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By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 22, 2022) – It’s a clash of champions, times two. Eclipse Award winners Letruska and Ce Ce meet for the first time in the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn, a 1 1/16-mile blockbuster event for older...

By Tom Luicci —- NEW CROP RULES IN EFFECT FOR MONMOUTH PARK MEET FOLLOWING VOTE BY NEW JERSEY RACING COMMISSION OCEANPORT, N.J. – Monmouth Park will operate under a crop rule that aligns with House Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) guidelines starting on opening day,...

NYRA RELEASE —– Live racing to return to Belmont Park on April 28 ELMONT, N.Y.- In advance of the 2022 Belmont Park spring/summer meet, which begins on April 28, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today released updated information for fans planning to...

By Robert Yates —- Champion Letruska Returns to Defend Apple Blossom Title Letruska spent roughly two months at Oaklawn during the 2021 meeting. While her 2022 stay will be much shorter, the goal remains the same – win Saturday’s $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) for...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 29. First post is 1 p.m. ET except April 29 when the first post is 12:30 p.m. ************************* · COX HAS CHANCE AT KEENELAND STAKES HISTORY THIS WEEKEND · IN DUE TIME DERBY...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE ==== Greatest Honour breezes for G3 Westchester Doubly Blessed targeting Elmont Starter Handicap on Opening Day at Belmont; Rotknee possible for Mike Lee Belmont Park Week 1 stakes probables OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Courtlandt Farms’ homebred Greatest Honour breezed...

By Robert Yates —- Maracuja Hoping to Use Home court Advantage in Apple Blossom Maracuja will try to parlay a home court advantage into her second career Grade 1 victory in the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn for trainer Rob Atras. The 1 1/16-mile...

By Mike Willman —- LIVE RACING TO RESUME FULL FORCE AT SANTA ANITA WITH FOUR GRADED STAKES ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30 FOLLOWING ONE WEEK HIATUS ARCADIA, Calif. (April 18, 2022)—After a regularly scheduled brief hiatus this coming weekend, live racing will return in full-force to...

By Robert Yates —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 15, 2022) – Jackie’s Warrior, an Eclipse Award winner as the country’s champion male sprinter of 2021, is scheduled to make his 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) for older horses at 6...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Jorge Delgado believes his responsibility as a trainer extends beyond caring for the 43 Thoroughbreds he currently races at Tampa Bay Downs and Gulfstream Park. “My father trained in Venezuela for 17 years before he retired in 2003, and he...