Churchill Downs Barn Notes

By Kevin Kerstein —- CALIFORNIA SHIPPER PHANTOM BOSS HOPES TO GIVE PERIBAN HIS FIRST CHURCHILL DOWNS VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $125,000 BASHFORD MANOR LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 27, 2019) – Trainer Jorge Periban has never started a horse beneath the historic...
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Belmont Park Notes 6/27

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Diversify to join Old Friends; Catholic Boy and Rock my Love pointed for graded stakes action • Varenka remains possible for G1 Belmont Oaks; English Bee and He’s No Lemon hoping for G1 Belmont Derby invites • Olendon set for North American...
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Summit of Speed Stakes Previews

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Well Defined Makes Return in $75,000 Carry Back Among Five Stakes Worth $750,000 on Summit of Speed Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Stonehedge LLC’s homebred sophomore Well Defined, a Grade 3 winner around two turns over the winter, will make his...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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Belmont: Wings of Dawn to try dirt in stakes debut in G2 Mother Goose

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – John Oxley’s Wings of Dawn will be making her stakes debut in her first career start on dirt as part of a six-horse field of 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s 63rd running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Mother Goose at Belmont...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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52 horses extended invitations to Grade 1 Haskell on July 20 at Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —- 52 HORSES INVITED TO TVG.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL; MONMOUTH’S SHOWCASE RACE SET FOR SATURDAY, JULY 20 OCEANPORT, N.J. – The second half of a wide-open 3-year-old season will begin in earnest with the 52nd edition of TVG.com Haskell Invitational on Saturday,...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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Gulfstream Summit of Speed: Stormy Embrace ‘Doing Awesome’ for Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2)

By David Joseph —- Stormy Embrace; Lauren King Photo Stormy Embrace ‘Doing Awesome’ for Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) Set for Title Defense in Grade 2 ‘Win & You’re In’ Summit of Speed Race HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC’s Stormy Embrace...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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Los Alamitos: SOI PHET EXPECTED TO MAKE FINAL START IN BERTRANDO STAKES

By Bob Mieszerski —- SOI PHET EXPECTED TO MAKE FINAL START IN BERTRANDO STAKES; 13 OTHERS NOMINATED TO OPENING DAY (JUNE 29) FEATURE CYPRESS, Calif. —Defending champion Soi Phet is among 14 nominees to the $100,000-guaranteed Bertrando Stakes, a one-mile race for...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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CHURCHILL DOWNS SPRING MEET SET TO CLOSE WITH A BANG

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 23, 2019) – The 38-day Spring Meet at Churchill Downs is set to close next week with a stellar eight-race program for Twilight Thursday presented by Blue Moon, a special 11-race program on Friday and a 12-race extravaganza...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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Santa Anita Stable Notes

By Ed Golden —- D’AMATO IS LOADED FOR CLOSING DAY STAKES GLATT HOPES TO HIT THE MARK TWICE SUNDAY PRAT AND O’NEILL SITTING PRETTY IN STANDINGS D’AMATO HAS THREE EACH IN SAN JUAN AND MELAIR Phil D’Amato goes for the trifecta Sunday, sending out three horses each in two of...
Posted On 23 Jun 2019
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Gulfstream: Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Soars to $2.78 Million

By David Joseph —- Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Soars to $2.78 Million Multiple-Stakes Winner Galleon Mast Set for 2019 Debut Sunday Fast Pass Breezes 4F for June 29 $250,000 Smile Sprint (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot soared to...
Posted On 23 Jun 2019
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