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By Ed Golden —- • ‘MIDNIGHT HOUR’ NEAR IN THE SANTA MARIA • PRAT CALLS THE SHOTS IN ARCADIA STAKES • THURSDAY WORKERS AT SANTA ANITA HIT 278 • MIDNIGHT STORM DUE TO BREEZE FOR BIG ’CAP STREAKING MIDNIGHT TOAST IN STAKES DEBUT Midnight Toast makes her stakes debut in...

By Mike Henry —- ‘HOME-TEAM’ HOPEFULS R ANGEL KATELYN, KASAQUI LOOKING SHARP OLDSMAR, FL. – The rock stars are coming to Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. With three graded stakes races on the Festival Preview Day Presented by Lambholm South card, and $650,000 in stakes purse...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Summertime Sky Returns to Turf, Tops Eight in Broussard • Rapid Rhythm Slowing Career Cadence • December Seven Bullets for Mineshaft • Work Tab SUMMERTIME SKY RETURNS TO THE TURF, TOPS EIGHT IN BROUSSARD A talented group of eight sophomore fillies...

By David Joseph —- Overnight Stakes Win Puts Third Day on Triple Crown Trail Sophomore Colt Ends Layoff Winning $60,000 Just One More Guaranteed Pools in Pick 4, Pick 5, Rainbow 6 for Saturday Feb. 11 20-Cent Rainbow 6 Carryover $10,770 for Thursday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –...

By Mike Henry —- NO DOZING, McCRAKEN READY FOR DAVIS; NESS CLAIMS TRAINER OF MONTH OLDSMAR, FL. – A few railbirds did a double-take today when they spotted Arnaud Delacour, the trainer of Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes entrant No Dozing, schooling the colt in the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Alsvid Eyes Hot Springs There was no five-peat for Alsvid, but trainer Chris Hartman said Sunday afternoon that his hope is the millionaire will return to stakes competition in the $125,000 Hot Springs for older sprinters March 11. Alsvid, in his...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The eyes of much of the Thoroughbred racing community will be focused on Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, when a number of legitimate Triple Crown hopefuls will compete in the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for 3-year-olds at a...

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...