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By Keith McCalmont —- Siskany leads loaded field of turf stayers in G2 Belmont Gold Cup ELMONT, N.Y. – Godolphin’s British homebred Siskany tops a contentious field of 13 in Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup, a two-mile Widener turf test for older horses, at...

By Michael Adolphson ELMONT, N.Y. – George Krikorian’s War Like Goddess, a force in America’s filly and mare turf division over the previous two seasons, will seek her third Grade 1 victory in Friday’s 80th running of the $600,000 New York, a 10-furlong inner turf test for...

By Mary Eddy —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Courtlandt Farms’ Allamericanbeauty will look to parlay a strong last-out allowance victory at Keeneland into graded stakes company in Thursday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Wonder Again, a nine-furlong inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at Belmont...

By Tom Luicci —- DOBLES EXPECTING ANOTHER BIG EFFORT FROM SWAN LAKE IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 JERSEY DERBY AT MONMOUTH PARK Stablemate Howgreatisnate pointing to June 17 Pegasus Stakes OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Elizabeth Dobles can’t explain exactly how or why Swan Lake has...

By Tom Luicci —- SPINA LOOKING TO JUMPSTART 2023 MONMOUTH CAMPAIGN WITH MIA’S CRUSADE IN SATURDAY’S SPRUCE FIR HANDICAP OCEANPORT, N.J. – Six weeks shy of his 75th birthday, trainer Chuck Spina isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. A year after tying for the Monmouth...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography LAST SAMURAI LOOKS TO COMPLETE SWEEP IN OAKLAWN HANDICAP HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 20, 2023) – Willis Horton Racing’s Last Samurai can become just the third horse to sweep Oaklawn’s three most lucrative two-turn...

Lifetime of Chance set for stakes debut in NYSSS Times Square —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – D.J. Stable’s Lifetime of Chance, a 16-length maiden winner last out, will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at 6...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- SECRET OATH AND CLAIRIERE RENEW RIVALRY IN APPLE BLOSSOM HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, April 14, 2023) – There’s a reason the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) drew only four entrants. Two reasons, actually – Secret Oath and Clairiere, the millionaire...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (April 5, 2023) – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Tapit Trice is the 5-2 morning line choice in a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 99th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1) going 1 1/8 miles on the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, March 30, 2023) – Oaklawn created the Matron Stakes to enhance its program for older female sprinters and with the hope of earning graded status quickly. So far, so good. Friday’s inaugural $250,000 Matron has lured a field of...