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By Brian Nadeau —- Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Trainer Calhoun Following Familiar Path to LA. Derby with Run Classic New Orleans (February 19, 2021) – If trainer Bret Calhoun has his way, lightning will strike twice at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on March 20. Two years...

By Mike Willman —- CAL-BREDS MUCHO UNUSUAL & WARREN’S SHOWTIME HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 BUENA VISTA STAKES AS 10 DISTAFFERS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. — A pair of talented California-breds, Mucho Unusual and Warren’s Showtime, head a competitive...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.17.21 Javier Castellano ‘Very Motivated’ in Return to Action Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400,000 Irad Ortiz Jr. Notches Five-Win Day HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano returned to action...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 16, 2021) – Last month, Brad Cox earned his first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer as a result of his barn’s superior exploits during the 2020 season. The Louisville native looks primed to continue that...

By David Joseph —- Greatest Honour Gears Up for Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Holy Bull Hero Tops 36 Noms for G2 Triple Crown Prep Feb. 27 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour, who established himself as a prime 2021 Triple Crown prospect with a...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tickets for Festival Day 41 Presented by Lambholm South on March 6 are being sold on the Tampa Bay Downs website, www.tampabaydowns.com General Admission attendance will be capped at 2,500. Tickets are $15 plus a $2.55 service fee. Picnic...

By Ed Golden —- LIFE IS GOOD BREEZES, FREEDOM FIGHTER TO NY BALTAS HAS THE GRADE II BUENA VISTA IN FOCUS BELLA VISTA RETURNS SUNDAY IN SPRING FEVER WITH FOUR WINS SUNDAY, PRAT NOW AT 995 TOTAL LIFE IS GOOD GOES ‘EXTREMELY WELL’ FOR SAN FELIPE Two of Bob Baffert’s four...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR – The $100,000, 5-furlong Turf Dash Stakes for horses 4-years-old-and-upward and the $100,000, 5-furlong Lightning City Stakes for fillies and mares 4-and-upward have been moved from Saturday to Sunday, Feb. 21, Tampa Bay Downs Vice...

By David Joseph —- 1/ST RACING APPOINTS AARON GRYDER AS VICE PRESIDENT, INDUSTRY RELATIONS Mischevious Alex Looking Good for G3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Saffie Joseph Jr. Seeks to Continue Championship Meet Success HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Multiple graded-stakes winner...