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By Amy Owens —- Undefeated McCraken 7-5 Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Toyota Blue Grass LEXINGTON, KY (April 4, 2017) – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated homebred McCraken has been installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in a field of seven 3-year-olds...

By Amy Gregory —- Keeneland Opens Spring Meet with Blockbuster Weekend of Racing Led by $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass LEXINGTON, KY (April 3, 2017) – Keeneland kicks off its 2017 Spring Meet on Friday with a spectacular weekend of racing that features seven graded stakes...

By Michael Adolphson —- NOBLE BIRD TOPS FIELD OF FAMILIAR FOES IN NEW ORLEANS HANDICAP; STATE-BRED STAKES SPICE UP EIGHT-STAKES CARD NEW ORLEANS (March 30, 2017) – Mack Oxley and Broman Fostock’s Noble Bird and Gunpowder Farms and West Point Thoroughbreds’ Breaking Lucky...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association’s Claiming Championship Series will offer nine stakes races worth $625,000 when it returns for the third year on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Like in 2016, this year’s iteration will be...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- AZERI STAKES STREAMLINE The consistent Streamline is scheduled to tackle Terra Promessa for the third time this year in Saturday’s $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles. Streamline’s trainer, Brian Williamson, said...

By Mike Willman —- SHAMAN GHOST & MIDNIGHT STORM HEAD COMPETITIVE FIELD OF NINE OLDER HORSES IN GRADE I, $750,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP ON SATURDAY; ICONIC FIXTURE TO BE CONTESTED AT 1 ¼ MILES FOR THE 80TH TIME ARCADIA, Calif. (March 8, 2017)—Jimmy Jerkens’ Shaman Ghost...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Mike Dini says equipping Dynatail with blinkers for her first Tampa Bay Downs start on Dec. 3 was a turning point in her development. “They’ve made her more focused and kept her on her game,” said the Oldsmar conditioner, who has entered...

By Michael Chamberlain —- 24 STAKES RACES WITH PURSES TOTALING $1,695,000 ON THE CALENDAR OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will begin its 52nd season of Thoroughbred racing action on April 12 in Opelousas, Louisiana. The 84-day season will run...

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS (February 18, 2017) – The Grade II $400,000 Risen Star Stakes features a clash between a formidable Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots-based home team and a pair of potent stakes-winning invaders from each side of the country in its...

By Don Stevens —- $150,000 LAPN CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS RICH CARD FOR LOUISIANA-BREDS – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs is gearing up for another rich race program on Saturday as the track hosts the 14th edition of Louisiana Premier Night. The 11-race program will feature...