Keeneland Spring Meet — April 6

By Amy Owens —- OPENING DAY – FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 27, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** ********** · BROWN ARRIVES FOR ACTION-PACKED OPENING WEEKEND...
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Aqueduct Racetrack Notes: Wood Memorial Day

NYRA Release —- Wood Memorial fave Enticed takes a spin around Belmont training track Decker looks for first graded stakes win as Old Time Revival, Fellowship settle in Romans trainee King Zachary ‘ready to go’ for Wood Memorial Tickets on sale for ‘Dinner...
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Keeneland Adjusts Spring Meet Opening Saturday Schedule In Preparation for Race-Day Afternoon

By Amy Gregory —- Keeneland Adjusts Spring Meet Opening Saturday Schedule In Preparation for Race-Day Afternoon LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2018) – Due to the threat of inclement weather, Keeneland is adjusting the morning schedule for its Spring Meet opening Saturday, April 7,...
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Aqueduct: Engage looks to take off in G3 Bay Shore

By Anthony Affrunti —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – One race prior to the Grade 2, $1 million Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack, 3-year-old sprinters will take the stage for the Grade 3, $250,000 Bay Shore, attracting a field of seven in the seven-furlong affair....
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Keeneland Barn Notes — April 5

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 27, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** ********** · KANTHAKA CARRIES WEST COAST BANNER IN...
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Robertson Gearing Up for Big Racing Festival

By Jennifer Hoyt — Robertson Gearing Up for Big Racing Festival Only two lengths separated Mac Robertson from a sweep of the March 10 stakes at Oaklawn. The trainer is scheduled to have a second chance at a similar sweep when he sends out Amy’s Challenge in the $400,000...
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

BY ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN JUSTIFY AND BOLT D’ORO IN ‘RACE OF THE YEAR’ MIDNIGHT BISOU IN BRIEF BREEZE FOR RICH OAKS ENOLA GRAY RETURNS IN $200,000 ROYAL HEROINE FLORISTA SHARP FOR U.S DEBUT IN PROVIDENCIA SHOW IT N MOE IT ONE TO BEAT IN EVENING JEWEL KORINER IS CONFIDENT...
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Midnight Disguise will look to earn Kentucky trip in Saturday’s G2 Gazelle

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – William Wilmot and Joan Taylor’s Midnight Disguise will go for her third straight stakes win and first graded stakes victory in headlining a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 2, $300,000 Gazelle on Saturday, Wood...
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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Awesome Slew makes 5-year-old debut in GI Carter Handicap

By Jon Forbes —- Francesca Le Donne Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Awesome Slew, most recently third in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, will launch his 5-year-old campaign Saturday against 10 opponents in the Grade 1, $400,000 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack. A...
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MIDNIGHT BISOU HEADS GI SANTA ANITA OAKS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES

By Mike Willman —- MIDNIGHT BISOU Benoit Photo SPAWR’S STREAKING MIDNIGHT BISOU HEADS GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES AT 1 1/16 MILES ON SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (April 4, 2018)—Trainer Bill Spawr’s Midnight Bisou seeks her third consecutive graded...
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