Casse Barn Expects Big Effort from World Approval in Longines Dixie (G2)

By David Joseph —- 5-Year-Old Will be Joined By Stablemate Conquest Typhoon in $250,000 Turf Stakes BALTIMORE – The main objective this weekend at Pimlico Race Course for Team Casse is the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1). But the stable will have ample opportunities to...
Posted On 19 May 2017
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Multiple G1 Winner A.P. Indian Targets $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)

By David Joseph —- Maryland-Based Eclipse Award Finalist to Make Local Debut in Six-Furlong Stakes BALTIMORE – Though he is based at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. near the border with Pennsylvania, circumstance and opportunity have kept A.P. Indian from...
Posted On 19 May 2017
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Churchill Downs Stakes Advances: Grade III Matron, Grade III Louisville Handicap

By Darren Rogers —- CURLIN’S APPROVAL TOPS NEW-LOOK GRADE III MATRON AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 17, 2017) – Alter Racing Stable Inc.’s Curlin’s Approval, impressive winner of this winter’s Hurricane Bertie (Grade III) and Royal Delta (GII) at...
Posted On 18 May 2017
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Pretty City Dancer Looks to Regain G1 Form in Miss Preakness (G3)

By David Joseph —- Pretty City Dancer Looks to Regain G1 Form in Miss Preakness (G3) Terra Promessa One to Beat in $150,000 Allaire DuPont (G3) BALTIMORE – On a weekend populated by terrific fields, there might not be a better betting race than Friday’s $150,000 Adena...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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Black-Eyed Susan (Video): Hillwood’s Ellen Charles Continuing Family’s Success Story

By David Joseph —- Hillwood’s Ellen Charles Continuing Family’s Success Story Shimmering Aspen, Top of Mind Pointed to Preakness Weekend Stakes BALTIMORE – Ellen Charles grew up around horses and watched in wonder as her mother Adelaide Close Riggs – described in a 1999...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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Belmont: Sadler’s Joy aims high in G1 Man o’ War

By Heather Pettinger —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy will look to build on his recent victory in last month’s Grade 2 Pan American, facing seven rivals in the first Grade 1 of Belmont Park’s spring/summer meet, the...
Posted On 11 May 2017
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ARLINGTON: HOOTENANNY HEADLINES HANSHIN

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 10, 2017) – Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael B. Tabor’s Grade I winner Hootenanny looms the one to beat in Saturday’s 65th running of the Grade III $100,000 Hanshin Cup at Arlington International Racecourse. At...
Posted On 11 May 2017
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Classic Empire 4-1 Morning-Line Favorite for Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands

By Darren Rogers —- CLASSIC EMPIRE 4-1 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR KENTUCKY DERBY PRESENTED BY YUM! BRANDS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, the unanimous Eclipse Award selection as champion 2-year-old of 2016 and a three-time Grade I...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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PARADISE WOODS 5-2 MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR FRIDAY’S $1 MILLION LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 2, 2017) – Steven Sarkowsky and Marty and Pam Wygod’s Paradise Woods has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in a field of 14 3-year-old fillies and one also-eligible entered Tuesday for the 143rd running of the...
Posted On 02 May 2017
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Belmont: Disco Partner, Kharafa face off in Elusive Quality

NYRA RELEASE —- Miss Ella returns in Sunday’s License Fee ELMONT, N.Y. – Patricia Generazio’s homebred Disco Partner will make his 5-year-old debut for trainer Christophe Clement, leading a competitive edition of the $100,000 Elusive Quality for...
Posted On 28 Apr 2017
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