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By Mike Willman —- ARROGATE (schooling this afternoon) (Photos provided by Zoe Metz Photography) BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC CHAMP ARROGATE ENTERED TO RUN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES BAFFERT SUPERSTAR TO PREP FOR REMATCH WITH CALIFORNIA...

By Michael Adolphson —- SEVEN STAKES WINNERS CLASH IN WIDE-OPEN PAGO HOP; KATHBALLU SEEKS BACK-TO-BACK STAKES IN PAN ZARETA NEW ORLEANS – A full field of 14 sophomore fillies, plus one also eligible, have packed Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ $75,000 Pago Hop Stakes...

By Michael Adolphson —- LOUISIANA FUTURITIES ADD TO SIX-STAKES NEW YEAR’S EVE CARD NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2016) – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Canadian classic winner Sir Dudley Digges will attempt to return to the winner’s circle for the first time since annexing the $1...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred action will return to Aqueduct Racetrack Thursday, December 29 for a five-day race week over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Along with a Pick 6 carryover of $30,987 beginning in Race 4, Thursday’s card...

By Mike Willman —- MIND YOUR BISCUITS, MOR SPIRIT & TEN BLESSINGS ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE I, $300 MALIBU STAKES ON OPENING DAY, MONDAY; FIELD OF 10 SOPHOMORES SET TO GO SEVEN FURLONGS GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEADLINE FOUR GRADED STAKES ON NINE-RACE PROGRAM...

By David Joseph —- Zulu returns in Sunday’s Feature, the $60,000 Tamarac Stakes Defending Champ X Y Jet among 14 nominees for Mr. Prospector (G3) Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot at $61,500 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Zulu, whose racing career got off to a brilliant start at...

NYRA Release —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Entering off a pair of respectable second-place finishes on the turf, Godolphin Racing’s Bay of Plenty will look to best a field of 6 on the inner track at Aqueduct Racetrack in the $125,000 Queens County for 3-year-olds and at...

By Michael Adolphson —- COX TRIO TOPS TOUGH TENACIOUS RENEWAL; RUNNING MATE LOOKS TO SWEETEN CAMPAIGN IN SUGAR BOWL; GOLDEN MISCHIEF LOOKS TO MAKE AMENDS IN LETELLIER NEW ORLEANS (December 13, 2016) – Trainer Brad Cox entered three of the 12 horses in Saturday’s $75,000...

By David Joseph —- Stonetastic takes another crack at Sugar Swirl Grade 3 might be swan song for 5-year-old HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Trainer Kelly Breen has mixed emotions about running multiple graded stakes winner Stonetastic in Saturday’s $100,000 Sugar Swirl (G3) at...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Optimism abounds among trainers of the leading candidates for Saturday’s 13th running of the $100,000 Lightning City Stakes, a 5-furlong contest for fillies and mares on the Tampa Bay Downs turf course. Conditioners Larry Rivelli, Malcolm...