DEFUNDED SEEKS FIRST STAKES VICTORY IN LOS ALAMITOS DERBY

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Runner-up behind the talented California bred The Chosen Vron in the Affirmed June 13, Defunded will try for his first stakes success in the $150,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Derby Sunday. Restricted to 3-year-olds and scheduled for 1...
Posted On 02 Jul 2021
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STIDHAM LOOKING FOR A BIG EFFORT FROM MICHELINE IN SUNDAY’S GRADE 3 EATONTOWN STAKES AT MONMOUTH

By To Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Now that Micheline has notched her first graded stakes victory, doing so in her 2021 debut, trainer Michael Stidham is convinced there’s much more to come this year for the 4-year-old daughter of Bernardini. The next step is Sunday’s Grade...
Posted On 18 Jun 2021
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Gulfstream: Graded Stakes-Winner Sole Volante Back in Action at Gulfstream

By David Joseph —- Graded Stakes-Winner Sole Volante Back in Action at Gulfstream Saturday Allowance Features 2020 Triple Crown Participant HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sole Volante, who ran in two legs of the 2020 Triple Crown, will be return to action in Saturday’s featured...
Posted On 18 Jun 2021
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Churchill Downs Stakes Advance: Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Sconsin Tops Saturday’s Roxelana Stakes

By Darren Rogers —- MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER SCONSIN TOPS SATURDAY’S $110,000 ROXELANA OVERNIGHT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 16, 2021) – Lloyd Madison Farm’s multiple graded stakes winning filly Sconsin headlines a field of six fillies and mares that were...
Posted On 17 Jun 2021
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Espresso Shot seeks another class-building effort in $100K Dancin Renee

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Espresso Shot seeks a fifth stakes triumph in Saturday’s eighth running of the $100,000 Dancin Renee for older New York-bred fillies and mares going six furlongs over the Belmont Park main track. The sprint is named in honor of Sandford...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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Mandaloun heads field of five for Sunday’s TVG.com Pegasus Stakes

By Tom Luicci —- KY. DERBY RUNNER-UP MANDALOUN HEADS FIELD OF FIVE IN SUNDAY’S TVG.COM PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun will face four other 3-year-olds, including two graded stakes winners, when he marks his return to racing...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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Essential Quality, Rombauer highlight accomplished field for Saturday’s 153rd Belmont Stakes

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented group that includes an Eclipse Award winner and an American Classic victor will comprise an eight-horse field for the 153rd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Belmont Park,...
Posted On 02 Jun 2021
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SAFFIE JOSEPH LOOKING FOR A FAST START AT MONMOUTH

By Tom Luicci —- SAFFIE JOSEPH LOOKING FOR A FAST START AT MONMOUTH WITH WINDS OF CHANGE IN SATURDAY’S $100K MR. PROSPECTOR OCEANPORT, N.J. – If things go as well as he hopes over the next few weeks it won’t take trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. long to make his presence felt...
Posted On 28 May 2021
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Santa Anita Stakes Previews

By Mike Willman —- UPSTART LAMBEAU HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES AT SEVEN FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (May 26, 2021)—Fresh off a rousing gate to wire allowance win at one mile, the John Shirreffs-trained Lambeau is well positioned to make his stakes...
Posted On 28 May 2021
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Jersey Derby draws field of eight for Monmouth Park’s season opener on Friday

By Tom Luicci —- JERSEY DERBY DRAWS FIELD OF EIGHT PLUS ONE MTO FOR MONMOUTH PARK’S SEASON OPENER ON FRIDAY OCEANPORT, N.J. Sifting Sands, from the powerhouse Chad Brown stable, is among eight 3-year-olds (plus one main track only entrant) set to go in the $100,000...
Posted On 27 May 2021
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