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By Lynne Snierson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Miss Sky Warrior looks for her fifth straight win, fourth consecutive stakes score and third Grade 2 victory in a row when she takes on eight other promising 3-year-old fillies in the 122nd running of the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes...

By Mike Willman —- ILIAD Zoe Metz Photography ILIAD, GORMLEY, REACH THE WORLD & AMERICAN ANTHEM ALL PROMINENT AMONG FIELD OF 13 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY O’NEILL ENTERS FOUR WHILE BAFFERT HAS THREE IN PREMIER SHOWDOWN; TOTAL OF 170 KENTUCKY...

NYRA RELEASE —- The 93rd RUNNING OF THE WOOD MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS Grade 2 TOTAL: $750,000 Distance – 1 1/8 miles Winner: $400,000 Track Record – Riva Ridge (1973) 1:47; stakes record – Bellamy Road (2005) 1:47.16 Second: $140,000 Last...

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY HARMONIZE HEADS GRADE II, $200,000 ROYAL HEROINE STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA; PRETTY GIRL, SWEET CHARITY & LADY VALEUR ALL IN GOOD FORM AS FIELD OF EIGHT OLDER DISTAFFERS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (April 5, 2017)—Trainer Bi...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Winning Move Stable’s Tu Brutus will make his first start on North American soil as part of a field of seven 4-year-olds and up in the Grade 3, $150,000 Excelsior on Saturday, Wood Memorial Day, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Tu...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – William Schettine’s Isabelle proved she could handle stakes competition with two wins in her last three starts. She now will see if that success translates to a higher level in headlining a field of six fillies and mares...

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...

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...

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...

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...