the 2018 Oaklawn meeting, including the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 15, trainer Brad Cox said...

By Ryan Martin —- Jack Van Berg; Benoit Photo * Fair Grounds Horsemen Remember Late Van Berg • Valadorna Exits Tiffany Lass Triumph In Good Order; Will Target Houston Ladies Classic • Farrell Likely To Scratch From Saturday’s Pago Hop; Uncontested Could Still Run • Geroux...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Ken Hamilton considers his victory in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge” Handicapping Contest an ideal way to cap his rookie year as a horse player. “I used to watch the Triple Crown races when I was a kid in the 1960s and ’70s,” said the El...

By Ed Golden —- • ASCANIO HOPES TO PRESENT FRANKEL TROPHY • SANTA ANITA WILL RESUME RACING THIS FRIDAY • HOPPERTUNITY SEEKS THIRD SAN ANTONIO WIN • SANTA ANITA OFFERS UBER DISCOUNT TO FANS Bobby Frankel (l), Humberto Ascanio; Benoit Photo ASCANIO ‘OK’ AFTER ‘TUMBLE’ AT...

By Ryan Martin —- • Cox Slated For Big Day In Saturday’s Pago Hop, Woodchopper Stakes • Stidham Enters Hallie Belle, Cedartown For Saturday’s Stakes; One Likely To Scratch • Torres Begins New Career As Jockey’s Agent; Will Represent Camacho COX SLATED FOR BIG DAY IN...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Amy’s Challenge Pointing toward Dixie Belle Unbeaten Amy’s Challenge is pointing for the $125,000 Dixie Belle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Jan. 20 at Oaklawn, trainer Mac Robertson said Tuesday morning. Amy’s Challenge was named Canterbury Park’s...