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By Mike Willman —- CONQUEST TSUNAMI Benoit Photo CONQUEST TSUNAMI, DOUBLE TOUCH HEAD FIELD OF EIGHT IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SAN SIMEON STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (April 27, 2018)—Simply brilliant in two gate to wire triumphs over the...

By Darren Rogers —- PLETCHER QUARTET DRILLS FOR DERBY 144, LONE SAILOR WORKS FOR AMOSS; JUSTIFY WORKS SEVEN-EIGHTHS AT SANTA ANITA; SIX OAKS CANDIDATES PUT IN DRILLS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, April 27, 2018) – Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Todd Pletcher put his...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 27 – CLOSING DAY ********** • BROWN RETURNS TO KEENELAND FOR RUSHING FALL WORK • FORMER JOCKEY TORRES LEARNING ANOTHER SIDE OF RACING • GALLOPING OUT • KEENELAND PARTNERS WITH LANE’S END TO SPONSOR BLUEGRASS BREAKFAST DERBY WEEK AT CHURCHILL...

By Ed Golden —- JUSTIFY (this morning) Zoe Metz Photography • JUSTIFY IN FINAL MAJOR KENTUCKY DERBY DRILL • FULL OF LUCK MAKES DIRT DEBUT IN CALIFORNIAN • MARATHON SHOULD SUIT CAUSEFORCOMMOTION • ISOTHERM SHORTENS UP SUNDAY FOR SAN SIMEON • FIRST POST WILL BE 12:30 P.M....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – If you want to bring a smile to trainer Efren Loza, Jr.’s face on a day when he doesn’t win with both of his starters to improve to 10-for-18 at the meeting, mention Fear the Cowboy. The 6-year-old ridgling has earned $1,243,020 since Dec....

By Ed Golden —- • PROUD PAPA JOE SET FOR THE CALIFORNIAN • BALTAS TACKLES FAVORITE WITH FOURSOME • DERBY HORSES SET FOR WEEKEND BREEZES • INJURED ROMAN EXPECTED BACK IN A MONTH TALAMO SEEKS THIRD IN ROW ON DR. DORR Joe Talamo hopes to make it three in a row on Dr. Dorr when...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday. Post time for the first race is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** • LANERIE STORY HIGHLIGHTS 10TH ANNIVERSARY HORSES AND HOPE PINK DAY • COX HAVING FUN IN QUEST FOR FIRST KEENELAND TRAINING TIT...

By Mike Willman —- STREAKING DR. DORR HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 CALIFORNIAN STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES; RACE SERVES AS TRADITIONAL PREP FOR GRADE I GOLD CUP AT SANTA ANITA ON MAY 26 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 25, 2018)—A scintillating gate to wire minor stakes winner going...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – When his 3-year-old Florida-bred filly Crown and Sugar won the seventh race on the turf on Friday at Tampa Bay Downs, Darien Rodriguez was blissfully unaware that it was his 100th career victory as a trainer. Instead, Rodriguez’s greatest...