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By Ed Golden —- FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020 MANDELLA EYES MEMORIAL DAY TO REMEMBER O’NEILL HAS A LIVE TRIO IN GRADE III DAYTONA PRAT’S ‘PICK SIX’ WAS MORE THAN JUST WINNING SHOE MILE HEADS 2020 BC CHALLENGE SERIES SHOOTERS SHOOT SANTA ANITA DERBY HOPEFUL MANDELLA GIRDS FOR BIG...

By Rick Francis —- A field of twelve aspiring 3-year-olds look to garner valuable Kentucky Derby points in the running of the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes. A mile and sixteenth is the distance for this $150k contest and as like last weekend note track conditions as rain once...

By Keith McCalmont —- Max Player breezes in preparation for G1 Belmont Stakes Mr. Buff targeting $125K Commentator Clement barn eyeing several stakes at Belmont ELMONT, N.Y. – George E. Hall’s Max Player will race out of his own barn as one of the local hopes in...

By Kevin Kerstein —- WALSH ANXIOUSLY AWAITING MAXFIELD’S RETURN IN SATRUDAY’S $150,000 MATT WINN IMPORTANT NOTE: To download video interviews from trainers Brendan Walsh and Greg Foley, visit: https://we.tl/t-AKTEoMI2rl. Please credit: Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky....

By Keith McCalmont —- Multiple G1-winner Mind Control targets G1 Runhappy Carter Handicap G1 Travers hero Code of Honor pointed to G3 Westchester Bruce Brown barn ready to hit the ground running ELMONT, N.Y. – Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables’ Mind Control, a...

By Mike Henry —- EXTRA DATES APPROVED; NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED THROUGH JULY 1 OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs has added eight dates in June to its 2019-2020 Thoroughbred racing calendar after its request was approved by the Florida Department of Business and Professional...

By Keith McCalmont —- NYRA announces stakes schedule for 25-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that live racing, to be conducted without spectators, will return on Wednesday, June 3, at...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- SHE’S BACK: TRIUMPHANT RETURN LANDS CHAMPION MONOMOY GIRL IN TOP TEN OF NTRA THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 18, 2020) – Monomoy Girl keeps picking right up where she left off. After the daughter of Tapizar ended an 18-month...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 SHOEMAKER LURES MAJOR DUO FOR CASSE BALTAS HAS TWO SET FOR GRADE I GAMELY FIVE GRADED TURF STAKES MEMORIAL WEEKEND CASSE HOPES TO MAKE HIS MARK IN SHOEMAKER Newly-minted Hall of Fame member Mark Casse plans to...