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DMTC News —- 38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer; Shared Belief Stakes to Offer Kentucky Derby Points Del Mar will conduct its 81st summer racing season between July 10 and September 7 featuring a 38-race stakes schedule offering more than $5.5...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 28, 2020) – For more than three decades the Klein Family Racing Stable has been synonymous with success at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, the current patriarch of the family, Richard, hopes that his family’s homebred Break...

By Keith McCalmont —- Rushing Fall and Fifty Five breeze on the turf for Opening Day G3 Beaugay; Newspaperofrecord set for return in G3 Intercontinental Clement sends stakes quintet to train on the Belmont turf Killybegs Captain continues march towards G1 Runhappy Carter...

DMTC – News From the Wire —- The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced today its intention to begin the 2020 summer race meet on July 10 and employ a three-day-a-week race schedule pending the approval of the California Horse Racing Board at its June 11 meeting....

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (May 27, 2020) – The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Race Dates Committee today approved Keeneland’s request to conduct a spectator-free, five-day Summer Meet, to be held Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12. “Keeneland appreciates the...

Santa Anita Release —- WELL-ACCOMPLISHED LAURA’S LIGHT HEADS SOLID FIELD OF NINE SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 HONEYMOON STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2020)—In what appears to be an outstanding betting race, Gary Barber’s...

By Keith McCalmont —- Farmington Road, Gouverneur Morris and Dr Post lead strong G1 Belmont Stakes contingent for Pletcher Maker lining up stakes contenders for Belmont spring meet ELMONT, N.Y. – St. Elias Stable’s Dr Post, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners,...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 24, 2020) – Trainer Brendan Walsh reported Sunday morning that $150,000 Matt Winn (Grade III) hero Maxfield exited Saturday’s race in good shape and his team will begin planning for the next start. “I have just been thinking...

By Ed Golden —- IRONY IN PLAY FOR PRAT IN SHOEMAKER MEMORIAL DAY IS ONE OF APPRECIATION DISTANCE SHOULD HELP LITTLE BIRD FLY AUTHENTIC DRILLS SIX FURLONGS FOR SA DERBY WHERE THERE’S A (WAR OF) WILL, THERE’S A PRAT Racing takes strange twists and turns on occasion, to wit:...