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By David Joseph —- Bluefield Enters Saturday’s Sheer Drama in Best Form of Her Life Eight-Year-Old Mare, Beth’s Dream 125-Pound Co Highweights HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – At an age when most mares have already begun their second careers, Bluefield has been racing far too well...

By David Joseph —- Crabs N Beer Crabs N Beer Chasing Elusive Stakes Win in $75,000 Find One of Two Turf Stakes on 13-Race Closing Day Program Sunday LAUREL, MD – Charles Blanford’s Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, beaten two lengths or less in each of his last four stakes...

By Mary Eddy —- Candied, Miss Justify look to give Pletcher fifth win in G1 Alabama pres. by Keeneland Sales SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will have two chances to secure a fifth victory in the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama presented by Keeneland...

By David Joseph —- Joey Muscles; Lauren King Photo Joey Muscles Looks to Overpower Rivals in Saturday’s Proud Man HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Jena Antonucci has been there for Joey Muscles from Day 1, breaking and developing John Grossi’s homebred into a 2-year-old colt...

By Tom Luicci —- WEAVER-TRAINED GOVERNOR SAM LOOMS A STRONG PRESENCE IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer George Weaver wasn’t quite sure what he had on his hands when he was given a 2-year-old named Governor Sam shortly after the...

By Mary Eddy —- Baby Yoda hopes for tour de force in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber and Jerold Zaro’s graded stakes-winner Baby Yoda seeks to rocket to the top of the male sprint division in Saturday’s Grade...

Fierceness, Sierra Leone, Seize the Grey look to rebound in G2 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun Fierceness Florida Derby; GP Photo By Christian Abdo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Multiple Grade 1-winner Fierceness, along with Grade 1-winners Sierra Leone and Seize the Grey, look to...

By David Joseph —- Lauren King Photo Big and Classy Returns as Highweight in Saturday’s Tackleberry Eight-Race Winner in 2023 Seeks to Keep Winning Form in 2024 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Keith Johnston and Chris Aulds’ Big and Classy, who lived up to his name by winning eight...

By Lynne Snierson Monmouth Park Publicity Staff —- PLETCHER ENTERS THREE IN NYRA BETS HASKELL STAKES WITH MINDFRAME INSTALLED AS THE 9-5 MORNING LINE FAVORITE OCEANPORT, N.J. – Mindframe, the Belmont Stakes runner-up by only a half-length in his last effort, will attempt to...

By Mary Eddy —- Renee Torbit Photo Thorpedo Anna back for more in G1 Coaching Club American Oaks SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks and Magdalena Racing’s Thorpedo Anna returns to the scene of her dominant Grade 1 DK Horse Acorn victory to...