SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES: ESPINOZA EYES DERBY WIN NO. 4 ON GORMLEY

By Ed Golden —- Gormley; Benoit • ESPINOZA EYES DERBY WIN NO. 4 ON GORMLEY • ROYAL MO ‘POINTS’ TO 143RD KENTUCKY DERBY • GOOD THINGS SEEN FOR TWENTYTWENTYVISION SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNERS BLOOM IN RUN FOR ROSES Gormley will attempt to become the 11th Santa Anita winner to...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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RED-HOT PINK MAMA KEEPS GRATEFUL OWNER ON MOVE; CENTENO WINS 3

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Juan Cacho Castro was running in several different directions after Pink Mama’s fourth consecutive victory in today’s fifth race at Tampa Bay Downs, a six-furlong allowance/optional claiming contest for older fillies and mares. As the owner...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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KEENELAND NOTES: GIRVIN GETS FEEL FOR KEENELAND’S MAIN TRACK

By Amy Owens —- KENTUCKY DERBY HOPEFUL GIRVIN GETS FEEL FOR KEENELAND’S MAIN TRACK • MEANTIME COULD BE READY FOR THE BIG TIME AFTER SMASHING SATURDAY VICTORY • MULTIPLIER CAPS BIG DAY FOR TRAINER BRENDAN WALSH • BEHIND THE SCENES: VALET SHANE BOREL THRIVES IN ROLE ASSISTING...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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SANTA ANITA NOTES: INORDINATE OUT-GAMES FAVORED SYNTAX LATE TO TAKE MARATHON GRADE III

By Ed Golden/Mike Willman —- • SONGBIRD, GORMLEY AND ‘MIDWAY’ WORK WELL • COASTLINE IS READY FOR SUNDAY’S SIREN LURE • VALE DORI ON COURSE FOR GRADE I BEHOLDER Songbird; Clockers Corner/Zoe Metz Photo SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER GORMLEY AMONG BEVY OF BREEZERS Two-time champion...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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Keeneland April 22 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- SATURDAY, APRIL 22 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. • LOUISIANA DERBY WINNER GIRVIN TO WORK HERE MONDAY • UNBRIDLED MO EXITS...
Posted On 22 Apr 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • STALKING TRIP IS LIKELY FOR PROSPECT PARK • NAKATANI: PACE MAKES THE RACE IN SAN JUAN • PATIENCE PAYS OFF AT 12-1 FOR RON McANALLY • ‘BEAUTIFUL’ OAKS DRILL FOR PARADISE WOODS PROSPECT PARK ‘DOING GREAT’ FOR CALIFORNIAN With speed to his inside from Bob...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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SLOW BEGINNING A DISTANT MEMORY FOR TRAINER OF MONTH MINIERI

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Entering Saturday’s action, Joseph Minieri has won with six of his most recent 16 starters. Yet he feels about the same as he did on the morning of March 11, when he wondered if his 5-year-old gelding Seventysevenwilow might break t...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Keeneland April 21 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. • KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS IRAP, PRACTICAL JOKE, TAPWRIT WORK • DADDYS LIL...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Keeneland April 20 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. • TOYOTA BLUE GRASS WINNER IRAP SLATED TO WORK FRIDAY • TOM LEACH INTERVIEWS TRAINERS IN UPCOMING...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Gulfstream: Brahms Cat Puts on ‘Game Face’ on for Stakes Return

By David Joseph —- Grade 2 Stakes-Placed Filly to Meet Seven in $75,000 Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bluestone Thoroughbreds’ Brahms Cat is slated to return to action in Saturday’s $75,000 Game Face Stakes at Gulfstream Park after holding her own against the country’s...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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