CLASSIC EMPIRE CONTINUES PREP FOR PREAKNESS

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 11, 2017) – Five days removed from a fourth-place effort in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), John Oxley’s Classic Empire continued his preparation for the May 20 Preakness (GI) with a jog...
Posted On 12 May 2017
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Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6 Carryover $138,000 Friday

By David Joseph —- Panici Wins Three HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover will be $138,884 when racing resumes Friday with a nine-race program. First race post time is 1:15 p.m. Multiple winning tickets in Thursday’s Rainbow 6 returned...
Posted On 12 May 2017
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Belmont: Sadler’s Joy aims high in G1 Man o’ War

By Heather Pettinger —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy will look to build on his recent victory in last month’s Grade 2 Pan American, facing seven rivals in the first Grade 1 of Belmont Park’s spring/summer meet, the...
Posted On 11 May 2017
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108 HORSES ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S 11-RACE MONMOUTH OPENER

By John Heims —- RAINBOW HEIR TO DEFEND TITLE IN WOLF HILL STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Monmouth Park opens this Saturday, May 13, with an 11-race program attracting a total of 108 entries. Topping the day’s card is the $60,000 Wolf Hill Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward, which...
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TRIO OF KENTUCKY DERBY RUNNERS RETURN TO THE TRACK AT CHURCHILL DOWNS

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 10, 2017) – Three horses that chased Always Dreaming to the finish line in last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) returned to the track on a warm Wednesday morning at...
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SANTA ANITA: GRADE III LAZARO BARRERA, DESERT CODE STAKES TOP SATURDAY’S CARD

By Mike Willman —- KIMBEAR & AMERICAN ANTHEM CUTBACK IN DISTANCE WHILE STAKES WINNING ARISTOCRATIC STRETCHES OUT A FURLONG IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LAZARO BARRERA STAKES AT SEVEN FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (May 10, 2017)—Eric Kruljac’s Kimbear and Bob Baffert’s...
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Belmont Stakes Advances: GII Ruffian, Grade 3’s Beaugay, Peter Pan

By Brian Bohl —- Indulgent, Highway Star rematch in Saturday’s G2 Ruffian ELMONT, N.Y. – Fresh off a career-high speed figure rating in her graded stakes debut, Godolphin Racing’s Indulgent will look to notch her first stakes win as part of a field of five...
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ARLINGTON: HOOTENANNY HEADLINES HANSHIN

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 10, 2017) – Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael B. Tabor’s Grade I winner Hootenanny looms the one to beat in Saturday’s 65th running of the Grade III $100,000 Hanshin Cup at Arlington International Racecourse. At...
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ALWAYS DREAMING DEPARTS CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR PIMLICO

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 9, 2017) – Always Dreaming, hero of last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), departed Churchill Downs at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday morning for the short ride to Louisville International...
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Preakness News & Notes: Pletcher ‘Amazed’ at Always Dreaming’s Post-Derby Condition

By David Joseph —- Kentucky Derby Winner Set to Arrive at Pimlico Tuesday Morning Casse Planning on Preakness Start for Classic Empire Hence Likely to Join Lookin At Lee in Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Gunnevera ‘50-50’ for Preakness; Multiplier, Senior Investment Breeze...
Posted On 09 May 2017
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