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By Darren Rogers —- CHAMPAGNE THIRD ENTICED AMONG PROMISING 2-YEAR-OLDS ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB ON ‘STARS OF TOMORROW II’ AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Race Shares Top Billing with $200,000 Golden Rod on Program Devoted to Races for 2-Year-Olds LOUISVILLE, Ky....

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Aqueduct Racetrack’s 2018 Winter and Spring meets will feature 51 stakes worth more than $7 million in purses, highlighted by the Big A’s traditional spring showcase, the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial on April 7. The...

By Darren Rogers —- GIVEMEAMINIT ATTEMPTS MAIDEN-BREAKING SCORE IN SATURDAY’S $200,000 KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 24, 2017) – Valene Farms’ Givemeaminit has earned $166,600 in just four races to begin his career but the 2-year-old colt is searching...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Del Mar continues its Fall Festival of graded stakes competition Saturday with a tripleheader highlighted by the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby for three-year-olds at a mile and one-eighth over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. A...

By Brian W. Spencer —- FAIR GROUNDS PARTNERS WITH COVENANT HOUSE TO PROVIDE THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR AT-RISK YOUTH NEW ORLEANS (November 24, 2017) – Executives from Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots delivered fried turkeys and sides to Covenant House to provide...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs is set to embrace its vast Hispanic audience by offering Spanish-language program pages, handicapping information, interviews and a daily podcast, called Tampa en Español, through a link on its website, www.tampabaydowns.com...

By Darren Rogers —- Calvin Borel; All photos provided by Coady Photography LONGTIME FRIENDS BOREL, BRADLEY ATTEMPT CLARK TRIUMPH WITH THE PLAYER LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017) – A little more than 16 months ago, then-retired Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel was...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cedartown Gives Stidham First Godolphin Stake, Aims to FG Series • Change of Equipment for Forevamo • Finley’sluckycharm Back in Calhoun Barn CEDARTOWN GIVES STIDHAM FIRST GODOLPHIN STAKE, AIMS TO FG SERIES When Godolphin began spreading its...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- FRIDAY: CROSS-ENTERED FLAMBOYANT IS TURF CUP FAVORITE Flamboyant, co-owned by California Horse Racing Board Chairman Charles Winner, has been established as the 3-1 favorite in a field of nine on oddsmaker Russ Hudak’s morning line for the...

By Darren Rogers —- GOOD SAMARITAN HOPES FOR STRONG PACE IN CLARK HANDICAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, SF Racing and Head of Plains Partners’ Good Samaritan enters Friday’s $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton...