Gulfstream: Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Rises to $763,003-

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Rises to $763,003 Twilight Program Slated for 2:15 p.m. First Post Belmont Stakes Offers Multiple Local Rooting Interests Jockey Cornelio Velasquez Switches Tack to Gulfstream HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow...
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Thursday, June 8

By Bailey Gallison —- • Field of Eight in Isaac Murphy • Lakota Lucy Takes a Chance on the Turf FIELD OF EIGHT IN ISAAC MURPHY Trying to duplicate her 2016 win, S. D. Brilie Ltd. Partnership’s Puntsville will headline the 38th running of the Isaac Murphy Handicap for...
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Thursday, June 8, 2017

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE SEEKS FIRST GRADED STAKES VICTORY IN GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ‘CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 8, 2017) – Klein Racing’s Believe in Bertie, a narrow runner-up in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines (GII)...
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Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes June 8th

NYRA RELEASE —- • G1 Belmont favorite Irish War Cry gets first look at main track Thursday • Epicharis scheduled to resume training on Friday • G3 winner Multiplier to wear blinkers in Saturday’s Belmont • Gormley gallops 1 ½ miles Thursday morning for Belmont • G1...
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Thursday, June 8, 2017

By John Heims —- O’CONNELL BRINGS TRIO INTO SATURDAY’S CRANK IT UP Trainer Kathleen O’Connell will send three to the starting gate for Saturday’s $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes, going five furlongs on the Monmouth Park turf: Lu Lu Laura, Stormy Embrace and Who’s the Lady....
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Six Keeneland Sales Graduates Entered in Belmont

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 7, 2017) – Six alumni of Keeneland’s 2015 September Yearling Sale, including Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) runner-up Lookin At Lee, are among the 12 horses entered today in the 149th running of the $1.5 million Belmont (G1)...
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Favored Irish War Cry arrives Wednesday for G1 Belmont Stakes; Clement pair strong in G3 Jaipur

NYRA UPDATE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry, the 7-2 program favorite for Saturday’s 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, joined his rivals on the Belmont Park backstretch early...
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Churchill: Believe in Bertie Headlines Saturday’s Grade III Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE HEADLINES GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 7, 2017) – Klein Racing’s homebred Believe in Bertie, first or second in 10 of her 12 starts and game runner-up in the $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf...
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Belmont Stakes Previews: Mor Spirit one to catch in G1 Met Mile; Brown seeks fourth straight G1 Manhattan

NYRA Release —- Mor Spirit one to catch in G1 Mohegan Sun Metropolitan ELMONT, N.Y. – Led by Michael Lund Petersen’s Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit, nine graded-stakes winners are among a dozen older horses set to contest a competitive edition of the Grade 1, $1.2...
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Gulfstream: Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $734,018

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $734,018 Favored R Angel Katelyn Ekes Out Win in Liza Jane Handicap HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 28th consecutive racing card at Gulfstream Park Wednesday, producing a...
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