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By Kevin Kilroy —-   Cox Barn Locked and Loaded for Lecomte, Silverbulletday as Derby and Oaks Prep Season Reaches the Next Level 20-8-6-4-2 Derby and Oaks Points are on the line as the next stage of Derby and Oaks preps begins at Fair Grounds with the Lecomte and the...

By Kevin Kilroy —–   2023 Lecomte Key Facts This is the 79th running of the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on the main track. It is followed in the sequence of Fair Grounds Kentucky Derby preps by the Risen Star (Feb....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —-   Occult registers career-best 78 BSF in Busanda conquest; G3 Gazelle a ‘logical spot’ Awesome Native remains undefeated through two starts for trainer Abreu Downtown Mischief garners 77BSF in debut score; Arctic Arrogance breezes for G3 Withers...

BY VICTOR RYAN —-   STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, JAN. 15, 2023 JUAN HERNANDEZ IS DOMINATING THE JOCKEY’S RACE MANDELLA ‘THINKING’ ABOUT LAS VIRGENES FOR ICE DANCING PLAYER-FRIENDLY ‘COAST TO COAST PICK 5’ RETURNS SUNDAY SANTA ANITA OPEN FOR SIMULCAST WAGERING...

By Mike Henry —-   SPRINTER’S WIN GIVES MORALES, ASSISTANT CAMPBELL PAUSE TO REFLECT   OLDSMAR, FL. – It would have been interesting to get inside the heads of jockey Pablo Morales and assistant trainer Janelle Campbell as they strolled leisurely from the winner’s...

By David Joseph —-   Cox Confident in Cyberknife Ahead of $3M Pegasus World Cup G1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Runner-Up Turns in Another Solid Work               G1 Winners Art Collector, Super Corinto Breeze Sunday for PWC               Ivar, Fourth in G1 Breeders’ Cup...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —-   Occult looking to wreak havoc on Oaks trail in $100K Busanda Stonewall Star ready for return to state-bred company in Franklin Square Aqueduct winter meet Week 4 stakes probables OZONE PARK, N.Y. – As an owner and breeder who invests in fillies...

BY VICTOR RYAN —-   STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 2023   MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FORCES SCHEDULE CHANGES NEW POST POSITIONS FOR RESCHEDULED GRADE III LA CANADA JUSTIQUE BACK TO WORK AFTER SANTA YNEZ SCRATCH O’NEILL’S HOT ROD CHARLIE RETIRED TO STUD IN...

by Robert Yates   Promising Colt Verifying Makes 3-Year-Old Debut Saturday The most lucrative race Saturday at Oaklawn is the $150,000 Fifth Season for older horses at 1 mile. The most intriguing is the fourth, a $104,000 entry-level allowance for 3-year-olds at 1 mile that...