Oaklawn Barn Notes: Update on Rebel and Azeri contenders

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; Coady Photography Sporting Chance Ready for Competitive Rebel Before Sporting Chance made his 3-year-old debut in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 19, the colt’s trainer, Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, asked an observer to handicap...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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Startwithsilver looks for another golden effort in Saturday’s Correction

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fresh off a victory in her stakes debut, Startwithsilver will go for her second in a row and fourth consecutive overall victory in headlining a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the 78th running of the $100,000 Correction on...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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RECENT GRADE I WINNER CITY OF LIGHT ALL PROMINENT IN WIDE OPEN GI TRIPLE BEND STAKES

By Mike Willman —- RECENT GRADE I WINNER CITY OF LIGHT, EDWARDS GOING LEFT & CAPTAIN SCOTTY ALL PROMINENT IN WIDE OPEN GRADE I, $400,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES AT SEVEN FURLONGS THIS SATURDAY RACE IS ONE OF FOUR GRADED STAKES ON BLOCKBUSTER 11-RACE CARD WITH 12 NOON POST...
Posted On 09 Mar 2018
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ECLIPSE CHAMPION WORLD APPROVAL, OM & WHAT A VIEW ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 FRANK E. KILROE MILE (TURF)

By Mike Willman —- WORLD APPROVAL Zoe Metz Photography ECLIPSE CHAMPION WORLD APPROVAL, OM & WHAT A VIEW ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 FRANK E. KILROE MILE (TURF) RACE IS ONE OF FOUR GRADED STAKES ON BLOCKBUSTER 11-RACE CARD WITH 12 NOON POST ARCADIA,...
Posted On 09 Mar 2018
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‘A-LIST’ PROSPECTS MCKINZIE & BOLT D’ORO HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES

By Mike Willman —- ‘A-LIST’ PROSPECTS MCKINZIE & BOLT D’ORO HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS AT 1 1/16 MILES ALL IMPORTANT PREP FOR GRADE I, $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY CARRIES 85 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS, WITH 50 TO THE...
Posted On 09 Mar 2018
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ACCELERATE, HOPPERTUNITY, MUBTAAHIJ & GIANT EXPECTATIONS HEAD GRADE I SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

By Nike Willman —- ACCELERATE Benoit Photo ACCELERATE, HOPPERTUNITY, MUBTAAHIJ & GIANT EXPECTATIONS HEAD GRADE I, $600,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP AT 1 ¼ MILES ON SATURDAY 81st RUNNING OF LEGENDARY BIG ’CAP PRESENTED BY SAN MANUEL CASINO ARCADIA, Calif. (March ...
Posted On 09 Mar 2018
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11 ENTERED IN LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY ON SATURDAY

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Eleven 3-year-olds will attempt to take a major step toward Thoroughbred immortality Saturday in the Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, the centerpiece of Festival Day 38 at Tampa Bay Downs. The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby,...
Posted On 08 Mar 2018
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Green Gratto looks to recapture winning form in G3 Tom Fool

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Multiple graded-stakes winner Green Gratto will look to earn a return trip to the winner’s circle for the first time in almost a year as part of a field of 10 4-year-olds and up in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool...
Posted On 08 Mar 2018
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Free Drop Billy, Firenze Fire top field of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls in G3 Gotham

By Anthony Affrunti —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – This Saturday, the 70th winner in the history of the Grade 3, $300,000, Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack will try to become just the second horse since the mighty Secretariat to use the race towards a successful path before...
Posted On 08 Mar 2018
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OAKLAWN: GOLDEN MISCHIEF LEADS WELL-MATCHED SPRING FEVER

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 2, 2018) – A well-matched field of 11, including 7-2 program favorite Golden Mischief, is entered in the $125,000 Spring Fever Stakes for older female sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 5 ½-furlong...
Posted On 03 Mar 2018
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