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By Mike Willman —- MANDELLA’S TAPWATER HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SANTA BARBARA STAKES AS EIGHT DISTAFFERS GO 1 ½ MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 5, 2021)—LNJ Foxwoods’ Tapwater heads a field of eight fillies and mares going a marathon mile and one half...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith’s Group 1-winner Sovereign will make his first start in North America against a competitive field which includes four other graded/grouped stakes winners in Saturday’s 63rd running of the...

Gary Yunt/Kentucky Derby Notes Team Captain CHAMPION ESSENTIAL QUALITY 2-1 MORNING LINE FAVORITE FOR 147TH KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, April 27, 2021) – Godolphin’s undefeated homebred Essential Quality has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in a field of...

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, April 26, 2021) – Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Malathaat has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in a field of 14 3-year-old fillies entered Monday for the 147th running of the $1,250,000 Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) to be...

By Mike Willman —- PETRUCHIO RETURNS TO TURF & HEADS SUNDAY’S $100,000 SINGLETARY STAKES AS THREE-YEAR-OLDS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (April 22, 2021)—A graded stakes-placed runner on dirt and a winner on turf, Richard Mandella’s Petruchio returns to what may...

By Mike Willman —- AS TIME GOES BY HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES FOR OLDER FILLIES AND MARES AT A MILE AND ONE EIGHTH ARCADIA, Calif. (April 21, 2021)—Fresh off of a second place finish to the mighty Swiss Skydiver, As Time Goes By looms the...

By Brian Bohl —- Market Alert looks for stakes breakthrough in NYSSS Times Square OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Two-times stakes-placed Market Alert capitalize on class relief in his last outing and will look to parlay that confidence into his first stakes score when he competes as...

By Mike Willman —- CLASSY INDEPENDENCE HALL HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 CALIFORNIAN STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES RACE IS AN ICONIC STEPPINGSTONE TO GRADE I HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP, TO BE RUN MAY 31 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 14, 2021)—Trainer Michael McCarthy’s classy Independence...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 8, 2021) – There’s a concert tour stopping late Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn and if it’s anything like March 13, it will be another virtuoso performance. That’s because unbeaten Concert Tour, a homebred for Gary and Mary...

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Sonata Stable’s Lucky Stride will look to build on consecutive stakes victories, diving into deeper waters as she competes against four fellow stakes-winners in Saturday’s 80th running of the $100,000 Top Flight Invitational for older...