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By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (February 10, 2019) – A competitive and wide open field of 14 sophomores will chase their Kentucky Derby aspirations in Saturday’s the Grade II $400,000 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford – the second Road To The Kentucky Derby...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (February 10, 2019) – The Grade II $200,000 Rachel Alexandra has produced the likes of recent Grade I Kentucky Oaks winners Monomoy Girl, Untapable and Summerly. Ten 3-year-old fillies will contest in this year’s event with aspirations of...

By David Joseph —- Multiple G3 Winner Facing Seven Rivals in 1 1/8-Mile Turf Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Madaket Stables, Tom Coleman, Team Hanley and Norton Herrick’s multiple graded-stakes winner Rymska will be the horse to beat when she kicks off her 5-year-old...

By Mike Willman —- EPICAL Benoit Photo WIDE OPEN GRADE II, $200,000 SAN MARCOS STAKES ATTRACTS 13 RUNNERS; CASSIDY’S IMPROVING EPICAL LOOMS LARGE AS DOES BAFFERT’S DABSTER, WHO TRIES TURF FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 1 ¼ MILES SPECIAL EARLY FIRST POST TIME FOR 11-RACE CARD IS AT...

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Following an impressive maiden victory in his second career start, Shadwell Stable’s Haikal will headline a seven-horse field in the 35th running of the $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct Racetrack. For 3-year-olds going...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019) – Heartwood’s second career start came at Oaklawn and No. 26 will mark his return to Hot Springs in Saturday’s $100,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters at 6 furlongs. Probable post time for the King Cotton,...

By Mike Henry —- 10 3-YEAR-OLDS SET TO TAKE FIRST DERBY STEPS IN GRADE III SAM F. DAVIS OLDSMAR, FL. – Grade I winner Knicks Go heads a field of 10 3-year-olds entered in Saturday’s 39th edition of the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, the centerpiece of Festival...

By Mike Willman —- MCKINZIE LOOKING FOR BIG 2019 Benoit Photo BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE & HOLLENDORFER’S BATTLE OF MIDWAY SQUARE OFF IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES DABSTER, WHO ASSUMES ROLE OF ‘OTHER BAFFERT,’ ALSO RATES BIG CHANCE; FIRST...

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A full field of 11 sophomore fillies will compete in the 46th running of the $100,000 Busanda contested at 1 1/8 miles on Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack in the hopes of acquiring qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks in May at...

By David Joseph —- Country Singer Takes Stage for Saturday’s $150,000 Swale (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Marablue Farm LLC’s Country Singer, an impressive winner of his two most recent races, is set to make his stakes debut in Saturday’s $150,00 Swale Stakes (G3) at...