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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who sent out 1-2 finishers Candy Man Rocket and Nova Rags in Saturday’s Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, said he hopes to return to Tampa Bay Downs with at least one of the 3-year-old colts on March 6...

By Brian Nadeau —- Springboard Mile Winner takes on Lecomte Top-4 in Loaded Risen Star New Orleans (February 8, 2021) – It’s 712 miles from Remington Park in Oklahoma City to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans. Trainer Todd Fincher always wanted to make...

By Brian Nadeau —- Talented Risen Star Contender Finally Brings the Foley Family & West Point Together New Orleans (February 6, 2021) – Jeff Lifson, the executive vice president of West Point Thoroughbreds, always knew when the young and up and coming horseman Travis...

By Ed Golden —- FREEDOM FIGHTER RETURNS IN THE SAN VICENTE MORAZ SET FOR STAKES DEBUT IN LAS VIRGENES BALTAS DOUBLE-TEAMS HIS SAN MARCOS RIVALS HIT THE ROAD IS A NATURAL FOR THUNDER ROAD VETERAN TRAINER CANANI DEAD AT 83 $5 MILLION JACKPOT POOL POSSIBLE SATURDAY BAFFERT...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – An all-star cast of jockeys and trainers will take a backseat to 12 talented but inexperienced 3-year-olds Saturday in the 41st running of the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, the first of two “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points races...

By Robert Yates —- Promising 3-Year-Old Upstriker in Training at Oaklawn Photo credit: Coady Photography Whitmore wasn’t the only horse for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs to arrive at Oaklawn Dec. 29 following a break in Kentucky. Upstriker, Moquett’s promising...

By Rick Francis —- Gulfstream Park Race 6) 1&1/8th Mile. (Turf) Suwannee River S. Grade III. FILLIES AND MARES, FOUR YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. Post Time: ( 2:36)/ 1:36/12:36/11:36 2) Great Island (Brown/Ortiz, I); gets a class test but Scat Daddy 5-year-old is primed for...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021) – Grade 2 winner Flagstaff is the 8-5 program favorite for the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the King Cotton, the eighth of nine races, is 4:40 p.m....

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.4.21 Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $850,000 Thoroughbred, Steeplechase Jockey Hobales, 91, Passes Away HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $850,000 Friday at Gulfstream Park....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Nova Rags, who won the Pasco Stakes here on Jan. 16, and Candy Man Rocket, a runaway winner of a maiden special weight sprint on Jan. 9 at Gulfstream, give Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott a formidable pair of contenders in Saturday’s Grade...