Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Thursday, April 7, 2022

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Staudacher is Derby dreaming with New York-bred Barese in Saturday’s G2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino Glass Ceiling streaks into G3 Distaff Morning Matcha needs ‘a great effort’ in G3 Gazelle to warrant Oaks aspirations New York-breds...
Posted On 07 Apr 2022
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Western River Could Test Stakes Waters in Next Start 10:37 AM

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Western River Could Test Stakes Waters in Next Start Six years after his full brother won the Arkansas Derby, Western River won on Arkansas Derby Day last Saturday at Oaklawn to position himself, possibly, for his stakes debut. Trainer Rodolphe Brisset...
Posted On 07 Apr 2022
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Fair Grounds Announces 15% Across the Board Purse Increase

By Joe Kristufek —- Fair Grounds Announces 15% Across the Board Purse Increase Strong Early Business Prompts Daily Bump New Orleans (January 3, 2022) – Inspired by strong handle during the first five weeks of the 150th racing season, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots...
Posted On 04 Jan 2022
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FESTIVUS WINNERS ROLLED DICE, BOXCARS CAME UP; DE LA CRUZ-BENNETT WIN 2

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Like most horse racing handicappers, Steve Tucker and Henry Walthert have faced the question of “how did you pick that horse?” countless times. After finishing 1-2 in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge Handicapping Contest,” it’s one th...
Posted On 30 Dec 2021
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Aqueduct Racetrack Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Dunham fishing for another stakes score in Thursday’s $100K Bay Ridge G2 Remsen winner Brooklyn Strong returns in Alex M. Robb Shalimar Gardens pointing to upcoming allowance tilt OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Bob Dunham, who turns 85-years-old today, will...
Posted On 30 Dec 2021
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Saturday’s Smarty Jones Stakes Draws 14

By Robert Yates —- Saturday’s Smarty Jones Stakes Draws 14 Record purse, record number of nominees and possibly a record crowd in the starting gate. Oaklawn’s Road to the Kentucky Derby begins Saturday with the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes, a 1-mile race that has drawn a...
Posted On 30 Dec 2021
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Caddo River Returns to Oaklawn Sunday Against Allowance Company

By Robert Yates —- Caddo River Returns to Oaklawn Sunday Against Allowance Company After beginning 2021 with a bang, Caddo River will try to go out with a bang when the star-crossed 3-year-old returns in Sunday’s eighth race at Oaklawn, a 1-mile conditioned allowance test...
Posted On 18 Dec 2021
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Gulfstream News & Notes: Mighty Heart Keeping an Eye on the Prize

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream News & Notes Mighty Heart Keeping an Eye on the Prize Alms Looking to Regain Winning Form in Suwannee River Fort Lauderdale (G2) Could Lead to Pegasus for Space Traveller HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Lawrence Cordes’ Mighty Heart will keep an...
Posted On 18 Dec 2021
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Fair Grounds Notes: : Star Guitar’s Siredom Reigns with Jose Camejo at the Helm

By Kevin Kilroy/Joe Kristufek —- Star Guitar’s Siredom Reigns with Jose Camejo at the Helm Barn tour: Ova Charged, her full sister, and the Star Guitar clan moving forward New Orleans, LA (December 17, 2021) – When the music comes on over the barn speakers, 3-year old...
Posted On 18 Dec 2021
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: C Z Rocket Returns to Action Saturday

By Robert Yates —- C Z Rocket Returns to Action Saturday C Z Rocket was Oaklawn’s top older male sprinter during the 2021 meeting that ended in May, but the millionaire multiple Grade 2 winner returns to Hot Springs for the 2021-2022 season trying to snap a five-race losing...
Posted On 17 Dec 2021
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