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FAIR GROUNDS NOTES: FAIR GROUNDS HORSEMEN REMEMBER LATE VAN BERG

By Ryan Martin —- Jack Van Berg; Benoit Photo * Fair Grounds Horsemen Remember Late Van Berg • Valadorna Exits Tiffany Lass Triumph In Good Order; Will Target Houston Ladies Classic • Farrell Likely To Scratch From Saturday’s Pago Hop; Uncontested Could Still Run • Geroux...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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Sea Foam looks to repeat as stakes winner in Saturday’s Damon Runyon

By Brian Bohl/Michael Johnson —- Sea Foam looks to repeat as stakes winner in Saturday’s Damon Runyon; Control Group seeks second straight stakes win in Alex M. Robb OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Waterville Lake Stable’s Sea Foam will seek his third straight victory...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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INSPIRED BY GREATNESS, “ROOKIE” HANDICAPPER WINS 10 DAYS OF FESTIVUS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Ken Hamilton considers his victory in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge” Handicapping Contest an ideal way to cap his rookie year as a horse player. “I used to watch the Triple Crown races when I was a kid in the 1960s and ’70s,” said the El...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS STAKES ADVANCES: FULL FIELD OF 14 3-YEAR-OLDS ASSEMBLED FOR WOODCHOPPER, PAGO HOP

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2017) – Three-year-old colts and fillies will have a final chance to end their 2017 campaign on a high note this Saturday, December 30 at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in the Pago Hop and the Woodchopper Stakes, both...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • ASCANIO HOPES TO PRESENT FRANKEL TROPHY • SANTA ANITA WILL RESUME RACING THIS FRIDAY • HOPPERTUNITY SEEKS THIRD SAN ANTONIO WIN • SANTA ANITA OFFERS UBER DISCOUNT TO FANS Bobby Frankel (l), Humberto Ascanio; Benoit Photo ASCANIO ‘OK’ AFTER ‘TUMBLE’ AT...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Tuesday, December 26

By Ryan Martin —- • Cox Slated For Big Day In Saturday’s Pago Hop, Woodchopper Stakes • Stidham Enters Hallie Belle, Cedartown For Saturday’s Stakes; One Likely To Scratch • Torres Begins New Career As Jockey’s Agent; Will Represent Camacho COX SLATED FOR BIG DAY IN...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Amy’s Challenge Pointing toward Dixie Belle

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Amy’s Challenge Pointing toward Dixie Belle Unbeaten Amy’s Challenge is pointing for the $125,000 Dixie Belle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Jan. 20 at Oaklawn, trainer Mac Robertson said Tuesday morning. Amy’s Challenge was named Canterbury Park’s...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Santa Anita: Grade 1 Malibu Stakes Selections

TSV Staff Selections —- Santa Anita Race 8), Grade 1 Malibu Stakes 3YO 7 Furlongs Post Time 6:48 EST Dabster (8), Baffert/Prat; Curlin colt is a perfect 3-for-3, (DQ’ed to fourth in debut); a quick worker who knows how to rate and race on the lead. C Z Rocket (9),...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Santa Anita: Grade 1 La Brea Selections

TSV Staff Selections —- Santa Anita Paradise Woods ready for showdown with Unique Bella in Grade 2 La Brea; Zoe Metz Photo Race 7), G1 La Brea Stakes 3YO Fillies 7 Furlongs Post Time 6:15 EST Unique Bella (3), Tapit filly disappointed as rave favorite last out in BC...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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New York-bred juvenile fillies ready to battle in East View

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A talented field of nine New York-bred juvenile fillies will each look to end the year with a stakes victory in the $100,000 East View when live racing returns at Aqueduct Racetrack following a four-day winter break on Thursday,...
Posted On 24 Dec 2017
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