Keeneland April 21 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. • KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS IRAP, PRACTICAL JOKE, TAPWRIT WORK • DADDYS LIL...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Santa Anita Stakes Previews

By Mike Willman —- COMEBACKING COPPA & PERFECT PIC HEAD FIELD OF 10 FILLIES & MARES IN SATURDAY’S $75,000 MIZDIRECTION STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF ARCADIA, Calif. Highly regarded comebacker Coppa and Perfect Pic head a wide open lineup of 10 fillies...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Keeneland April 20 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. • TOYOTA BLUE GRASS WINNER IRAP SLATED TO WORK FRIDAY • TOM LEACH INTERVIEWS TRAINERS IN UPCOMING...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Gulfstream: Brahms Cat Puts on ‘Game Face’ on for Stakes Return

By David Joseph —- Grade 2 Stakes-Placed Filly to Meet Seven in $75,000 Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bluestone Thoroughbreds’ Brahms Cat is slated to return to action in Saturday’s $75,000 Game Face Stakes at Gulfstream Park after holding her own against the country’s...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • TEXAS RYANO MAKES HIS DIRT DEBUT SATURDAY • D’AMATO HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SAN JUAN • MIZDIRECTION IS WIDE OPEN WITH A FIELD OF 10 • LA TIMES COVERAGE NO LAUGHING MATTER TO MEL BROOKS TEXAS RYANO TRIES DIRT FOR FIRST TIME IN CALIFORNIAN Saturday will...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Fifty Five returns to New York in Memories of Silver

By Najja Thompson / Brian Bohl —- Bavaro looks to close Big A campaign strong in Times Square OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The curtain closes on the Aqueduct spring meet on Sunday with a pair of stakes, including the $100,000 Memories of Silver, carded as Race 4, for 3-year-old...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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CENTENO WIDENS LEAD IN STANDINGS BY RIDING THREE WINNERS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Daniel Centeno took another big step toward nailing down a record sixth Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title today by riding three winners. The 45-year-old Venezuelan took advantage of the absence of his closest pursuer in the standings, Edwin...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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Keeneland April 19 Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET • ITSINTHEPOST (FR) HEADS FIELD OF 11 FOR SATURDAY’S DIXIANA ELKHORN • WICKED LICK IN HOLDING...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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Frostmourne makes first start of year in Woodhaven; Bluegrass Flag returns in Park Avenue

By: Brian Bohl / Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Green Lantern Stables’ Frostmourne will look to make a strong 2017 debut in Saturday’s third running of the $100,000 Woodhaven for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Aqueduct Racetrack. Carded...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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FOLLOW ME CREV, COLLECTED, CUPID & PROSPECT PARK ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE II CALIFORNIAN

By Mike Willman —- FOLLOW ME CREV, COLLECTED, CUPID & PROSPECT PARK ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE II, $200,000 CALIFORNIAN AT 1 1/8 MILES ON SATURDAY CALIFORNIAN IS TRADITIONAL STEPPINGSTONE TO GRADE I GOLD CUP ON MAY 27 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2017)—Trainer Vladim...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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