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By Ed Golden —- • UNIQUE BELLA ODDS-ON FOR SUNDAY’S LAS VIRGENES • O’NEILL HOPES TO ‘PASS GO’ WITH LEWIS MONOPOLY • BUSY WEEKEND AS USUAL FOR TEAM HOLLENDORFER • TEXAS RYANO SHOULD COME RUNNING IN SAN MARCOS UNIQUE BELLA MEETS CHAMP IN GRADE II LAS VIRGENES There are those...

By Michael Adolphson —- • I’m a Chatterbox Half-Brother Zinger Makes Stakes Debut Saturday • It’s Your Nickel Points to Risen Star, Louisiana Derby • Excitations Exciting for Stall • Tom’s Ready Highlights Work Tab I’M A CHATTERBOX HALF-BROTHER ZINGER MAKES STAKES DEBUT...

By Mike Henry —- ‘FARM FAVORITE’ MAKES CASSE LOOK LIKE A GENIUS OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainer Mark Casse was in south Florida today readying his Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Colt, Classic Empire, for Saturday’s Grade II Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. But...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- VETERAN IVAN FALLUNOVALOT SEEKS THIRD KING COTTON WIN Mathews, Howard Hit Equine Lottery with “Ivan” Three horses, each for $25,000, were claimed out of the ninth race March 6, 2014, at Oaklawn. However, only one of those horses has developed into a...

By Ed Golden —- Arrogate; Zoe Metz Photo • PEGASUS KING ARROGATE IS BACK HOME AT SANTA ANITA • LEWIS STRATEGY FOR ROYAL MO WILL BE UP TO ESPINOZA • BAFFERT HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN GRADE II SAN ANTONIO • HINDSIGHT IS LOOKING GOOD FOR TWENTYTWENTYVISION • RACING MOURNS THE...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Arklow to Risen Star • Promising Late-Bloomer Redesdale to Stretch Out for Walsh VALADORNA TO RACHEL ALEXANDRA Stonestreet Stables’ Valadorna has exited her comeback effort in top shape, according to trainer Mark Casse. The daughter of Curlin, a...

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Offers $422,936 Jackpot Carryover G2 Holy Bull Anchors Guaranteed Multi-Race Pools Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 12th consecutive racing program Thursday, producing a jackpot carryover of...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Apprehender Returns in Search of Third King Cotton Stakes Ivan Fallunovalot isn’t the only two-time King Cotton Stakes winner entered in the $125,000 race for older sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Apprehender won the 6-furlong King Cotton in 2013 and 2014...

By David Joseph —- Jockey Jose Ortiz to Ride Final Month of Championship Meet G2 Holy Bull Anchors Guaranteed Multi-Race Pools Saturday New Gelding Mutaraamy Ends Layoff with Maiden Win Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $377,728 for Thursday Jose Ortiz; NYRA Photos HALLANDALE...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The topsy-turvy nature of a jockey’s existence came into play recently for four-time Tampa Bay Downs riding champion Ronnie Allen, Jr. During a span of seven racing days, from Jan. 4-14, he rode only two winners, the kind of mini-slump that...