OAKLAWN: WHITMORE SEEKS TO DEFEND COUNT FLEET SPRINT TITLE

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 13, 2018) – Defending champion Whitmore will try to remain perfect in one-turn races at Oaklawn in Saturday’s $400,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap for older horses. Probable post time for the 6-furlong Count Fleet, the...
Posted On 13 Apr 2018
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UNDEFEATED MAGNUM MOON TOPS ARKANSAS DERBY FIELD

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Magnum Moon; Oaklawn Photos HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 13, 2018) – Robert and Lawana Low’s unbeaten Magnum Moon is the 8-5 program favorite for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas...
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GRADE 1 WINNER ACCELERATE FAVORED IN OAKLAWN HANDICAP

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Oaklawn Photo HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 13, 2018) – Grade 1 winner and millionaire Accelerate is the 9-5 program favorite for the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 1 1/8-mile Oaklawn...
Posted On 13 Apr 2018
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Nine Enter 2018 Arkansas Derby

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Nine Enter 2018 Arkansas Derby Robert and Lawana Low’s undefeated Rebel Stakes (G2) winner Magnum Moon drew post position six and was installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1). The Malibu Moon colt will be...
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Aqueduct: Engage looks to take off in G3 Bay Shore

By Anthony Affrunti —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – One race prior to the Grade 2, $1 million Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack, 3-year-old sprinters will take the stage for the Grade 3, $250,000 Bay Shore, attracting a field of seven in the seven-furlong affair....
Posted On 06 Apr 2018
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Midnight Disguise will look to earn Kentucky trip in Saturday’s G2 Gazelle

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – William Wilmot and Joan Taylor’s Midnight Disguise will go for her third straight stakes win and first graded stakes victory in headlining a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 2, $300,000 Gazelle on Saturday, Wood...
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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Awesome Slew makes 5-year-old debut in GI Carter Handicap

By Jon Forbes —- Francesca Le Donne Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Awesome Slew, most recently third in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, will launch his 5-year-old campaign Saturday against 10 opponents in the Grade 1, $400,000 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack. A...
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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MIDNIGHT BISOU HEADS GI SANTA ANITA OAKS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES

By Mike Willman —- MIDNIGHT BISOU Benoit Photo SPAWR’S STREAKING MIDNIGHT BISOU HEADS GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA ANITA OAKS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES AT 1 1/16 MILES ON SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (April 4, 2018)—Trainer Bill Spawr’s Midnight Bisou seeks her third consecutive graded...
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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Gotham hero Enticed back for more in G2 Wood Memorial

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Grade 3 Gotham winner Enticed is set for a return appearance in New York on Saturday for his final race ahead of the Kentucky Derby and has been tabbed as the 6-5 favorite in a field of nine for the...
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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BOLT D’ORO FACES OFF WITH JUSTIFY IN GI SANTA ANITA DERBY ON SATURDAY

By Mike Willman —- HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BOLT D’ORO FACES OFF WITH RISING SUPERSTAR JUSTIFY AT 1 1/8 MILES IN 81ST RUNNING OF GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY ON SATURDAY A TOTAL OF 170 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE, WITH 100 TO THE WINNER ARCADIA, Calif....
Posted On 05 Apr 2018
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