TAMPA BAY: SILKS POKER ROOM SET TO REOPEN ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs will reopen The Silks Poker Room on Sunday, June 14. The room will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m.-2 a.m. for all poker games and tournament play. Simulcast wagering will not be offered. It will return once Grandstand...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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Mind Control and Performer square off in Grade 1, $250K Runhappy Carter Handicap

By Keith McCalmont —- Mind Control and Performer square off in Grade 1, $250K Runhappy Carter Handicap ELMONT, N.Y. – Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ multiple Grade 1-winner Mind Control and Phipps Stable and Claiborne Farm’s rising star Performer will...
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CATALANO CONFIDENT MANNY WAH ‘DESERVES ANOTHER SHOT’ IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 ARISTIDES

By Kevin Kerstein —- Anne M. Eberhardt Photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 4, 2020) – Veteran trainer Wayne Catalano exuded passion and animation when he described Susan Moulton’s three-time winner Manny Wah as the now 4-year-old colt will get his chance to breakthrough...
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BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE RETURNS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE ON TOP SPRINTERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II TRIPLE BEN

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photos BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE RETURNS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE ON TOP SPRINTERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND AT SEVEN FURLONGS $3.3 MILLION EARNER HASN’T SPRINTED SINCE WINNING GRADE I MALIBU ON DEC. 26, 2018 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4,...
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LONE STAR PARK FINALIZES A REVISED STAKES SCHEDULE FOR 2020 THOROUGHBRED MEET

By Diantha Brazzell —- LONE STAR PARK FINALIZES A REVISED STAKES SCHEDULE FOR 2020 THOROUGHBRED MEET GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Thursday, June 4, 2020) – The 2020 Thoroughbred Racing Season was to begin April 18 for a 44-day run, but due to the covid-19 pandemic, was...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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EVANGELINE DOWNS RETURNS TO RACING ON FRIDAY NIGHT

By Michael Chamberlain —- LOUISIANA LEGENDS NIGHT ON JULY 4 AND “SHINE” YOUNG FUTURITIES ON AUGUST 29 OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs is returning to racing on Friday, June 5 with the first of 50 live racing nights featuring a nine-race program. The season had originally...
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ROMANS’ ALL-TIME LEADING TRAINER REIGN COMING TO A CLOSE

By Kevin Kerstein —- Dale Romans; Anne M. Eberhardt Photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 31, 2020) – Dale Romans has spent 931 days as the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs and as Steve Asmussen quickly closes on his record, Romans is enjoying his time on top while...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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OAKLAWN: MILLIGAN PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT OF RACING

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Hot Springs, Ark. (Monday, June 1, 2020) – Oaklawn is pleased to announce the promotion of Jason Milligan to Vice President of Racing. Milligan, who has been employed by Oaklawn for nearly 26 years, will assume the position immediately. “We are so happy...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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Belmont Park Notes

By Keith McCalmont —- Fauci set for highly-anticipated debut in Opening Day maiden sprint Mystic Guide returns in loaded Thursday allowance tilt at Belmont Come Dancing on course for Grade 3 Vagrancy Belmont spring/summer Week 1 Stakes probables ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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TRAINER JOHN STEPHENS FIRST THROUGH THE STABLE GATE AS MONMOUTH PARK WELCOMES BACK HORSES FOR 2020 SEASON

Monmouth News Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Slightly after 6 a.m., on a journey that started nearly 18 hours prior in Ocala, Fla., trainer John Stephens was the first to pull through the Monmouth Park stable gate on Monday, June 1 as a van of three Thoroughbreds completed...
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