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By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Derek’s Smile will stretch out in distance in his New York debut, headlining a field of seven 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Paradise Creek at seven furlongs on the Belmont Park Widener turf. Trained by Kelly Breen,...

By Darren Rogers —- CALDWELL FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS TO START SPRING MEET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 21, 2017) – Through the first 13 days of the 38-day Spring Meet, Texas native J.R. Caldwell is making his presence known at Churchill Downs with an impressive nine...

By Ed Golden —- • • MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES START SATURDAY • • SADLER HOPES HARD ACES HAS WINNING HAND • • BALTAS DUO SET FOR GRADE I GAMELY STAKES • • SANTA ANITA’S JACOBELLIS HONORED AT HONDA CENTER SANTA ANITA OFFERS SEVEN STAKES MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND As America honors...

By David Joseph —- Preakness News and Notes 5.21.2017 Chad Brown; Anne M Eberhardt Photo Chad Brown Celebrates First Preakness Win With Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Exits Disappointing Effort ‘Healthy, Happy’ Classic Empire, Senior Investment, Lookin At Lee Belmont Bound...

By Ed Golden —- • • MIDNIGHT STORM CAN WEATHER PACE BATTLE • • TRUMAN HOPES ‘SKY’S’ NOT THE LIMIT ON SUNDAY • • ROMAN, BELVOIR ARE A PERFECT WINNING TEAM MIDNIGHT STORM ‘CAN RATE’ FOR RICH GOLD CUP Midnight Storm’s forte is speed, and on paper, it appears there will be...

By Bailey Gallison —- STAKES WINNERS SEEK STEP UP IN GRADE III ARLINGTON CLASSIC The 82nd running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Classic, a 1 1/16-miles event for 3-year-olds on the turf on May 27, garnered 25 nominations from 16 trainers at closing on Wednesday. Mike...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- 8) JW Murphy Dover Cliffs – 4 – Could be developing into something special and has experience edge. Yoshida – 6 – Another on his way to being really great. Mo Maverick -1- after brief time off returns at distance he...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- The Preakness Day race card offers 14 races to play. My picks follow, including commentary on the stakes races. 1) 7-6-5-1 2) 2-10-6-4 3) 4-1-6-8 4) 5-2-3-4 5) The Very One Animal Appeal – 6 Englehart gets them ready off the bench...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 19, 2017) – The pageantry of the 142nd running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (GI), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown headlined by the Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, will be featured prominently at Churchill...

By David Joseph —- Irish-Bred Filly Tops Competitive Field of 10 in $150,000 Stakes BALTIMORE – Saturday’s 66th running of the $150,000 Stella Artois Gallorette (G3), Pimlico Race Course’s top stakes for older turf fillies and mares, drew a competitive field of 10 who will...