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By Mike Willman —- BOLO, CATAPULT & RIVER BOYNE HEAD WIDE-OPEN GRADE II, $200,000 CITY OF HOPE MILE (TURF) ON SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2019)—In what promises to be the best betting race of the weekend, trainer Carla Gaines’ Bolo, John Sadler’s Catapult and the...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented seven-horse field of juveniles will look to add their names to the impressive list of past winners of the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of five stakes on the packed 11-race Joe Hirsch Turf...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since winning the Grade 2 Ballston Spa on August 24 at Saratoga Race Course, Stephanie Seymour Brant’s Significant Form will look to capture her third graded stakes this year headlining a field of...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Blue Devil Racing Stable’s multiple graded stakes winning homebred Come Dancing headlines a field of five in Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Gallant Bloom for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at 6 ½ furlongs at Belmont...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – A 16-1 winner in his debut last month, Dapper will seek a repeat in the inaugural $75,000 Capote Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Scheduled for 6 ½ furlongs and restricted to 2-year-olds, the Capote is the eighth of 10 races. Post time...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Calumet Farm’s True Timber will attempt his first stakes victory when facing a wide-open field of 7 assembled for Saturday’s 39th running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap over the main track at Belmont Park. The...

By Darren Rogers —- Covfefe; Photo provided by Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019) – LNJ Foxwoods’ Test Stakes (Grade I) winner Covfefe tops a compact field of six 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $125,000 Dogwood Stakes (Listed) – the featured event...

By Tim Wilkin —- Maximum Security, the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 40th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, will not run. Trainer Jason Servis announced Tuesday that the colt will miss the race because of an issue with his...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will saddle a pair of accomplished sophomore fillies, including multiple graded-stakes winner Seek and Destroy and multiple graded-stakes placed Blowout, in Saturday’s 27th running of the $200,000 Pebbles going...

By Grant LaGrange —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 6, 2019) – Lothenbach Stables Mom’s Red Lipstick will look to go two for two in her young career as she comes into Saturday off an impressive debut win at Arlington in July. The 2-year-old daughter of Race Day covered...