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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...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY (April 6, 2022) – Lucky Seven Stable’s Smile Happy is the 9-5 morning-line choice in a field of 12 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 98th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. A...

By Mary Eddy —- Sadie Lady back in action in Garland of Roses OZONE PARK N.Y. – Dennis Narlinger’s New York-bred Sadie Lady returns for trainer Rob Atras off a four-month layoff in Saturday’s $100,000 Garland of Roses for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going six...

By Bob Mieszerski—- CYPRESS, Calif. – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the Grade I, $300,000 Starlet – the final Grade I of 2021 for 2-year-old fillies – for a fifth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos. The race at 1 1/16 miles is...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021) – Friday’s $150,000 Advent, Oaklawn’s first stakes race for 2-year-olds in almost 50 years, has drawn of a field 10, including unbeaten maiden special weights graduate Higher Standard for trainer Tom Amoss....

By Keith McCalmont —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Manzanita Stables’ well-bred Tap the Faith will make her stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle, a nine-furlong test for juvenile fillies at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Demoiselle, which offers 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Oaks...

By David Joseph —- Tune In Stretches Out for Saturday’s Claiming Crown Jewel ‘Rock Star’ Ready to Roll on Championship Meet Opening Day HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Very much the ‘poster horse’ for what the annual Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park represents, Mastic Bea...

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – An accomplished field of eight horses will seek the calendar year’s final opportunity for Grade 1 glory on the NYRA circuit in the 32nd running of the $750,000 Cigar Mile presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct Racetrack. Since its inception...

By Keith McCalmont —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Chester and Mary Broman’s homebred Makin My Move returns to the main track for Sunday’s $100,000 Key Cents, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by John Kimmel, Makin My Move...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- In an absolutely wide-open renewal of the Grade III, $100,000 Native Diver Stakes Saturday at Del Mar, eight older horses will hook up for a mile and one-eighth tussle that serves as the feature event on a fine nine-race card. This will be...