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By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019 • MEMORABLE SANTA ANITA OPENER ‘A CELEBRATION’ • OMAHA BEACH HEADS TO FLORIDA FOR RICH PEGASUS • MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ESPINOZA ABOARD BELLAFINA • OISEAU DE GUERRE OFF THE RAIL FOR JOE HERNANDEZ FANS ENJOY ‘A...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today, the only time Admiralty Pier had raced on a dirt track was more than two years ago, when he finished fourth as a 2-year-old in the Grade III Dixiana Bourbon Stakes on a sloppy surface at Keeneland in a race taken off the turf....

By Grant LaGrange —- On the brink of a milestone, Hall of Fame trainer saddles the odds-on favorite in the fillies division of the Louisiana Futurity The Sunday card Fair Grounds Racecourse will feature two $100,000 Louisiana-bred Futurities, one for the boys and one for...

By Ed Golden —- • A BUSY OPENING DAY FOR BALTAS ON SATURDAY • DRAFT PICK IN THE TRENCHES FOR SAN ANTONIO • POST SHOULD AID BELLAFINA IN GRADE I LA BREA • GLATT DUO MAKE U.S. DEBUT IN MATHIS BROS. MILE • POLANCO REMEMBERS THE LATE BOBBY FRANKEL • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE...

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed at $1.5 Million Pegasus Candidate Spun to Run Breezes at Palm Meadows Irad Ortiz Rides Five of Six in Rainbow 6 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool will be guaranteed at $1.5 million Saturday at...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced, as of January 1, Aqueduct Racetrack will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday. With on-track simulcasting closed on Monday and Tuesday at the Big A, racing...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Five years can seem like an eternity in horse racing. But when owner-trainer Tim Padilla traveled to Purcell, Okla., early this year to pick up former stable star Merango Tango, it seemed like 2014 all over again, and he devised a plan to get...

By Grant LaGrange —- Full gate on program for two-turn turf test for 3yo’s; two other stakes on the Saturday docket Tracey Farmer’s homebred Sir Winston, who won the Belmont Stakes (G1) over 1 ½ miles of dirt in June, is set to make his first start since in Saturday’s...

By David Joseph —- Stronach 5: Three Tracks, Two on the Turf, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The popular Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature races Friday from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a...