Gulfstream Today: Friday’s Rainbow 6 Offers $422,936 Jackpot Carryover

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Offers $422,936 Jackpot Carryover G2 Holy Bull Anchors Guaranteed Multi-Race Pools Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 12th consecutive racing program Thursday, producing a jackpot carryover of...
Posted On 03 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Apprehender Returns in Search of Third King Cotton Stakes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Apprehender Returns in Search of Third King Cotton Stakes Ivan Fallunovalot isn’t the only two-time King Cotton Stakes winner entered in the $125,000 race for older sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Apprehender won the 6-furlong King Cotton in 2013 and 2014...
Posted On 03 Feb 2017
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Jules N Rome looks to continue two-turn success in Biogio Rose

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s Jules N Rome will look to continue her successful history in two-turn races as part of a field of six in the second running of the $100,000 Biogio’s Rose for New York-bred fillies and mares 4-years-old and...
Posted On 03 Feb 2017
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GRADED STAKES WINNER TEXAS RYANO HEADS COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 14 IN SATURDAY’S GII SAN MARCOS

By Alexis Garske —- GRADED STAKES WINNER TEXAS RYANO HEADS COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 14 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN MARCOS STAKES FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS AND UP GOING 1 ¼ MILES ON THE TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2017) – Graded stakes winner Texas Ryano heads a very...
Posted On 02 Feb 2017
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GULFSTREAM NOTES: Jockey Jose Ortiz to Ride Final Month of Championship Meet

By David Joseph —- Jockey Jose Ortiz to Ride Final Month of Championship Meet G2 Holy Bull Anchors Guaranteed Multi-Race Pools Saturday New Gelding Mutaraamy Ends Layoff with Maiden Win Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $377,728 for Thursday Jose Ortiz; NYRA Photos HALLANDALE...
Posted On 02 Feb 2017
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ALLEN SLAM-DUNK CHOICE AS HAMPTON INN & SUITES JOCKEY OF MONTH

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The topsy-turvy nature of a jockey’s existence came into play recently for four-time Tampa Bay Downs riding champion Ronnie Allen, Jr. During a span of seven racing days, from Jan. 4-14, he rode only two winners, the kind of mini-slump that...
Posted On 02 Feb 2017
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HOPPERTUNITY TAKES ON STABLEMATE MOR SPIRIT IN THE GRADE II SAN ANTONIO SATURDAY

By Mike Willman —- Hoppertunity; NYRA File Photo DEFENDING CHAMP HOPPERTUNITY TAKES ON STABLEMATE MOR SPIRIT, ACCELERATE, DALMORE & PROSPECT PARK AT 1 1/16 MILES IN THE GRADE II, $300,000 SAN ANTONIO STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2017)—Still...
Posted On 02 Feb 2017
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Gulfstream: Classic Empire Ready to Pounce in Saturday’s G3 Holy Bull

By David Joseph —- Classic Empire; Coady Photography Eclipse Champion to Face Eight in Sophomore Debut HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – John Oxley’s Classic Empire is slated to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s $350,000 Lambholm South Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park, fresh...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Whitmore to Wait for Hot Springs Stakes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Whitmore to Wait for Hot Springs Stakes After running the fastest six furlongs in January in Oaklawn history, Whitmore won’t be seen in February, said Ron Moquett of Hot Springs, who co-owns and trains the 4-year-old son of Pleasantly Perfect. Instead,...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017
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CLASSIC EMPIRE, MCCRAKEN TAKE FIRST TWO BERTHS IN NTRA TOP 3-YEAR-OLD POLL

From Joan Lawrence —- ARROGATE RECEIVES All-FIRST PLACE VOTES IN TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, January 30, 2017) – As the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” gets underway, the top ten in week one of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top...
Posted On 31 Jan 2017
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