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By Tom Luicci —- DUARTE HOPING MERU CAN FOLLOW UP “EYE-POPPING” DEBUT IN SATURDAY’S SMOKE GLACKEN STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – After a debut performance that trainer Jorge Duarte, Jr., described as “eye-popping,” 2-year-old colt Meru will test stakes company in...

By Darren Rogers —- WILKES HOPING CUTBACK IN DISTANCE SUITS CHAMPAGNE ANYONE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019) – Trainer Ian Wilkes is hoping a cutback in distance in Saturday’s seven-furlong $125,000 Dogwood Stakes (Listed) will help build the confidence of Grade...

By Tom Law —- Thursday’s Pennsylvania Derby & Cotillion News Casse hopes for reboot with War of Will Cotillion could boost Guarana’s title hopes Derby favorite Improbable trains after break Mr. Money energetic in first Parx gallop Champion Jaywalk good to go for...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – A 16-1 winner in his debut last month, Dapper will seek a repeat in the inaugural $75,000 Capote Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Scheduled for 6 ½ furlongs and restricted to 2-year-olds, the Capote is the eighth of 10 races. Post time...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Calumet Farm’s True Timber will attempt his first stakes victory when facing a wide-open field of 7 assembled for Saturday’s 39th running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap over the main track at Belmont Park. The...

By Darren Rogers —- Covfefe; Photo provided by Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019) – LNJ Foxwoods’ Test Stakes (Grade I) winner Covfefe tops a compact field of six 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $125,000 Dogwood Stakes (Listed) – the featured event...

By David Joseph —- Ex-Trainer, Owner Allen Hopes to Hit Another Home Run in Racing Former MLB Player Trained 1990 De Francis Dash Winner Northern Wolf 28th De Francis (G3) Tops Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million Saturday LAUREL, MD – Going back as far as he can remember,...

By Tim Wilkin —- Maximum Security, the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 40th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, will not run. Trainer Jason Servis announced Tuesday that the colt will miss the race because of an issue with his...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will saddle a pair of accomplished sophomore fillies, including multiple graded-stakes winner Seek and Destroy and multiple graded-stakes placed Blowout, in Saturday’s 27th running of the $200,000 Pebbles going...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019) – The “Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve” officially begins Saturday as 10 promising 2-year-olds, led by Albaugh Family Stables’ 19 ¼-length maiden Dennis’ Moment, were entered in the...