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By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 29. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 9 and April 29 when the first post is 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays, Tuesdays and Easter Sunday, April 17....

By Mike Willman —- MESSIER PRIMED FOR TOP EFFORT AS YAKTEEN SADDLES THREE IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $750,000 RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY AT 1 1/8 MILES WINNER TO RECEIVE 100 QUALIFYING POINTS TO KENTUCKY DERBY ON MAY 7 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 6, 2022)—Recently transferred from...

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...

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...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY (April 6, 2022) – Lucky Seven Stable’s Smile Happy is the 9-5 morning-line choice in a field of 12 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 98th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. A...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...