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By Ryan Martin —- Holy Helena seeks repeat victory in G2 Sheepshead Bay ELMONT, N.Y – Stronach Stables’ three-time graded stakes winner Holy Helena will go for back-to-back wins in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay over the inner turf course at...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Grade 2 winners Hawkish and Projected head a field of eight turf runners for the $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes that highlights Monmouth Park’s season opener on Saturday, May 4 – an eight-race card that coincides with simulcasting of the...

By Darren Rogers —- OMAHA BEACH 4-1 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE IN FIELD OF 20 FOR 145TH KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, April 30, 2019) – Fox Hill Farm’s Omaha Beach has been installed as the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 145th running of the $3 million...

By Darren Rogers —- Morticia; Keeneland Photo MORTICIA TAKES ON NINE FOES IN UNBRIDLED SIDNEY; MILLIONAIRE OM RETURNS IN OPENING VERSE LOUISVILLE, KY (Saturday, April 27, 2019) – G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Morticia, winner of the Giant’s Causeway two weeks ago at Keeneland,...

By Mike Willman —- DR. DORR & KANTHAKA HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 KONA GOLD STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS SHAH’S HOMEBRED ALL OUT BLITZ RETURNS HOME & WILL BE RIDDEN BY BAZE ARCADIA, Calif. (April 17, 2019)—Bob Baffert’s Dr. Dorr and Jerry Hollendorfer’s Kanthaka...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Midnight Bisou; Zoe Metz Photo MIDNIGHT BISOU LEADS SMALL, BUT MIGHTY APPLE BLOSSOM FIELD HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 13, 2019) – A small, but select six-horse field is entered in the $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) Sunday at Oaklawn, a 1...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 12, 2019) – Motion Emotion bids for her first career stakes victory in the $500,000 Fantasy (G3) for 3-year-old fillies Friday at Oaklawn, the final major local prep for the Kentucky Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile Fantasy goes as...

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Courtlandt Farms’ My Miss Lilly will look to return to her stakes-winning ways in her second start of the year in the 79th running of the $200,000 Top Flight Invitational Handicap on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by...

By Amy Owens —- Rushing Fall Chasing History in Saturday’s $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley LEXINGTON, KY (April 10, 2019) – E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Rushing Fall, undefeated in three starts over the grass course at Keeneland, headlines a field of eight entered Wednesday...

By Mike Willman —- BELLAFINA BENOIT PHOTO BELLAFINA & CHASING YESTERDAY SQUARE OFF IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS AT 1 1/16 MILES 170 KENTUCKY OAKS QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE, AS WINNER TO RECEIVE 100 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 3, 2019)—A pair of...