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By Jennifer Hoyt —- Whitmore to Wait for Hot Springs Stakes After running the fastest six furlongs in January in Oaklawn history, Whitmore won’t be seen in February, said Ron Moquett of Hot Springs, who co-owns and trains the 4-year-old son of Pleasantly Perfect. Instead,...

By David Joseph —- Classic Empire Continues Parade of Champions in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $339,874 for Wednesday’s Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Classic Empire, recently named 2-year-old champion at the 2016 Eclipse Awards Dinner, is...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Eclipse Award winners Classic Empire and Tepin, both trained by Mark Casse, headline a list of 142 Thoroughbreds nominated to the lucrative Festival Preview Day Presented by Lambholm South stakes program on Feb. 11 at Tampa Bay Downs....

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Ivan Fallunovalot Works Toward King Cotton Multiple stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot worked an easy half-mile Sunday morning at Oaklawn in preparation for his scheduled 7-year-old debut in Saturday’s $125,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters. Ivan...

By Ed Golden —- • PEGASUS UNFURLS BITTERSWEET STORYLINE • CHAMP CHAMPAGNE ROOM VS. UNIQUE BELLA • SHEER FLATTERY WORKS FOR GRADE III LEWIS • GRAZEN WINNERS AMONG STRING OF CHALK • VAN DYKE IS RECOVERING FROM BROKEN ARM ARROGATE REIGNS SUPREME AFTER PEGASUS VICTORY If there...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Petrov Works Toward Southwest Stakes Petrov had his first work since a runner-up finish in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 16 at Oaklawn, breezing a half-mile in :48 just after the track opened Saturday morning for co-owner/trainer...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Wicked Lick Well-Intended By Walsh • Valadorna Returns on Top • Running Mate to Clinic and Farm for Check-Up EQUATION HAS THE ANSWERS IN BIG EASY OVERNIGHT WICKED LICK WELL-INTENDED BY WALSH One of the more impressive runner-up efforts of the day...

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot is $300,000 Guaranteed Multiple guaranteed pools on tap for Pegasus World Cup Day Greenpointcrusader returns to competition and wins featured 10th race Shaman Ghost breezes; War Envoy & Prayer for Relief school...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Equation Looks to Stay Undefeated in Big Easy • Casse Taking His Time With Tour de Force EQUATION LOOKS TO STAY UNDEFEATED IN BIG EASY A promising, but lightly raced turf sprinter, Ben McElroy’s Equation makes her 4-year-old bow and first start for...

By Ed Golden —- • HORSEMEN FAVOR CHROME OVER ARROGATE • SPECIAL FIRST POST TIME SATURDAY: 11:45 A.M. • MIYADI SENDS OUT TWO FOR CALIFORNIA GOLD • VAN DYKE SUFFERS BROKEN RIGHT ARM IN SPILL HORSEMEN VARY ON PEGASUS PICKS Less than a month into 2017, the Race of the Year is...