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By Ryan Martin —- • Grade I Winner Union Strike Makes Comeback in Chicago Handicap • Motion Considers Grade I Arlington Million for Spring Quality GRADE I WINNER UNION STRIKE MAKES COMEBACK IN CHICAGO HANDICAP Owner and trainer Mick Ruis has his eyes set on Saratoga with...

By Mike Willman —- AMERICAN ANTHEM & TOUCHING RAINBOWS HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $250,000 SAN CARLOS STAKES AT SEVEN PANELS TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPION JUSTIFY TO BE PARADED FOLLOWING RACE FOUR ARCADIA, Calif. (June 20, 2018)—Bob Baffert’s American Anthem and Phil D’Amato’s...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Set to make her first start in New York, Got Stormy will headline a field of seven in the fifth running of the $100,000 Wild Applause for 3-year-old fillies on the Widener turf course on Saturday at Belmont Park. Purchased by owner...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 20, 2018) – Preston Madden’s Winning Colors (Grade III) victor Miss Kentucky tops a field of seven fillies and mares that were entered in Saturday’s $70,000-added Roxelana Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs. The...

By Ed Golden —- TOUCHING RAINBOWS Benoit Photo • ‘RAINBOWS’ SEEKS GOLD AT END OF SAN CARLOS • CORDIALITY DRILLS FOR POSSIBLE WILSHIRE START • FANS CAN SEE JUSTIFY AT SANTA ANITA ON JUNE 23 ‘NOW HORSE’ TOUCHING RAINBOWS SET FOR SAN CARLOS Touching Rainbows seeks his fifth...

By Bailey Gallison —- * Connections Eye Arlington Million for Polish Triple Crown Winner Va Bank • Jesse Campbell Scores First Victory Since Chicago Return • Grade III Chicago Handicap Field Takes Shape Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin is anxious to showcase the talent of Va Bank...

By Bailey Gallison —- D. KELLY ACKERMAN LOGS 500TH CAREER WIN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Southern Illinois-based trainer D. Kelly Ackerman captured his 500th career victory on Saturday when Poindexter Thoroughbreds’ Magic Feet ($5.20) won the second race of the day under...

By Ed Golden —- • FATHER’S DAY HAS MANY CHERISHED MEMORIES • JUSTIFY MAKES ON-TRACK APPEARANCE JUNE 23 • JUSTIFY DUE TO ARRIVE AT SANTA ANITA SUNDAY • RETIRED HORSES, CARMA HONORED TOMORROW HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO DADS EVERYWHERE Following is the inscription on a card sent to...

By John Heims —- TRAINER PAT MCBURNEY SENDS OUT TWO IN SEPARATE STAKES ON MONMOUTH PARK’S 13-RACE FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Patrick McBurney expects to find out a lot more about two horses he has high hopes for this year when he sends out both in...

By Darren Rogers —- CD/Coady Photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 16, 2018) – Racing’s 13th Triple Crown winner Justify galloped about one mile Saturday morning at Churchill Downs under regular exercise rider Humberto Gomez for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert as he...