LOS ALAMITOS BEGINS WINTER MEET THURSDAY

By Robert Mieszerski —- STARLET, LOS ALAMITOS CASHCALL FUTURITY TO BE RUN DEC. 10; CALIFORNIA CHROME LIKELY FOR WINTER CHALLENGE DEC. 17 CYPRESS, Calif. —The third and final Thoroughbred meet of 2016 at Los Alamitos will begin Thursday, Dec. 8. The eight-day Winter...
Posted On 06 Dec 2016
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FAIR GROUNDS: BOBBY THE BRAIN GIVES STIDHAM WIN 100

By Michael Adolphson —- • Bobby the Brain Gives Stidham Win 100 • Sunbean Set for Champions Day • Work Tab Mike Stidham; CD/File Photo BOBBY THE BRAIN GIVES STIDHAM WIN 100 Stallionaire Enterprises’ Bobby the Brain made his debut a winning one for trainer Mike Stidham,...
Posted On 05 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream Handles Record $11.1 Million on Claiming Crown

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s total handle on Saturday’s Opening Day program for the Championship Meet, highlighted by the 18th edition of the Claiming Crown, was a record $11.115 million. The previous record Claiming Crown...
Posted On 04 Dec 2016
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CHOCOLATE RIDE, CASH CONTROL LEAD SANTA STAKES SQUAD FOR COX

By Michael Adolphson —- Fair Grounds Barn Notes Wentworth Brochu’s local favorite Chocolate Ride, a victor in all three graded turf stakes for older horses at the Fair Grounds over the course of the last two seasons, put in his final work before his 2016-17 debut at the New...
Posted On 04 Dec 2016
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Del Mar Stable Notes December 2, 2016

By Dan Smith —- BALTAS COULD BE WEST COAST’S BIG HOPE IN WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES Southern California racing fans who prefer to be somewhat parochial in their picks will likely be looking to Richard Baltas’ horses as the West Coast hopes against a horde of eastern invaders in...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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BARGAIN BUYS AMONG TOP CONTENDERS ON COTILLION FESTIVAL CARD

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The most lucrative stakes schedule in track history begins Saturday with 2-year-olds of both sexes set to compete in a pair of $100,000, 6-furlong races. The 32nd running of the Inaugural Stakes, for 2-year-old males, is the seventh race on...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Friday, December 2

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cambodia Wins Like a Good Thing • Mo Tom Returns to Fair Grounds after Freshening • Keep Talking Doing Well • $1.35M Colt Tour De Force Debuts Sunday • Work Tab CAMBODIA WINS LIKE A GOOD THING Winter Quarter Farm’s Cambodia dismantled a field of...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream/Claiming Crown Notes

By David Joseph —- Change of Scenery Right Prescription for G3 Winner Doctor J Dub (Video Link) Returning Champion Royal Posse a ‘Jewel’ of Consistency Class and Cash Takes Win Streak into $125,00 Emerald Multiple Stakes Winner Rose Brier Pointed to G2 Ft. Lauderdale...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Del Mar Stable Notes

Dan Smith —- EAST COAST INVASION FOR WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES IS COMPLETE The stakes barn was a bustling place Thursday morning as the result of an influx of horses from New York which arrived Tuesday and, having settled in, are all being prepared for the Grade I events on...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, December 1

By Michael Adolphson —- • Valadorna to Winter at Fair Grounds • Morley and Family Giving New Orleans a Go • Terra Promessa Tops Work Tab VALADORNA TO WINTER AT FAIR GROUNDS Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Valadorna will winter in New Orleans at Fair Grounds...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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