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By Bailey Gallison —- SAKONNET STRAIGHT TO STAKES AT ARLINGTON Trainer Anthony Granitz says he will point Sakonnet for the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Classic on May 27 at Arlington International Racecourse. The 3-year-old colt by Scat Daddy was last seen finishing a...

By David Joseph —- Budweiser InfieldFest features multi-platinum crossover artist Sam Hunt BALTIMORE – At Wednesday afternoon’s post position draw for Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1), Always Dreaming, the impressive winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), was...

By Darren Rogers —- CURLIN’S APPROVAL TOPS NEW-LOOK GRADE III MATRON AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 17, 2017) – Alter Racing Stable Inc.’s Curlin’s Approval, impressive winner of this winter’s Hurricane Bertie (Grade III) and Royal Delta (GII) at...

By Heather Pettinger —- H. Allen Jerkens; NYRA File Photos ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association is proud to announce that the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at historic Saratoga Race Course, New York’s premier summer race for 3-year-old sprinters, will be...

By David Joseph —- Pretty City Dancer Looks to Regain G1 Form in Miss Preakness (G3) Terra Promessa One to Beat in $150,000 Allaire DuPont (G3) BALTIMORE – On a weekend populated by terrific fields, there might not be a better betting race than Friday’s $150,000 Adena...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (May 16, 2017) – Keeneland-based trainer Wesley Ward won 11 races during Keeneland’s Spring Meet to lead all trainers. On Tuesday, he sent out six of those winners, including European champion Lady Aurelia, for half-mile works over the firm...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 05.16.2017 ‘Smooth’ Sailing for Always Dreaming Tuesday Morning Classic Empire Looking, Moving Good in First Pimlico Gallop Conquest Mo Money Gets Acquainted with Pimlico Surface BALTIMORE – Trainer Todd Pletcher was delighted to...

By Pat McKenna —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The 2017 meet at historic Saratoga Race Course will again be highlighted by the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney and the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, the centerpieces of two of the biggest days in North American racing. The...

By David Joseph —- Hillwood’s Ellen Charles Continuing Family’s Success Story Shimmering Aspen, Top of Mind Pointed to Preakness Weekend Stakes BALTIMORE – Ellen Charles grew up around horses and watched in wonder as her mother Adelaide Close Riggs – described in a 1999...

By Darren Rogers —- Hence; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 15, 2017) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s duo of Calumet Farm’s Hence and L and N Racing’s Lookin At Lee put in their final breezes Monday morning at Churchill Downs prior to Saturday’s...