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By Amy Owens —- TUESDAY, APRIL 24 This is closing week of Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet with racing Wednesday through Friday. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m ET. ********** • TRAINER BRAD COX, JOCKEY FLORENT GEROUX VIE FOR FIRST MEET LEADER TITLES •...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, April 23, 2018) – Trainer Todd Pletcher’s horses for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) contingent are expected to arrive at Louisville International Airport at 1:30 (all times Eastern) this afternoon after...

By Pat McKenna —- 150th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 9 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival set for June 7-9 ELMONT, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred racing will return to Belmont Park on Friday, April 27 for its 54-day spring/summer meet packed with exciting racing action...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Monday, April 23, 2018) – Record-setting Arkansas Derby (G1) and Rebel Stakes (G2) days contributed to an – 11% increase in total handle during Oaklawn’s recently concluded 2018 live season. An estimated crowd of 64,500 turned out April...

By Heather Pettinger —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and trainer Chad Brown wrapped up the Aqueduct Racetrack season with respective three-win days on Sunday to secure top honors for the spring meet at the Big A. Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stable...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – In addition to its simulcast of the 144th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and six other graded stakes from Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 5, Tampa Bay Downs will introduce a pair of new $100,000 stakes for 3-year-olds. Both the...

By Darren Rogers —- PATRONA MARGARITA BREEZES IN PREPARATION FOR KENTUCKY OAKS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, April 22, 2018) – Craig Upham’s Ashland Stakes (Grade I) third-place finisher Patrona Margarita recorded a half-mile breeze in :48.80 on Sunday morning at Churchill Downs...

By Ed Golden —- • BOLT D’ORO WORKS FOR KENTUCKY DERBY • PRINCE OF ARABIA READY FOR CALIFORNIAN • MILLER HAS 3 FOR THE MONEY IN SAN SIMEON • McANALLY IS SIDELINED WITH BROKEN ANKLE BOLT D’ORO IN SEVEN FURLONG DERBY BREEZE Santa Anita Derby runner-up Bolt d’Oro worked seven...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet concludes this week with the final three days of racing Wednesday through Friday. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** · GRADE 1 WINNER DADDYS LIL DARLING TOPS FIELD OF SEVEN FOR CLOSING-DAY BEWITCH...