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By Ed Golden —- • BAZE, BEJARANO ON PRIME MOUNTS SANS SMITH • EURTON: ‘HAVEN’T SEEN THE BEST OF MILKY WAY’ • LEWIS WINNER ROYAL MO WORKS FOR SHIRREFFS • BAFFERT BREEZES TRIO SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA NEW PILOTS IN SANTA MARGARITA FOR FINEST CITY, VALE DORI With regular rider...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Untrapped Completes Rebel Stakes Work Untrapped completed major preparations for the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) March 18 with a 5-furlong work on a cloudy, chilly Saturday morning at Oaklawn. Breezing over a fast surface about 40 minutes after the track...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Girvin Works Toward Louisiana Derby • Mo Tom Gets Serious in Bullet Move Gun Runner; Churchill Downs File Photo GUN RUNNER HAS FINAL SERIOUS WORK FOR DUBAI With two weeks until he faces the world’s top-ranked horse, Juddmonte Farms’ Bob...

By Mike Willman —- STREAKING GOODYEARFORROSES HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF; TRAINED BY BALTAS, SHE BIDS FOR HER THIRD CONSECUTIVE WIN WITH NAKATANI UP ARCADIA, Calif. —Seemingly invigorated since changing her base of operations...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – A few weeks ago, hopes were high that trainer Mark Casse would arrive for Festival Day at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday with a pair of Eclipse Award champions set to compete. Although those tentative plans fell by the wayside, Casse could be a...

By David Joseph —- Guaranteed Multi-Race Wager Pools Scheduled for Saturday Rainbow 6-$600,000; Late Pick 4-$250,000; Late Pick 5-$200,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Saturday’s 13-race program at Gulfstream Park will feature guaranteed pools for the 20-cent Rainbow 6, the...

TSV Staff Selections —- SANTA ANITA RACE 5) 1ˆ Mile. San Felipe S. Grade II. Purse $400,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. Post Time: 5:04/ 4:04/ 3:04/( 2:04 Term of Art 1), has struggled in each of his two 2017 starts; beat decisively two back by Gormley. Vending Machine 2),...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Farrell Has First Work Since Rachel Alexandra • Honorable Duty On Course for New Orleans Handicap • Valadorna Works Toward Ashland • Worker to Watch: Hollywood Handsome FARRELL HAS FIRST WORK SINCE RACHEL ALEXANDRA Coffeepot Stables’ homebred star...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 9, 2017) – Lightly raced Elate is the 5-2 program favorite for the $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 1 1/16-mile Honeybee, the eighth of nine races, is 4:38...

BY ED GOLDEN / MIKE WILLMAN —- Doug O’Neill; Benoit • O’NEILL HAS ‘11- 4 THE MONEY’ ON SATURDAY • ‘CLASS IS IN’ THROUGHOUT DAY IN PADDOCK • WHITE’S MORNING LINE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SATURDAY STAKES TEAM O’NEILL SET FOR BUSY DAY WITH 11 HORSES ENTERED The big boys come...