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By Ed Golden —- • GIFT BOX, THREE OTHERS KEEP SADLER BUSY • INSTAGRAND IS SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY • EXUBERANCE EYES STAKES GOLD IN BEHOLDER • HUNT SEARCHES FOR WIN IN GRADE I KILROE • KANTHAKA CAN OVERCOME SAN CARLOS RAIL SADLER EYES REPEAT VICTORY IN BIG ’CAP John Sadler...

By Ben Gibson —- Rated R Superstar; Oaklawn Photos Walter De La Cruz Records Biggest Career Victory Jockey Walter De La Cruz recorded his biggest career victory in the $350,000 Essex Handicap for older horses March 16 at Oaklawn when Rated R Superstar ($31.20) took the 1...

By Mike Henry —- FOR CARRASCO, “KICK-BACK” TIME WITH JENN AND MYA REFRESHING TONIC OLDSMAR, FL. – Even though he has been around the sport since his father brought him to his barn when he was 7, trainer Victor Carrasco, Jr., is not immune to the pressure that accompanies...

By David Joseph —- Cookie Dough; Leslie Martin Photos Heat is On Cookie Dough in $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) One of Seven Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $2.15 Million on Florida Derby Day Card HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Arindel’s multiple stakes-winning homebred Cookie...

By Ed Golden —- • MANDELLA IS SMITTEN WITH DERBY FEVER • A FIRST FOR DESORMEAUX IN SAN LUIS REY • AGENT OSBORNE IS UPBEAT DESPITE LOSS • RETIRED HORSES FLOURISH AT CARMA SHOW MANDELLA POINTS EXTRA HOPE TO SANTA ANITA DERBY Richard Mandella, not known for unabashed...

By David Joseph —- Prince Lucky; Leslie Martin Photos HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – When Prince Lucky stepped on the track at Gulfstream Park Feb. 23 for the Hal’s Hope (G3), it had been more than eight months since his previous start. You would have never known it. After pressing...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association’s Claiming Championship series returns for the fifth year on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack with 10 stakes worth $620,000. The Claiming Championship is open to horses which have started for...

By David Joseph —- Code of Honor Has Tough Act to Follow in $1M Florida Derby (G1) McGaughey-Trained Fountain of Youth Winner to Face 10 Rivals Hidden Scroll Draws Rail, Installed at 5-2 Morning-Line Favorite Top Triple Crown Prep Headlines 7 stakes worth $2.15 Million...

By Amy Owens —- Champions Monomoy Girl, Shamrock Rose among Four Breeders’ Cup Winners Nominated to Keeneland’s Spring Meet Opening Weekend Stakes LEXINGTON, KY (March 26, 2019) – Champions Monomoy Girl and Shamrock Rose are among the four 2018 Breeders’ Cup winners –...