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By Kevin Kilroy —- On Tap for Closing Week at Fair Grounds: Louisiana Derby Day, Bayou Bluegrass 5, New Vocations, Hat Contest, MyRacehorse, and Breast Cancer Awareness Second Line ● Rosie Napravnik to Spearhead “New Vocations Day at the Races” on Thursday, March 23 at Fair...

By Mike Willman —- WITH MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY, SANTA ANITA CANCELS FRIDAY PROGRAM AND WILL RUN LIVE ON MONDAY INSTEAD WITH ADDITIONAL TIME ALLOWED FOLLOWING RAIN, TURF RACING OFFERED SATURDAY-MONDAY ARCADIA, CA (March 21, 2023)—With heavy rain and the...

Pat McKenna/Mark Bardack —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Thoroughbred racing fans will have the opportunity to purchase season tickets to Saratoga Race Course for the 2023 summer meet beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22. The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA)...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Attempting to Sweep the Local Kentucky Derby Preps, Cox Enters a Trio in Saturday’s Louisiana Derby ● 100-40-30-20-10 Derby points are on the line as the Championship Series begins in New Orleans with the $1,000,000 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) ●...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The final stakes card of the 2022-2023 Tampa Bay Downs meet takes place on Sunday, March 26, with six $110,000 races for registered Florida-breds comprising the 20th edition of the Florida Cup. First run in 2003, the Florida Cup was cancelled...

By Kevin Kerstein —- FAIR GROUNDS, TURFWAY PARK TO OFFER SPECIAL BAYOU BLUEGRASS 5 FLORENCE, Ky. (Saturday, March 18, 2023) – Fair Grounds Racecourse and Turfway Park will team together next Saturday, March 25, to offer bettors a special 50-cent Pick 5 that features an...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Untapable, Rachel Alexandra Victress Pretty Mischievous Eyes Local Hat Trick in Fair Grounds Oaks · After a flat effort in the Rachel Alexandra, can Hoosier Philly return to her winning ways? · 100-40-30-20-10 Kentucky Oaks points are on the line as the...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Downtown Mischief could target $125K Bouwerie; Lifetime of Chance eyes $200K NYSSS Times Square Ouster earns career-best 100 BSF for Saturday allowance score Abreu readying turf stakes contenders for Keeneland and the Big A...

By Mike Henry —- SMART AS ME ONE OF THOSE HORSES THAT KEEP THE DREAM PERCOLATING OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs trainer Craig Smith drove about 3,100 miles from his farm near Calgary, Alberta (that’s western Canada, folks) in November to compete here for the first time...