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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2024 · GIII LAS VIRGENES: MANDELLA’S KOPION TAKES ON BAFFERT PAIR · RACING CANCELED FRIDAY; MAKEUP DAY ADDED NEXT THURSDAY · PRAT WINS 3 STAKES SATURDAY, LEADS NATION IN EARNINGS · EARLY 11 A.M. FIRST POST ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Grade 2 winner Taxed returned to Oaklawn roughly a month ago and is on a tight schedule to make her major spring objective, the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 13, trainer Randy Morse said. The 1 1/16-mile Apple...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream Today 02.07.24 Valiant Force Upset by Reef Runner in Gulfstream Feature Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $250,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Making his first start since finishing second in the Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1),...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Skelly is taking a long road trip for his next scheduled start, but it’s a round-trip ticket. A regional star, Skelly will be on the global stage for the $1.5 million G3-Riyadh Dirt Sprint over 1,200 meters Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia,...

By Mike Willman —- WITH TRAINING SUSPENDED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES FRIDAY’S NINE-RACE CARD HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO PREPARE HORSES FOR THIS WEEKEND & UPCOMING FIVE-DAY RACE WEEK ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 7, 2024)—With training suspended since Sunday due to...

By Mike Henry —- DAVIS ENTRANT PATRIOT SPIRIT CREATES OPTIMISM BY WAY HE TRAINS AND ACTS OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainer Michael Campbell and his crew have spent much of the last eight weeks sharpening their 3-year-old colt Patriot Spirit for Saturday’s Grade III, $250,000 Sam F....