SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES; MONDAY’S BAFFLE STAKES PREVIEW

By Ed Golden —- • SUNNY DAYS AHEAD AS HORSEMEN WEATHER THE STORM • SANTA ANITA JOCKEYS IN CHARITY GAME NEXT THURSDAY • CTBA PRESENTS GRAY WITH KENNETH L. MADDY AWARD MOVE OVER ANNIE: THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW Yes, that was the life-sustaining star known as the sun...
Posted On 19 Feb 2017
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Even Thunder brings experience to Jimmy Winkfield; Hot City Girl valiant in Broadway

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Leonard C. Green’s Even Thunder will get back to the site of his most recent stakes score as he takes on four rivals in the 33rd running of the $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on Monday’s...
Posted On 19 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Gun Runner Back for another Year of Racing

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Gun Runner Back for another Year of Racing The winners of last year’s Triple Crown races, Nyquist, Exaggerator and Creator, are off to stud to try and produce classic winners. But, one of the country’s top 3-year-olds from 2016 is still around in Gun...
Posted On 18 Feb 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS: GUEST SUITE TAKES ON MO TOWN, FULL FIELD IN RISEN STAR

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (February 18, 2017) – The Grade II $400,000 Risen Star Stakes features a clash between a formidable Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots-based home team and a pair of potent stakes-winning invaders from each side of the country in its...
Posted On 18 Feb 2017
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COMEBACKING SUNDAY RULES HEADS SUNDAY’S $100,000 SPRING FEVER HANDICAP

By Mike Willman —- COMEBACKING SUNDAY RULES HEADS SUNDAY’S $100,000 SPRING FEVER HANDICAP FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED FILLIES & MARES AT SIX FURLONGS STATE-BRED FEATURE TO HIGHLIGHT 10-RACE CARD ON SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2017)—Idle since July...
Posted On 18 Feb 2017
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YOU BOUGHT HER LOOKS TO GO OUT A WINNER BEFORE DATING THE CHAMP

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The 7-year-old mare You Bought Her will have a chance to join exclusive company when she vies for her third consecutive victory in the $50,000 Minaret Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. But she may have a more important date with destiny within the...
Posted On 18 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: One Liner Arrives for Southwest Stakes; Terra Promessa Leads Bayakoa Field

By Jennifer Hoyt —- One Liner arrived early Thursday afternoon at Oaklawn for trainer Todd Pletcher, who is scheduled to start the unbeaten Into Mischief colt in Monday’s $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds. The colt, who is 2 for 2, has been based this winter in...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Final Isolated Horses Clear EHV-1 Testing Protocols; Quarantine Restrictions Lifted

By Michael Adolphson —- FINAL ISOLATED HORSES CLEAR EHV-1 TESTING PROTOCOLS, RETURN TO GENERAL HORSE POPULATION; QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED NEW ORLEANS (February 17, 2017) – The final horses remaining in the testing protocols for the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) outbreak...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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Gulfstream News & Notes: Orseno Going for the ‘Green’ in Saturday’s G2 Royal Delta

By David Joseph —- Orseno Going for the ‘Green’ in Saturday’s G2 Royal Delta Fawkes Doubles Up for White Pearl Supporting Stakes Delta Prince Set for 2017 Debut following December Turf Romp HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – D J Stable LLC’s Mo’ Green will seek graded-stakes status in...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES: MIDNIGHT STORM, MOR SPIRIT COULD VIE IN BIG ’CAP

By Ed Golden —- Midnight Storm; All Photos by Zoe Metz Photography • MIDNIGHT STORM, MOR SPIRIT COULD VIE IN BIG ’CAP • WEATHERMAN HOLDS ACES IN BUENA VISTA STAKES • CLOCKERS BUSY WITH 416 WORKERS AT SANTA ANITA • SANTA ANITA JOCKS IN CHARITY GAME NEXT THURSDAY MOR SPIRIT...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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