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By Dan Smith —- Mike Smith; Benoit SMITH PLANS A QUIET BIRTHDAY, PARTLY COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS If, as the saying goes, you’re as young as you feel, how old is Mike Smith today? “I’m feeling pretty good, so I’d say I’m about 35,” Smith said Thursday morning by telephone,...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Aug. 10, 2017) – Stall applications for Oaklawn’s 2018 season are now available at www.oaklawn.com or by calling (501) 701-5570. Oaklawn has made several changes in advance of the live season that horsemen will find on the stall...

By Don Stevens —- HISTORIC LOUISIANA OVAL TO CONDUCT 84 DAYS OF RACING STARTING OCTOBER 18 – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs’ racing office has announced that stall applications for the track’s 2017-18 Thoroughbred season are due by Monday, August 14. The upcoming meet is...

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of eight 2-year-old fillies will contest 6 ½ furlongs on the main track for connections who hope that their youngster could be a future champion, competing in the Grade 2 $200,000 Adirondack Saturday at Saratoga...

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – The Grade I $400,000 Secretariat Stakes, one of the premier Grade I turf stakes for 3-year-olds in America and throughout the world, has drawn an exceptional sextet of sophomores in 2017. Named for one of...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Practical Joke on point for G1 H. Allen Jerkens; Brown still pondering Travers contingent • Good Samaritan, Always Dreaming among G1 Travers contenders on target to breeze this weekend • Mind Your Biscuits expected to breeze on Friday, could target G1...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Eight older California-bred fillies and mares, including the 2016 winner, Majestic Heat, will compete Friday in the featured $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes at a mile and one-sixteenth over Del Mar’s infield Jimmy Durante grass course....

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – The 28th running of the Grade I $600,000 Beverly D. over 1 3/16-miles on the turf at Arlington International Racecourse sets up as a battle between Dom Felipe’s brilliant Dona Bruja (ARG) and nine other...

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – A field of 13 passed the entry box in advance of anticipated starts in Saturday’s 35th running of the Grade I $1 million Arlington Million at Arlington International Racecourse. The Million, run at 10...

DMTC NEWS —- Working on his own with jockey Martin Garcia in the tack, superstar Arrogate clipped off a solid seven-furlong drill in 1:25.20 Tuesday at Del Mar as trainer Bob Baffert and regular rider Mike Smith looked on from the track’s grandstand. The big, gray colt...