Keeneland April 14 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. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. • BROWN TO KEEP PRACTICAL JOKE AT KEENELAND...
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • MANDELLA HOPES EASTWOOD MAKES HIS DAY • HAIL CAESAR, FROM TRAINER TO SOLID AGENT • MONROVIA ROBOTICS VIES WITH CHROME BOT • BEHOLDER NEXT FOR CHAMPION FINEST CITY? EASTWOOD DEBUTS FOR MANDELLA SATURDAY Richard Mandella hasn’t had Eastwood long enough to...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- ARKANSAS DERBY MALAGACY Oaklawn’s Grade 2 Rebel winner, Malagacy will attempt to run his record to 4 for 4 in the Arkansas Derby, and beyond that become the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby without racing at age 2 since Apollo in 1882. Malagacy did...
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Keeneland Race Selection: Grade I Maker’s 46 Mile

TSV Staff Selection —- KEENELAND Race 9) 1 Mile. (Turf) Maker’s 46 Mile S. Grade I. Purse $300,000 FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD Post Time: ( 5:30)/ 4:30/ 3:30/ 2:30 Blacktype 1), French-bred gelding, a multiple Graded Stakes winner makes his first of the new year,...
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KEENELAND BARN NOTES THURSDAY, APRIL 13

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. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. • TOM LEACH INTERVIEWS TRAINERS OF HORSES IN...
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CHAMPION STELLAR WIND HEAVILY FAVORED IN APPLE BLOSSOM

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Stellar Wind; Zoe Metz Photography CHAMPION STELLAR WIND HEAVILY FAVORED IN APPLE BLOSSOM HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 12, 2017) – Champion Stellar Wind begins her final racing campaign that will hopefully conclude with a second Eclipse Award in...
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KENTUCKIAN, EASTWOOD &LORD SIMBA ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GIII LOS ANGELES STAKES

By Mike Willman —- KENTUCKIAN, EASTWOOD & LORD SIMBA ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LOS ANGELES STAKES AT SIX FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (April 12, 2017)—Kentuckian, Eastwood and Lord Simba head a field of five three year olds and up in Saturday’s Grade...
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Lady Eli, Three Other Grade 1 Winners Top Saturday’s Coolmore Jenny Wiley

By Amy Owens —- Lady Eli; NYRA PHOTOS LEXINGTON, KY (April 12, 2017) – Sheep Pond Partner’s brilliant mare Lady Eli will make her 2017 debut Saturday when she headlines a field of eight fillies and mares entered for Saturday’s 29th running of the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny...
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Racing Festival of the South Updates

By Jennifer Hoyt —- ARKANSAS DERBY CLASSIC EMPIRE John Oxley’s champion Classic Empire tested the Oaklawn surface for the first time Thursday morning, jogging and mile and galloping a mile in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), according to assistant...
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KEENELAND BARN NOTES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

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. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. • WEST COAST INVADES FROM WEST COAST FOR...
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