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By Brian W. Spencer —- Thursday’s 93rd running of the $75,000 Thanksgiving Handicap features a well-balanced septet of sprinters looking to feast on the first open stakes of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2017-18 meet. Over six furlongs on the main track, the...

By Darren Rogers —- HOPPERTUNITY SET TO ATTEMPT REPEAT BID IN NEXT SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 CLARK HANDICAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017) – Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman’s Hoppertunity hopes to duplicate his effort from 2014 and become only the...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- MILLER SEEKS GRANT THREE-PEAT WITH SOLID WAGER PLUS TWO Trainer Peter Miller is quite sure that he has never before won the same stakes race with the same horse three years in a row. “I don’t think I’ve ever won three games of tic-tac-toe...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Chublicious Could Chow Down in Thanksgiving • Geroux Geared Up for Riding Title Defense • Jenda’s Agenda Back in Training • Yockey’s Warrior After a Second Helping in Thanksgiving CHUBLICIOUS COULD CHOW DOWN IN THANKSGIVING Graded stakes-winning...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Six talented two-year-old fillies, all but one of whom have maiden victories to their credit, will be tested over seven furlongs Saturday in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, feature of a nine-race program at Del Mar. Post time for the...

By Mike Willman —- MATT DINERMAN NAMED NEW GOLDEN GATE FIELDS ANNOUNCER; AT AGE 25, CALIFORNIA NATIVE BRINGS ENTHUSIASM & DYNAMIC TALENT TO ICONIC FACILITY BEGINNING OPENING DAY, DEC. 26 ‘A HOME RUN FOR GOLDEN GATE FIELDS AND CALIFORNIA RACING’ ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov....

By Darren Rogers —- LANDEROS HOPES TO FOLLOW ‘ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY’ TRAIL WITH IMPROVING JUVENILE GOTTA GO LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 17, 2017) – Jockey Chris Landeros, who has ridden more than 450 races for his father-in-law, trainer Ian Wilkes, hopes Lothenbach...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- BALTAS HAS TWO TO TANGO IN DESI ARNAZ STAKES Mathematically, trainer Richard Baltas has a 40 percent chance of winning Saturday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes. He’ll saddle Ms Bad Behavior and Secret Spice in the seven-furlong sprint for...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Stall Stacked on Opening Day • Casse Beefing Up Fair Grounds Presence • Tapwrit Half-Brother Tops Salty Opening Day 2yo Maiden STALL STACKED ON OPENING DAY Trainer Al Stall Jr. has arguably the hottest hand of all heading into Fair Grounds Race...

By Darren Rogers —- DONA BRUJA DRAWS OUTSIDE POST, BIDS FOR SECOND CHURCHILL DOWNS STAKES VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III CARDINAL HANDICAP Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Limousine Liberal Tops Bet On Sunshine LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017) – Dom Felipe LLC’s...