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By ED GOLDEN / MIKE WILLMAN —- Dortmund; Benoit • CLASSY DORTMUND GOES GREEN IN KILROE MILE • FOUR-TIME ECLIPSE CHAMP CASTELLANO HERE ON SATURDAY • VINTAGE 1940 STARTING GATE ON DISPLAY IN PADDOCK GARDENS • TWO-TIME BIG ’CAP WINNER JOHN HENRY BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1975 •...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Hogy to Shakertown, Declines Dubai Invite • Tom’s d’Etat Nearing Return • Stakes Horses on Work Tab FOREVAMO READY FOR ROUND TWO Brittlyn Stable’s popular multiple graded stakes-placed colt Forevamo did not prove victorious in his 2017 unveiling,...

By Mike Henry —- Todd Pletcher; NYRA File Photo PLETCHER’S PRESENCE LIKELY TO BE FELT ON FESTIVAL DAY OLDSMAR, FL. – The defections of record-setting Sam F. Davis Stakes winner McCraken and Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Classic Empire have led many observers to...

By David Joseph —- Multiple G2 Winner Mohaymen Prepping for Return at Palm Meadows Elusive Joni Seeks to Continue Turf Success in $75,000 Captiva Island Promising 3-Year-Old Painter’s Rags Recovering from Minor Surgery HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Shadwell Stable’s multiple Grade...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Silver Bullion to Start in Rebel Stakes Lightly raced Silver Bullion will make his next start in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds March 18 at Oaklawn, Hall of Fame trainer D Wayne Lukas said Thursday morning. Ramon Vazquez, Oaklawn’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Santana Jr. Set to Resume Riding Friday Four-time Oaklawn riding champion Ricardo Santana is scheduled to resume riding Friday after being cleared by a specialist, the jockey’s agent, Ruben Munoz, said Monday morning. Santana, 24, hasn’t ridden since...

By Mike Willman —- Unique Bella; Zoe Metz Photography • UNIQUE BELLA HEADED TO SANTA ANITA OAKS • STORMY LIBERAL MARCHES ON FOR MILLER • MASTERY WORKS FOR SAN FELIPE • MIDNIGHT STORM DRILLS FIVE FURLONGS FOR BIG ’CAP SUPERSTAR UNIQUE BELLA HEADED TO SANTA ANITA OAKS Jerry...

NYRA RELEASE —- J Boys Echo; Joe labozzetta Photo • J Boys Echo in fine fettle following breakout win in G3 Gotham • El Areeb ‘no worse for wear’ following Gotham defeat • True Timber could seek class relief following fifth-place Gotham finish • Gotham runner-up...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – After watching No Dozing breeze five furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs this morning with his wife Leigh in the irons, trainer Arnaud Delacour pronounced the 3-year-old colt a likely starter for Saturday’s Grade II, $350,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Petrov Works toward Rebel Stakes Triple Crown nominee Petrov tuned up for a possible start in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) March 18 with a 5-furlong work in company Saturday morning at Oaklawn for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs. The gray son of...