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By Keith McCalmont —- Golden Pal ready to shine in G3 Quick Call on Opening Day at Saratoga SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg’s Grade 2 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint-winner Golden Pal will make his seasonal...

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – An international field led by the Aidan O’Brien-trained Santa Barbara will assemble for Saturday’s $700,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational, first leg of the Turf Triple series for sophomore fillies at Belmont Park. The Belmont Oaks is one of...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Aidan O’Brien, renowned for his talented turf stock, will bring one of his heaviest hitters to North America in Bolshoi Ballet, who will compete as part of a nine-horse field in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Derby...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – When Golden Brown was a 2-year-old going through the physical ailments that young race horses often experience, trainer Pat McBurney never noticed anything particularly special about the son of Offlee Wild. Four years later Golden Brown...

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Wertheimer and Frere homebred Happy Saver puts his undefeated record on the line in Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Suburban, a 10-furlong test for 4-year-olds and up at Belmont Park. The 135th renewal of the Suburban, which is a “Win and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...