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By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – John C. Oxley’s Devious Dame leads a promising field of six juvenile fillies in Thursday’s $150,000 Astoria, a 5 1/2-furlong sprint at Belmont Park. Thursday’s card lifts the curtain on the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival which...

By Mike Willman —- KMN RACING’S SMUGGLER’S RUN HEADS SATURDAY’S $150,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK, RACE IS PART OF CTBA SPONSORED GOLDEN STATE SERIES ON CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH DAY ARCADIA, Calif. (May 2...

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Christophe Clement will saddle a trio of formidable contenders in Derrynane, Breeze Easy and Anador in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Soaring Softly, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies over the Widener turf, at Belmont...

By David Joseph —- Luna Belle Carries Late Breeder’s Legacy to Black-Eyed Susan (G2) ‘I Think of Him Every Race:’ Daughter Deborah Says of Fred Greene Jr. BALTIMORE – Of all the pictures on Deborah Greene’s phone, there’s one that holds the most special of meanings. Taken...

Grade I1 1/4mDirt $3,000,0003 yo6:57 PM (local) PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Mo Donegal (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 126 Todd A. Pletcher 10/1 2 2Happy Jack (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Bejarano 126 Doug F. O’Neill 30/1 3 3Epicenter...

By Mike Willman —- STREAKING EXPRESS TRAIN LOOMS A STANDOUT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 CALIFORNIAN STAKES AS 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP GO 1 1/8 MILES CALIFORNIAN IS AN ICONIC PREP TO GRADE I HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP ON MAY 30 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 27, 2022)—In search of his...

By Mary Eddy —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Klaravich Stables’ multiple graded stakes-placed Value Proposition will return to sprinting for the first time since November when he contests Saturday’s $100,000 Elusive Quality for 4-year-olds and upward going seven furlongs over the Widener...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 22, 2022) – It’s a clash of champions, times two. Eclipse Award winners Letruska and Ce Ce meet for the first time in the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn, a 1 1/16-mile blockbuster event for older...

By Robert Yates —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 15, 2022) – Jackie’s Warrior, an Eclipse Award winner as the country’s champion male sprinter of 2021, is scheduled to make his 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) for older horses at 6...

By Mike Willman —- MESSIER PRIMED FOR TOP EFFORT AS YAKTEEN SADDLES THREE IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $750,000 RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY AT 1 1/8 MILES WINNER TO RECEIVE 100 QUALIFYING POINTS TO KENTUCKY DERBY ON MAY 7 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 6, 2022)—Recently transferred from...