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By Tom Luicci —- DOBLES EXPECTING ANOTHER BIG EFFORT FROM SWAN LAKE IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 JERSEY DERBY AT MONMOUTH PARK Stablemate Howgreatisnate pointing to June 17 Pegasus Stakes OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Elizabeth Dobles can’t explain exactly how or why Swan Lake has...

By Tom Luicci —- SPINA LOOKING TO JUMPSTART 2023 MONMOUTH CAMPAIGN WITH MIA’S CRUSADE IN SATURDAY’S SPRUCE FIR HANDICAP OCEANPORT, N.J. – Six weeks shy of his 75th birthday, trainer Chuck Spina isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. A year after tying for the Monmouth...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography LAST SAMURAI LOOKS TO COMPLETE SWEEP IN OAKLAWN HANDICAP HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 20, 2023) – Willis Horton Racing’s Last Samurai can become just the third horse to sweep Oaklawn’s three most lucrative two-turn...

Lifetime of Chance set for stakes debut in NYSSS Times Square —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – D.J. Stable’s Lifetime of Chance, a 16-length maiden winner last out, will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at 6...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- SECRET OATH AND CLAIRIERE RENEW RIVALRY IN APPLE BLOSSOM HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 14, 2023) – There’s a reason the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) drew only four entrants. Two reasons, actually – Secret Oath and Clairiere, the millionaire...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2023) – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Tapit Trice is the 5-2 morning line choice in a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 99th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, March 30, 2023) – Oaklawn created the Matron Stakes to enhance its program for older female sprinters and with the hope of earning graded status quickly. So far, so good. Friday’s inaugural $250,000 Matron has lured a field of...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Pegasus Winners Art Collector and Atone Enter Louisiana Derby Day Stakes ● Pegasus World Cup Upsetter Art Collector Out to Secure Another New Orleans Classic Masterpiece for Mott ● Two Emmys’ Muniz Streak is On the Line as Atone, Spooky Channel Loom Large...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Louisiana Derby Spotlight on Cagliostro: Bananas, Alchemy, and the Three Women of the DeVaux Barn New Orleans, La (March 22, 2023) – Cagliostro should count his lucky stars. The 3-year-old Upstart colt trained by Cherie DeVaux will be making his fourth...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Untapable, Rachel Alexandra Victress Pretty Mischievous Eyes Local Hat Trick in Fair Grounds Oaks · After a flat effort in the Rachel Alexandra, can Hoosier Philly return to her winning ways? · 100-40-30-20-10 Kentucky Oaks points are on the line as the...