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By Ed Golden —- • IT’S ON TO KENTUCKY FOR GORMLEY, ROYAL MO • STEVENS IN PURSUIT OF FOURTH DERBY VICTORY • SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER DORTMUND RETIRED • TWO-TIME CHAMPION SONGBIRD IN BULLET BREEZE • SPRING PORTION OF THE MEET STARTS NEXT FRIDAY John Shirreffs; Anne M...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Although he is closing in on track history, jockey Daniel Centeno chooses to keep his focus squarely on his next race. The 45-year-old Centeno’s path to a record sixth Tampa Bay Downs riding title grew rockier on March 10, when Oldsmar...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Asmussen’s Arkansas Derby Pair Put in Final Works Untrapped and Lookin At Lee worked easy half-miles in :51 Sunday morning at Oaklawn for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), which headlines...

By Mike Willman —- GRADE I WINNER UNION STRIKE TAKES ON SIX RIVALS IN SUNDAY’S $75,000 SANTA PAULA STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (April 6, 2017)—Originally entered to run in Saturday’s Grade III Providencia Stakes on turf, the Mick Ruis-owned and trained Union...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Turf racing returns Sunday with Danger’s Hour OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Phipps Stable’s homebred Carrumba, winner of the 2016 Grade 3 Top Flight Handicap, is set to make her first start since last summer, topping a field of six in...

by Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- Here are three late Pick 4 plays for Saturday, April 8th. Each is a $.50 play. Aqueduct Races 9-12 2,8 w/ 2,3,7,8 w/ 5, 8, 9, w/ 1, 3 = $ 24- Keeneland Races 8-11 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 w/ 3, 5, 6 w/ 2, 3, 4, 5, w/ 2, 4 = $ 60- Santa Anita Races 8-11...

By Amy Owens —- NOTES ON TODAY’S $1 MILLION TOYOTA BLUE GRASS • BIG SCORE STAYING AT KEENELAND FOLLOWING VICTORY IN TRANSYLVANIA PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT • DANCING RAGS, SWEET LORETTA READY FOR 2017 DEBUTS IN ADENA SPRINGS BEAUMONT • DEFENDING CHAMPION DA BIG HOSS TOPS...

By Ed Golden —- • GARY STEVENS EYES A ‘10’ IN THE SANTA ANITA DERBY • MAJESTIC QUALITY STAYS HOME FOR RIGHT REASONS • BALDWIN AVE. TRAFFIC DIVERTED SATURDAY MORNING • HOLLENDORFER NEARS TITLE IN A ‘FRIENDLY RIVALRY’ • ECLIPSE WINNER KEVIN FREY TO RIDE AT SANTA ANITA Gary...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Maria Bowersock comes from a family of Thoroughbred conditioners. Her father, Richard Bowersock, is a retired trainer, and her uncle Gary and cousin Chad train at Presque Isle Downs, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort and Mahoning...

By Rick Francis —- Isabelle de Tomaso’s Irish War Cry looks for redemption following his tiring G2 Fountain of Youth finish when he faces seven up and coming rivals in the 93rd edition of the Grade 2 Wood Memorial; let’s take a look at the field. Aqueduct Race 10) 1„ Mile....