COME RAIN OR SHINE, TRAINER OF MONTH BENNETT ALWAYS ON LOOKOUT

By Mike Henry —- COME RAIN OR SHINE, TRAINER OF MONTH BENNETT ALWAYS ON LOOKOUT OLDSMAR, FL. – Cold, rainy weather rolled in about halfway into Gerald Bennett’s recent road trip to Kentucky with his wife Mary to look at a 2-year-old for sale. After discussion, the owner...
Posted On 01 Feb 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Songbird’s Half-Sister Debuts Thursday

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Songbird’s Half-Sister Debuts Thursday at Oaklawn Songbird never raced at Oaklawn, but a half-sister to the two-time Eclipse Award winner is scheduled to make her career debut in Thursday’s seventh race, a 1-mile maiden special weights event for...
Posted On 31 Jan 2018
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BETFAIR.COM HASKELL TOPS 2018 MONMOUTH PARK STAKES SCHEDULE

By John Heims —- BETFAIR.COM HASKELL TOPS 2018 MONMOUTH PARK STAKES SCHEDULE; $4.3 MILLION IN STAKES TO BE OFFERED WHEN SEASON OPENS MAY 5 Oceanport, N.J. – Led by the Grade 1, $1 million betfair.com Haskell Invitational on July 29, Monmouth Park is set to offer $4,340,000...
Posted On 31 Jan 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Jockey David Cabrera Taking Oaklawn by Storm Newcomer David Cabrera became the first jockey to reach double-figure victories at the Oaklawn meeting when he swept Saturday’s late daily double, including his first local stakes score aboard Swing and Sway...
Posted On 29 Jan 2018
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2018

By Ed Golden —- • CASTELLANO TO RIDE BOLT D’ORO IN SAN FELIPE • PAVEL SHOULD FANCY DISTANCE OF SAN PASQUAL • THE MOREY THE MERRIER AND A ROMAN HOLIDAY • SANTA ANITA JOCKS VS. HOLY ANGELS THURSDAY Bolt d’Oro; Zoe Metz/Clockers Corner BOLT D’ORO GETS NEW RIDER FOR...
Posted On 29 Jan 2018
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ECLIPSE CHAMPION WORLD APPROVAL NOMINATED TO TAMPA BAY STAKES

By Mike Henry —- BENNETT 3-FOR-3; GALLARDO, FELICIANO OK OLDSMAR, FL. – If all goes according to plan over the next two weeks, Thoroughbred racing fans will get to welcome a Breeders’ Cup winner and Eclipse Award champion to Tampa Bay Downs on Festival Preview Day Presented...
Posted On 29 Jan 2018
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: New York-Based Horses Are Clear To Enter Fair Grounds Backside

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (January 28, 2018) – Following negative tests for equine herpes virus-1 involving a horse based at Belmont Park, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots have announced that as of Sunday, January 28, all horses based in the state of New York are...
Posted On 29 Jan 2018
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COTTO RETURNING TO FORM; CASTANON BOUNCES BACK; GALLARDO WINS 3

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Two weeks ago, when journeyman rider Pedro Cotto, Jr., couldn’t buy a winner with the money in a Monte Carlo casino, he relied on advice his mother gave him earlier in his career to stay positive. “She told me when you try too hard, you make...
Posted On 28 Jan 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Kelsey Danner to Have First Oaklawn Starter Sunday

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Kelsey Danner to Have First Oaklawn Starter Sunday There’s a Danner scheduled to start a horse in Sunday’s third race at Oaklawn, but it won’t be veteran trainer Mark Danner. Instead, it will be Danner’s daughter, Kelsey, 31, who went out on her own in...
Posted On 28 Jan 2018
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Gulfstream: Pegasus Late Pick-4

TSV Staff Selections: Race 9), Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie Stakes – 7, 3, 11, 8, 10, 1 Race 10), 5 Furlongs. (Turf) Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. Purse $175,000 FOUR YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD Pay Any Price (8), always forwardly placed and is an 8-time winner here and a 9-time...
Posted On 26 Jan 2018
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