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DMTC News – From the Wire —- Breeders’ Cup Notes Oct 31, 2017 CLASSIC NOTES Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij, West Coast – Bob Baffert’s four runners – Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij and West Coast – all shipped from Santa Anita Park to Del Mar in the wee hours of...

Del Mar Racing —- CLASSIC Arrogate/Mubtaahij/Collected/West Coast – Defending champion Arrogate signaled his readiness for the Breeders’ Cup Classic Monday with a bullet 5f work in 1:00 for trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita Park. It was the fastest of 19 at the distance....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Bobby Raymond has been training Thoroughbreds almost 40 years – long enough to know how quickly circumstances change around the racetrack. But he wasn’t expecting wintry weather to make an appearance when he arrived at the Tampa Bay Downs...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017) – Following a three-length score in Saturday’s $200,000 Fayette Stakes (Grade II) at Keeneland, Carl Hurst and William “Buff” Bradley’s The Player will target the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Stakes action at Aqueduct Racetrack kicks off for the fall meet when live racing returns to the Big A on Friday, November 3rd when six juvenile fillies compete in the Grade 3, $150,000 Tempted at one mile. Set to make her third...

By Ed Golden —- SANTA ANITA-BASED RUNNERS PREP FOR BREEDERS’ CUP ARROGATE TO WORK FOR CLASSIC MONDAY AT 7:45 A.M. RACE FOR TRAINING TITLE COULD GO DOWN TO THE WIRE UNBEATEN JUVENILE FAVORITE BOLT D’ORO LOOKS ‘PERFECT’ Headed by undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile favorite...

By Amy Gregory —- On-track attendance second-highest in Fall Meet history LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 28, 2017) – Keeneland successfully closed its 2017 Fall Meet on Saturday, one that featured 17 days of superlative racing and unique special events that combined to produce the...

DMTC NEWS —- The fourth Bing Crosby Fall Season at Del Mar, which features the track’s first hosting of the Breeders’ Cup, opens Wednesday with a nine-race card featuring the $75,000 Let It Ride Stakes. First post is 12:30 p.m. A total of 79 horses was entered with eight of...

By Mike Willman —- VETERAN TRAINER FRENCH POISED TO SPRING UPSET WITH CHOCOLATE COATED AS SHE TAKES ON LULL, STORM THE HILL AND OTHERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 AUTUMN MISS STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF WITH 14 ENTERED, AUTUMN MISS IS PART OF AN 11-RACE CARD WITH...

NYRA RELEASE —- Full field of juvenile fillies on tap for the turf in Chelsey Flower ELMONT, N.Y. – Multiple graded stakes winner Lucy N Ethel will gain class relief as part of a field of seven in the $100,000 Pumpkin Pie for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at...