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By Mike Willman —- ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2020)– The opening day of Santa Anita’s Autumn season will be pushed back a week until Friday, September 25, due to the impact of Bobcat Fire on the air quality and surrounding community. “Our local community has been...

By Mac McBride —- PRAT SECURES STAKES RECORD, BUT TITLE RACE IS DOWN TO THE WIRE The victory aboard Madone in Sunday’s $75,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf was the 14th in a stakes this season for jockey Flavien Prat. So the 28-year-old Frenchman now stands alone as the record...

By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Klaravich Stables finished atop their respective standings with the trio finishing as the leading trainer, jockey and owner for the 40-day summer meet at Saratoga Race Course that...

Monmouth News Release —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Antonio Arriaga knows exactly what he’s up against in Saturday’s $150,00 Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes, a one-mile turf race that will serve as the feature on Monmouth Park’s 13-race card. Chad Brown, Graham Motion, Kelly Breen. There...

By Kevin Kerstein —- TIZ THE LAW JOGS OVER SLOPPY TRACK IN ADVANCE OF KENTUCKY DERBY 146 LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020) – Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law jogged twice around the Churchill Downs main track Thursday morning with trainer Barclay Tagg alongside on a...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020) – Owner Victor Martinez of Victoria’s Ranch reported Thursday that Tampa Bay Derby (GII) winner King Guillermo will be scratched from Saturday’s 146th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve...

By David Joseph —- Smile Sprint (G3) Headlines Gulfstream’s Labor Day Weekend Cool Arrow, Double Crown Set to Clash in Six-Furlong Feature HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Labor Day Weekend at Gulfstream Park will be celebrated by seven stakes over three days, headlined by Saturday’...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Dr Post, the runner-up in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes in June, will make his Saratoga Race Course debut as one of two talented entrants for trainer Todd Pletcher in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Jim Dandy for sophomores...

By Gary Yunt —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020) – A field of 10 top older grass runners will go to post in the 34th running of the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI), one of six graded stakes that will precede Saturday’s 146th running of the $3...