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DATE TRACK RACE NAME WINNER RACE CHART DIVISION 1/7/17 KEN Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes Bella-Bella (SAF) n/a Filly & Mare Turf 1/7/17 KEN L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Legal Eagle (SAF) n/a Mile 2/19/17 JRA February Stakes Gold Dream n/a Classic 4/1/17 RAN The...

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 35 out of 40 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, October 2, 2017) – Week 36 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll for...

By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Retains First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, September 25, 2017) – Week 35 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll shows little change in the top-ten for horses of...

Breeders’ Cup News —- DATE TRACK RACE NAME WINNER RACE CHART DIVISION 1/7/17 KEN Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes Bella-Bella (SAF) n/a Filly & Mare Turf 1/7/17 KEN L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Legal Eagle (SAF) n/a Mile 2/19/17 JRA February Stakes Gold...

By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 31 out of 36 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, September 18, 2017) – Week 34 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 15, 2017) – Trainer Louie Roussel, III recorded his 1,000th career training victory in Friday’s fourth race at Arlington International Racecourse with his homebred Heavens Whisper. “Thanks, and praise the Lord,” Roussel...