SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • • TO THE VICTOR GOES THE STRATEGY IN THE BEHOLDER • • BAL A BALI AND SMITH READY FOR GRADE I SHOEMAKER • • JOCKEY DAVID FLORES RETURNS HOME TO SANTA ANITA • • AUDI TV SPOT SHOT AT SANTA ANITA AIRS ON NBA FINALS STELLAR WIND PRIMED, TACTICS UP TO ESPINOZA...
Posted On 03 Jun 2017
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Classic Empire Breezes Half in :50

By Darren Rogers —- CLASSIC EMPIRE BREEZES HALF-MILE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IN PREPARATION FOR BELMONT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 2, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, runner-up in the Preakness (Grade I) and fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby (GI), breezed...
Posted On 03 Jun 2017
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Belmont Park Notes

NYRA Release —- • Classic Empire works easy half-mile for G1 Belmont Stakes • True Timber falls off Belmont trail; Dickinson set for G1 Just a Game • Pletcher adds Patch to his Belmont contingent • Back from leg fracture, Albarado to ride J Boys Echo in Belmont • Probable...
Posted On 03 Jun 2017
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Gulfstream: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $593,898

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $593,898 First-Race Post Time 12:55 P.M. for 12-Race Program Gaffalione Continues Hot Hand with Three More Winners Concealedwithakiss Back on Track in Ana T. Handicap HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent...
Posted On 03 Jun 2017
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Tuesday, June 2, 2017

By John Heims —- CALI THIRTY SEVEN GOES FOR BACK-TO-BACK WINS IN SATURDAY’S EATONTOWN Cali Thirty Seven looks to make it back-to-back stakes victories and her first in graded company in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes going a mile and a sixteenth on the...
Posted On 03 Jun 2017
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Classic Empire, J Boys Echo to Breeze This Weekend at Churchill Downs for Belmont Stakes

By Darren Rogers —- CLASSIC EMPIRE, J BOYS ECHO TO BREEZE THIS WEEKEND AT CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR BELMONT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 1, 2017) – Classic Empire, the Preakness Stakes (Grade I) runner-up, and Gotham Stakes (GIII) winner J Boys Echo will put in their...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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Gulfstream: Friday Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $556,054

By David Joseph —- First-Race Post Set for 2:15 P.M. for First Twilight Card Red-Hot Tyler Gaffalione Notches Four-Win Day HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 24rd consecutive program at Gulfstream Park Thursday, leaving a carryover jackpot of...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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Arlington Barn Notes: State-bred Stakes Highlight Saturday Card

By Bailey Gallison —- • Luvin Bullies Gets Bullish Win STATE-BRED STAKES HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY CARD Saturday’s card at Arlington International Racecourse will feature two stakes for Illinois-bred 3-year-olds going a mile on the Polytrack, beginning with the 40th running of the...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • • BEHOLDER BOASTS FIELD OF ‘FAST FILLIES’ • • FREE ROSE IN STELLAR SHOEMAKER LINEUP • • IRISH-BRED LASEEN IN U.S. STAKES DEBUT FINEST CITY NEEDS HER BEST IN BEHOLDER Finest City is nothing if not versatile. She has run well on dirt, turf, sloppy tracks,...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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Belmont Park Notes: Japan’s Epicharis arrives for G1 Belmont bid

NYRA Release —- • Multiplier likely for G1 Belmont; Rosario to ride • Sadler’s Joy in good form coming into G1 Manhattan • Oscar Performance seeks to bounce back in G3 Pennine Ridge • Probable contenders for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival ELMONT, N.Y. –...
Posted On 02 Jun 2017
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