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By Kevin Kilroy —- Built; Hodges Photography East Avenue Leads Field of Thirteen in Grade Two $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Jonathan’s Way set to make sophomore debut in first Derby prep to offer 105 points Just shy in Lecomte, Gun Runner titleholder Built returns to...

By Jasmine Torrez —- Casalu; Benoit Photo STAKES WINNER CASALU CUTS BACK IN DISTANCE IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 SWEET LIFE STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES SPRINTING ABOUT 6 ½ FURLONGS ON HILLSIDE TURF COURSE AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 5, 2025)—Casalu, who earned her first...

By Jasmine Torrez —- GRADED WINNERS TRULY QUALITY, THERE GOES HARVARD, EASTER LEAD COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 8 IN SATURDAY’S GIII, $100,000 SAN MARCOS STAKES GOING 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 3, 2025)—Truly Quality, who closed out 2024 with three...

By Christian Abdo —- Sand Devil storms into $125K Damon Runyon OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chester Broman, Sr.’s unbeaten homebred Sand Devil is set for his stakes debut in Saturday’s $125,000 Damon Runyon, a seven-furlong sprint for New York-bred sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack....

Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 Coady Photo Compiled by Robert Yates Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen bids for a record-extending sixth American Beauty Stakes victory when he starts program favorite Benedetta in the $150,000 sprint for older fillies and mares Saturday at Oaklawn....

By Victor Ryan —- SEAL TEAM, AIR FORCE RED LEAD A COMPETITIVE FIELD OF 9 IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 THUNDER ROAD STAKES GOING A MILE ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 27, 2025)—Grade II winners Seal Team and Air Force Red headline a field of nine older horses...

By Victor Ryan —- CHAMPION CITIZEN BULL MAKES 3-YEAR-OLD DEBUT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $200,000 ROBERT B. LEWIS STAKES GOING A MILE AT SANTA ANITA The Lewis awards qualifying points to the Kentucky Derby and is a lead-in to the GI Santa Anita Derby April 5 ARCADIA, CA...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Miss Arlington; Hodges Photo Williamson’s Small but Mighty Barn Looks to Stay Hot with Miss Arlington in Saturday’s Bobby Kelly Memorial New Orleans, La (Jan. 27, 2025) – With two wins and two seconds from eight starts, trainer Brian Williamson has...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Oeuvre; Hodges Photo Oeuvre Enters Oversubscribed Bobby Kelly Memorial Eying Millionaire Status New Orleans, La (Jan. 26, 2025) – With a career bankroll of $993,886, Dick Perkin’s Oeuvre faces an oversubscribed field of 4-year-old and up fillies and mares...

Compiled by Robert Yates Fittingly, Oaklawn’s first seven-figure race of the 2024-2025 meeting includes a seven-figure horse. Sandman – pricey but promising – is among 10 horses entered in Saturday’s $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds, a 1 1/16-mile event that is...