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By Mike Willman —- SCOTT STEVENS COADY PHOTOGRAPHY IDAHO NATIVE SCOTT STEVENS WINS PRESTIGIOUS 2019 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD; CONSISTENCY & WORK ETHIC HALLMARKS OF ICONIC 43-YEAR CAREER SCOTT & GARY STEVENS ARE FIRST BROTHER-WINNING COMBO SINCE AWARD’S...

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA TO REOPEN INNER EXERCISE TRACK Arcadia, CA – March 7, 2019 – Starting Friday, March 8, 2019, Santa Anita will reopen its inner exercise track to all horses stabled on the grounds. That track, about six furlongs (3/4 of a mile) in...

By Mike Willman —- VETERAN TRACK EXPERT WILL BEGIN SANTA ANITA INSPECTION THURSDAY Arcadia, CA – March 6, 2019 – Highly respected track man Dennis Moore will begin extensive testing and a thorough review of the one-mile main track at Santa Anita tomorrow. Mr. Moore and Dr....

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2019) – Code of Honor’s breakout triumph in the Grade 2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 2 allowed the son of Noble Mission to leapfrog into the top five of this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA)...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- COUNTRY HOUSE JOINS TOP TEN IN 3-YEAR-OLD POLL; VOTERS PAY TRIBUTE TO BATTLE OF MIDWAY LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 25, 2019) – Support for Risen Star Stakes runner-up Country House and tributes to the late Grade 1 winner Battle of Midway...

By Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- WAR OF WILL MOVES UP 3-YEAR-OLD RANKS; MARLEY’S FREEDOM JOINS TOP TEN IN NTRA POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 19, 2019) – An emphatic victory by War of Will in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds this past Saturday was enough to elevate the...