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By Keith McCalmont —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Red Oak Stable homebred Bal Harbour will turn back in distance from a solid third-place effort in the Queens County when he takes on a talented field of five in Saturday’s featured Grade 3, $100,000 Toboggan for...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Local Contenders Work towards Smarty Jones Three leading local candidates for the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 25 at Oaklawn had workouts over a fast track Monday morning, including two for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. Long...

By Michael Chamberlain —- THE 84-DAY SEASON WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 OPELOUSAS, LA – The 2019 Thoroughbred season at Evangeline Downs will cover 84 days of live racing beginning Wednesday, April 3 and continuing through Saturday, August 24. Racing will be conducted...

By Ryan Martin —- Brendan Walsh NEW ORLEANS (January 15, 2019) – A contentious, overflow field of 14 sophomores (plus one also eligible) hope to earn valuable points on the Road To The Kentucky Derby when they line up for the Grade III $200,000 Lecomte Stakes, the first of...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (January 14, 2019) – Recent Kentucky Oaks winners Monomoy Girl, Lovely Maria, Untapable, Believe You Can, Rachel Alexandra and Proud Spell all wintered at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Could this year’s Oaks winner also take their path...

By Ryan Martin —- Tight Ten; Coady Winchell Homebreds Look to Make Presence Known on Derby Trail • Desormeaux Sends Maiden Night Ops for Grade III Lecomte • Catalano Calls Audible With Liora, Enters in Silverbulletday WINCHELL HOME BREDS LOOK TO MAKE PRESENCE KNOWN ON DERBY...

By David Joseph —- Flavien Prat to Ride Audible in $9 Million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Something Awesome Puts in Second Local Work for Pegasus (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Flavien Prat, a leading rider on the Southern California circuit, will be aboard 2018 Florida Derby (G1)...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – With four victories today, Samy Camacho is winning races at a pace that would enable him to better Antonio Gallardo’s single-season Tampa Bay Downs record of 147 set during the 2014-2015 meeting. Camacho has 46 winners through the first 27...

By David Joseph —- Jamie Spencer Starts Working Holiday at Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $123,774 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – European jockey Jamie Spencer started a working holiday in the U.S. at Gulfstream Park Sunday, riding Brendan Walsh-trained Bantu to a...