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BY MIKE WILLMAN & ED GOLDEN —- SAN MARCOS STAKES: UNITED WE STAND CLEOPATRA’S STRIKE COULD BE CROWNED IN SATURDAY’S SAN MARCOS ROADSTER ‘RAILED’ IN SATURDAY’S SAN PASQUAL STAKES MIDCOURT NEEDS FAST START IN SATURDAY’S SAN PASQUAL WIFE OF THE BALD EAGLE, PEGGY...

By Grant LaGrange —- Duke of Carthania a formidable threat in turf stakes for three-year-olds New Orleans (January 30, 2020) – It’s not often you get 12-1 odds on a Brad Cox-trained allowance winner, but such was the case when Godolphin LLC’s Hieronymus crossed the line...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Six-time Tampa Bay Downs jockeys champion Daniel Centeno rode three winners today, giving him 2,900 career victories in North America. Centeno, who won 847 races in his homeland of Venezuela, capped his three-bagger with a patented winning...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Smarty Jones Rematch Likely On Hold Until Rebel Any rematch between the top two finishers in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds last Friday at Oaklawn apparently won’t occur until at least March. While Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen...

By David Joseph —- Tiz the Law Returns to Action in $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) Sackatoga Stable Back In Spotlight on Derby Trail Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jack Knowlton lived every Thoroughbred owner’s dream when Funny Cide captured the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1), as well...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, Pantofel Stable and Mike Karty’s Shotski headlines a talented field of eight in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Strong Hall of Fame Presence at Oaklawn in 2020 Five trainers inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame have strings this year at Oaklawn, including one whose rise to national prominence began more than 40 years ago in Hot Springs....

By Grant LaGrange —- BLACK GOLD 5 REACHES $365,519 AT FAIR GROUNDS HEADING INTO SATURDAY RACING New Orleans (January 24, 2020) – Horseplayers will get the chance to take a shot at the Black Gold 5 which now carries a pool of $365,519 going into Saturday’s nine race card at...

By Ed Golden —- CALIFORNIA STILL DREAMIN’ IN RICH PEGASUS AX MAN MAKES HIS DEBUT ON GRASS SUNDAY UNBEATEN SPEED PASS SEEKS THIRD IN A ROW HIGHER POWER, MUCHO GUSTO HEAD PEGASUS WORLD CUP With the 11th-hour defection of Santa Anita-based Omaha Beach from Saturday’s Grade I,...