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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QUIP, FLAMEAWAY TO RESUME RIVALRY IN BLUE GRASS; CASTANON WINS 3

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Quip and Flameaway, the winners of Tampa Bay Downs’ “Road to the Kentucky Derby” graded stakes, are among 15 3-year-olds entered in Saturday’s Grade II, $1-million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. The mile-and-an-eighth Toyota Blue...
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Gotham hero Enticed back for more in G2 Wood Memorial

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Grade 3 Gotham winner Enticed is set for a return appearance in New York on Saturday for his final race ahead of the Kentucky Derby and has been tabbed as the 6-5 favorite in a field of nine for the...
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BOLT D’ORO FACES OFF WITH JUSTIFY IN GI SANTA ANITA DERBY ON SATURDAY

By Mike Willman —- HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BOLT D’ORO FACES OFF WITH RISING SUPERSTAR JUSTIFY AT 1 1/8 MILES IN 81ST RUNNING OF GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY ON SATURDAY A TOTAL OF 170 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE, WITH 100 TO THE WINNER ARCADIA, Calif....
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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Keeneland Barn Notes — April 4

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 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. ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend...
Posted On 04 Apr 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Inside Straight Works in Defense of His Oaklawn Handicap Title

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Wednesday, April 04, 2018 Inside Straight Works in Defense of His Oaklawn Handicap Title Sunday was not a day of rest for Randy Howg’s Inside Straight, who took another step toward Oaklawn’s biggest two-turn race for older horses with a 5-furlong workout...
Posted On 04 Apr 2018
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Keeneland Barn Notes — Tuesday, April 3

By Amy Owens —- TUESDAY, APRIL 3 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. ********** Click here for the Toyota Blue Grass (G2) Weekend...
Posted On 03 Apr 2018
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Aqueduct: Divine Miss Grey ready for step up in G3 Distaff

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Winner of three straight, Corms Racing Stable’s Divine Miss Grey will make her first stakes start since a seventh-place finish in Grade 1 Test at Saratoga Race Course last summer, headlining a field of seven in the Grade...
Posted On 03 Apr 2018
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