TAMPA BAY: FIELDS SET FOR SUNDAY’S 15TH ANNUAL FLORIDA CUP

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Defending race champion Go Around and Grade I winner World Approval are set to square off in the $100,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic on Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs, highlighting a series of six races comprising the 15th annual Florida Cup for...
Posted On 30 Mar 2017
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Gulfstream: Celestine Seeks Second Honey Fox Victory . . . This Time for New Connections

By David Joseph —- Celestine Seeks Second Honey Fox Victory . . . This Time for New Connections HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – For all of Christophe Clement’s success in turf stakes at Gulfstream Park, where he has won a remarkable seven runnings of the Orchid (G3) along with a...
Posted On 30 Mar 2017
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DORTMUND RETURNS TO DIRT IN SATURDAY’S $75,000 SANTANA MILE

By Mike Willman —- DORTMUND RETURNS TO DIRT IN SATURDAY’S $75,000 SANTANA MILE; 2015 SANTA ANITA DERBY WINNER TOWERS OVER RIVALS IN SECOND START FOR SHERMAN ARCADIA, Calif. (March 29, 2107)—Kaleem Shah’s Dortmund returns to the main track as he heads a field of seven older...
Posted On 30 Mar 2017
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FARRELL TOPS TWINSPIRES.COM FAIR GROUNDS OAKS FIELD

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (March 27, 2017) – Coffeepot Stables’ homebred 3-year-old filly Farrell is the class of an eight-filly 49th renewal of the Grade II $400,000 Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks on Apr. 1, part of an eight-stakes – four graded – Louisiana...
Posted On 28 Mar 2017
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Twelve Slated to go in Wide-Open in GII San Luis Rey Stakes

By Mike Willman —- ASHLEYLUVSSUGAR, FLAMBOYANT, TEXAS RYANO & ITSINTHEPOST ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE II, $200,000 SAN LUIS REY STAKES ON SATURDAY; FIELD OF 12 OLDER HORSES SET TO GO 1 ½ MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (March 22, 2017)—With a wide open field of 12 horses...
Posted On 23 Mar 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Rebel Stakes Update

By Jennifer Hoyt —- REBEL STAKES AMERICAN ANTHEM American Anthem, Hall of Famer trainer Bob Baffert’s hopeful for the $900,000 Rebel Stakes-G2 at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, will break from post 7 in the field of 11 3-year-olds when the promising but lightly-raced colt meets...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, SANTA MARGARITA

By Mike Willman —- ECLIPSE CHAMP FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES KRULJAC’S FINEST CITY STRETCHING OUT OFF BIG WIN IN GRADE II SANTA MONICA, WHILE BAFFERT’S VALE DORI EYES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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Aqueduct: Clothes Fall Off, Hot City Girl set to face off in Correction

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making her first start in New York since finishing fifth in the Interborough on January 22, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off will look to improve off a third-place running in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie when she faces a...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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STREAKING GOODYEARFORROSES HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES

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...
Posted On 11 Mar 2017
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OAKLAWN: MOTT-TRAINED ELATE FAVORED IN HONEYBEE

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...
Posted On 10 Mar 2017
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