Toni Tools goes against state breds again in Sunday’s Franklin Square; Rice enters formidable pair for Broadway

By Brian Bohl/Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Toni Tools will look to continue her success in stakes races in headlining a 10-horse field in the third running of the $100,000 Franklin Square for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs on the inner dirt...
Posted On 17 Feb 2017
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TRACK’S TOP SPRINTERS STAKES-BOUND; YOU CAN WALK TO GOLFEST

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Top local sprinters of both sexes and the first day of the seventh annual Golfest demo days and expo event will highlight an action-packed Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. An 11-race Thoroughbred card features the $100,000 Pelican Stakes for...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Blue Tone Brings Hess Back to Oaklawn for Second Time

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Blue Tone Brings Hess Back to Oaklawn for Second Time Quiet Kim, the first horse trainer Bob Hess Jr. started at Oaklawn, was the favorite for the $250,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies in 2006. The odds of the trainer’s second...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, February 16

By Michael Adolphson —- • O’Neill Invades for More New Orleans Glory • Don’t Split Tens Impressive for Pessin • Salty Sophomore Maidens Highlight Saturday Card • Stidham Impressed by Haniel • Guest Suite Sizzles to Top Work Tab Wrap-Up Trainer Doug O’Neill; Skip...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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JOCKEY OF MONTH CASTANON HAS HIGH REGARD FOR SUNCOAST WINNER

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Jesus Castanon had a good feeling about 3-year-old filly Tapa Tapa Tapa before Saturday’s 37th renewal of the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes. She had breezed five furlongs eight days earlier in 1:01 2/5, and Castanon knew she would be tough to beat...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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MOKAT & PRIZE EXHIBIT PROMINENT IN WIDE OPEN GRADE II, BUENA VISTA ON SATURDAY

By Mike Willman —- MOKAT, PRIZE EXHIBIT, HILLHOUSE HIGH & WILD AT HEART ALL PROMINENT IN WIDE OPEN GRADE II, $200,000 BUENA VISTA STAKES ON SATURDAY; FIELD OF 11 OLDER DISTAFFERS TO CONTEST FLAT MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2017)—A wide open field of 11 older...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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EVANGELINE DOWNS THOROUGHBRED SEASON STARTS APRIL 12

By Michael T. Chamberlain —- STALL APPLICATIONS FOR 2017 MEET ARE DUE FEBRUARY 24 OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs’ 2017 Thoroughbred racing season will begin on Wednesday, April 12 and continue through Saturday, September 2. There will be 84 days of live racing run on a...
Posted On 16 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Gun Runner Sizzles

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Gun Runner Sizzles Gun Runner recorded a 5-furlong bullet (:59.80) over a fast track Monday morning for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen in preparation for the $500,000 Razorback Handicap (G3). Winner of the $500,000 Clark Handicap (G1) Nov. 25 at...
Posted On 15 Feb 2017
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Churchill Downs News Release: Spring Meet Stakes Schedule

By Darren Rogers —- 143RD RUNNINGS OF KENTUCKY DERBY, KENTUCKY OAKS HEAD CHURCHILL DOWNS’ $8.84 MILLION SPRING MEET STAKES SCHEDULE Five Grade I Contests Included in 34 Events That Feature Nine Multi-Stakes Programs and Pair of Stakes Races Previously Run at Arlington Park...
Posted On 13 Feb 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • ARCADIA REMATCH LOOMS IN THE GRADE I KILROE • BAFFERT UPS ANTE FOR SMITH IN JOCKEYS’ GAME • MIDNIGHT STORM TO WORK MONDAY FOR BIG ’CAP BOLO AND WHAT A VIEW COULD MEET IN KILROE Bolo and What a View, who treated fans to one of the most exciting races of the...
Posted On 13 Feb 2017
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