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By Ed Golden —- • • MIDNIGHT STORM, PRAT READY FOR RICH GOLD CUP • • SANTA ANITA HONORS VETS WITH MEMORIAL DAY BBQ • • AVENGE FIRING BULLETS FOR THE GRADE I GAMELY • • ILLUMINANT GOES IN MONROVIA ‘WITH CONFIDENCE’ • • HOME RUN KITTEN ‘FRESH’ FOR RETURN IN DAYTONA • •...

By David Joseph —- Requite Set for Return in Sunday’s Opening Lead HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park went unsolved for the 19th consecutive program Thursday, producing a $356,270.15 carryover jackpot for Friday’s nine-race program. Multiple...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 25, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, who lost Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness (Grade I) by a head two weeks after finishing fourth in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), is scheduled to begin...

NYRA Release —- • Epicharis breezes, begins quarantine process in Japan for G1 Belmont • Songbird confirmed for G1 Ogden Phipps • Memorial Day at Belmont Park • ‘Toast the Turn’ packages available for Belmont Stakes Racing Festival ELMONT, N.Y. – Carrot...

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park welcomes bettors to a nine-race program Thursday with a 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover of $333,214.65. Gulfstream’s first race is 1:15 p.m. The Rainbow 6 sequence, which begins in the fourth race, will include four turf...

By Darren Rogers —- CALDWELL FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS TO START SPRING MEET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 21, 2017) – Through the first 13 days of the 38-day Spring Meet, Texas native J.R. Caldwell is making his presence known at Churchill Downs with an impressive nine...

By Ed Golden —- • • MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES START SATURDAY • • SADLER HOPES HARD ACES HAS WINNING HAND • • BALTAS DUO SET FOR GRADE I GAMELY STAKES • • SANTA ANITA’S JACOBELLIS HONORED AT HONDA CENTER SANTA ANITA OFFERS SEVEN STAKES MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND As America honors...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 5.21.2017 Chad Brown; Anne M Eberhardt Photo Chad Brown Celebrates First Preakness Win With Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Exits Disappointing Effort ‘Healthy, Happy’ Classic Empire, Senior Investment, Lookin At Lee Belmont Bound...

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...