Casse duo Jack and Noah and Old Chestnut headline Friday’s $80K Sir Cat

By Keith McCalmont —- Keeneland File Photo ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Mark Casse, elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in May, will send out stakes-winners Jack and Noah and Old Chestnut in Friday’s $80,000 Sir Cat, a six-furlong turf sprint for...
Posted On 16 Jun 2020
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Belmont: Mr. Buff looks to stay undefeated in 2020 in Friday’s Commentator

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s Mr. Buff – winner of his last three races and six of his last eight starts – will return off a near four-month respite in headlining a nine-horse field of New York-breds 3-years-old and up in...
Posted On 08 Jun 2020
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Mind Control and Performer square off in Grade 1, $250K Runhappy Carter Handicap

By Keith McCalmont —- Mind Control and Performer square off in Grade 1, $250K Runhappy Carter Handicap ELMONT, N.Y. – Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ multiple Grade 1-winner Mind Control and Phipps Stable and Claiborne Farm’s rising star Performer will...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE RETURNS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE ON TOP SPRINTERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II TRIPLE BEN

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photos BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE RETURNS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE ON TOP SPRINTERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND AT SEVEN FURLONGS $3.3 MILLION EARNER HASN’T SPRINTED SINCE WINNING GRADE I MALIBU ON DEC. 26, 2018 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4,...
Posted On 05 Jun 2020
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Millionaires Rushing Fall, Got Stormy and Fifty Five square off in Opening Day G3 Beaugay at Belmont Park

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Live racing returns to Belmont Park on Wednesday, June 3 with a 10-race card highlighted by the Grade 3, $100,000 Beaugay, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test which has attracted a field of six including millionaires Rushing Fall, Got...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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Grade 1-winner Sadler’s Joy headlines Thursday’s $80K Tiller

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s Sadler’s Joy headlines Thursday’s $80,000 Tiller, a 1 3/8-mile turf test for older horses on the second day of live racing, without spectators, at the Belmont Park spring/summer meet. Trained by...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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WELL-ACCOMPLISHED LAURA’S LIGHT HEADS SOLID FIELD OF NINE SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III HONEYMOON

Santa Anita Release —- WELL-ACCOMPLISHED LAURA’S LIGHT HEADS SOLID FIELD OF NINE SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 HONEYMOON STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2020)—In what appears to be an outstanding betting race, Gary Barber’s...
Posted On 28 May 2020
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Classy Bellafina Takes On Talented Baffert Pair As Eight Distaffers Go Six Furlongs In Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Desert Stormer

By Mike Willman —- Bellafina; Benoit Photos ARCADIA, Calif. (May 14, 2020)—Although well beaten on April 25, three-time Grade I winner Bellafina heads a group of eight fillies and mares going six furlongs in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita....
Posted On 15 May 2020
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KJ’S NOBILITY LEADS FRIDAY’S ARKANSAS BREEDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

By Jennifer Hoyt —- KJ’s Nobility; Oaklawn Park Photos HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, April 29, 2020) – Trainer Cecil Borel has a chance to go out a winner – maybe this time for good – when he sends out 5-2 program favorite K J’s Nobility against 10 scheduled rivals in...
Posted On 30 Apr 2020
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OAKLAWN: CHAMPION BRITISH IDIOM AMONG 14 ENTERED IN FANTASY

By Jennifer Hoyt —- British Idiom; Oaklawn Park Photos CHAMPION BRITISH IDIOM AMONG 14 ENTERED IN FANTASY HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, April 29, 2020) – Horses from all parts of the country converging for Friday’s ninth race at Oaklawn isn’t a fantasy. It is the Fantasy, a...
Posted On 30 Apr 2020
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