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By Ed Golden —- • • MIDNIGHT STORM CAN WEATHER PACE BATTLE • • TRUMAN HOPES ‘SKY’S’ NOT THE LIMIT ON SUNDAY • • ROMAN, BELVOIR ARE A PERFECT WINNING TEAM MIDNIGHT STORM ‘CAN RATE’ FOR RICH GOLD CUP Midnight Storm’s forte is speed, and on paper, it appears there will be...

By Bailey Gallison —- STAKES WINNERS SEEK STEP UP IN GRADE III ARLINGTON CLASSIC The 82nd running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Classic, a 1 1/16-miles event for 3-year-olds on the turf on May 27, garnered 25 nominations from 16 trainers at closing on Wednesday. Mike...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 19, 2017) – The pageantry of the 142nd running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (GI), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown headlined by the Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, will be featured prominently at Churchill...

By Ed Golden —- • • MANDELLA HAS EASTWOOD ON IMPROVE FOR KONA GOLD • • CHAMPION SONGBIRD IN BULLET BREEZE WITH SMITH UP • • FREE COOLER BACKPACK AT SANTA ANITA ON SATURDAY • • LONGTIME VALET BOBBY MARKUS PASSES AT AGE 77 • • WHAT A VIEW IS READY TO RUN ON ‘BEST TURF COURSE’...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 05.18.2017 Always Dreaming ‘Sitting on Go’ for Saturday’s Preakness Classic Empire ‘Focused and Happy’ for Morning Gallop Conquest Mo Money Changing Trainer’s Life BALTIMORE – After training Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always...

By Bailey Gallison —- SAKONNET STRAIGHT TO STAKES AT ARLINGTON Trainer Anthony Granitz says he will point Sakonnet for the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Classic on May 27 at Arlington International Racecourse. The 3-year-old colt by Scat Daddy was last seen finishing a...

By Heather Pettinger —- H. Allen Jerkens; NYRA File Photos ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association is proud to announce that the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at historic Saratoga Race Course, New York’s premier summer race for 3-year-old sprinters, will be...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (May 16, 2017) – Keeneland-based trainer Wesley Ward won 11 races during Keeneland’s Spring Meet to lead all trainers. On Tuesday, he sent out six of those winners, including European champion Lady Aurelia, for half-mile works over the firm...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 05.16.2017 ‘Smooth’ Sailing for Always Dreaming Tuesday Morning Classic Empire Looking, Moving Good in First Pimlico Gallop Conquest Mo Money Gets Acquainted with Pimlico Surface BALTIMORE – Trainer Todd Pletcher was delighted to...

By Darren Rogers —- Hence; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 15, 2017) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s duo of Calumet Farm’s Hence and L and N Racing’s Lookin At Lee put in their final breezes Monday morning at Churchill Downs prior to Saturday’s...