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By Jennifer Hoyt —- Hot Springs, Ark. (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) – Oaklawn has announced the largest mid-season purse increase in the history of the track. Over the final eight weeks of the season, Oaklawn will pump another $2.5 million into overnight races, including...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview We were thrown a couple of curve balls on March 6 in the Gotham and Tampa Bay Derby. Neither of the winners, Weyburn in the Gotham and Helium at Tampa are Triple Crown nominated. Both earned 50 points and likely would be in this...

By Robert Yates —- Friday, March 05, 2021 Keepmeinmind Posts Final Rebel Stakes Work Grade 2 winner Keepmeinmind completed major preparations for the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds March 13 at Oaklawn with a 5-furlong workout over a fast track Friday morning...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Freedom Fighter, Atlantic Road give Starlight Racing a one-two punch for G3 Gotham Martinez of Avanti Stable hopes Make Mischief can keep moving forward Chateau speed of speed in G3 Tom Fool Pete’s Play Call hopes audible to...

By Ed Golden —- UNBEATEN MAXFIELD HEADS SOLID BIG ’CAP BAFFERT VS. BAFFERT IN SALTY SAN FELIPE ‘STRAIT’ SEEKS FIRST GRADE I WIN IN KILROE CHAMPION RETURNS TO DIRT IN SAN CARLOS THERE’S MORE ‘GOLDEN’ RICHER CHINA DOLL MANDATORY RAINBOW POOL AT $6 MILLION? BIG ’CAP ‘GO...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainers H. Graham Motion, Ken McPeek and Ian Wilkes welcomed a brief opportunity to stroll down memory lane this morning. Each has experienced Tampa Bay Derby success, with Motion capturing it twice: with Equality in 2002 for owner Pin Oak...

By Robert Yates —- McPeek Well Represented by the Fillies at Oaklawn It’s all about the girls the next two weekends at Oaklawn for trainer Kenny McPeek, who is scheduled to send out Tabor Hall and Oliviaofthedesert in Saturday’s $300,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve eight weeks away, time is running short for trainers entertaining visions of red roses and mint juleps. Saturday’s Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby will bring together 12...

By Ryan Martin —- Highly Motivated seeks to continue upward trajectory in G3 Gotham OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Owner Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown already campaigned a winner in a Kentucky Derby qualifier in New York when Risk Taking captured the Grade 3 Withers last...