DEAUVILLE TOPS WIDE-OPEN ARLINGTON MILLION XXXV

By Brian W. Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 9, 2017) – A field of 13 passed the entry box in advance of anticipated starts in Saturday’s 35th running of the Grade I $1 million Arlington Million at Arlington International Racecourse. The Million, run at 10...
Posted On 09 Aug 2017
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Trio of graded stakes winners face off G3 Fasig-Tipton Waya

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Three graded stakes winners – Suffused, Summersault and Guilty Twelve – comprise an accomplished field of eight fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in the 14th running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya on...
Posted On 03 Aug 2017
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Gulfstream: Gunnevera Returns to Action in Sunday’s $100,000 Tangelo Stakes

By David Joseph —- Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Sharp for Travers Stakes Prep HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Freshened after competing in two legs of the Triple Crown, Gunnevera is scheduled to return to action Sunday at Gulfstream Park in the $100,000 Tangelo Stakes. Peacock...
Posted On 03 Aug 2017
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Ring Weekend looks to regain record-setting form in Fasig-Tipton Lure

By Michael Johnson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. St. Elias Stable’s Ring Weekend will return to the site of his track record-setting effort when he headlines a field of 11 in the fifth running of the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Ring...
Posted On 03 Aug 2017
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Competitive mix of speed and closers set to clash in G1 Test

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Test at seven furlongs on the main track will serve as a strong, tightening affair for 10 3-year-old fillies hoping to advance among graded competition. The race hosts a large amount of...
Posted On 03 Aug 2017
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All eyes on Gun Runner in 90th running of Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimney’s multiple Grade 1 winner Gun Runner will attempt to bolster his status as one of the top older horses in the world, wearing the target as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in...
Posted On 02 Aug 2017
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HASKELL FIELD FINISH PREPARATIONS FOR 50TH HASKELL

By John Heims —- FIELD OF 7 GO FOR $1 MILLION PURSE SUNDAY With just hours until the 50th edition of the Grade 1 betfair.com Haskell Invitational, the seven competitors finished up their training earlier today to get ready for their run for the $1 million purse on Sunday. •...
Posted On 29 Jul 2017
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IRISH WAR CRY DRAWS RAIL, HEADS FIELD OF SEVEN IN SUNDAY’S HASKELL

By John Heims —- Irish War Cry; Lauren King Photo IRISH WAR CRY DRAWS RAIL, HEADS FIELD OF SEVEN IN SUNDAY’S 50TH RUNNING OF $1 MILLION BETFAIR.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL OCEANPORT, N.J. – Isabelle de Tomaso’s Irish War Cry, the epitome of a “house horse,” will break from the...
Posted On 28 Jul 2017
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Hemsworth hopes increase in distance pays off in Friday’s Curlin

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Hemsworth will return to stakes company in attempting to recapture his juvenile form as part of a field of seven 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Curlin Friday on Saratoga Race Course’s main track....
Posted On 26 Jul 2017
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IRISH WAR CRY, MARAGH IN SYNC FOR 50TH RENEWAL OF HASKELL INVITATIONAL

By John Heims —- Irish War Cry; Coglianese Photo Oceanport, N.J. — While he was preparing Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry for the Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct in April, trainer Graham Motion suddenly found out he was without the colt’s regular rider. It...
Posted On 26 Jul 2017
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