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By Ed Golden —- MCKINZIE Zoe Metz Photography • BAFFERT HAS THREE SET FOR GRADE I MALIBU OPENING DAY • TRAINER CAN JUSTIFY BUT ONE FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR • ESPINOZA LOOKING FOR MID-JANUARY RETURN TO SADDLE • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE TO FANS ON OPENING DAY • SANTA ANITA...

By David Joseph —- Graded-Stakes Trio Top Mr. Prospector (G3) Nominations Live Racing Returns Wednesday with $408,116 Rainbow 6 Carryover Trainer Shamir Maragh Saddles First Career Winner HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Graded-stakes winners Coal Front, Conquest Big E and Wild Shot...

By Ryan Martin —- Take These Chainz; Coady TAKE THESE CHAINS MADE 3-1 MORNING LINE FAVORITE FOR BLUSHING K.D.; WYNN TIME TRIES TURF IN BONAPAW NEW ORLEANS (December 16, 2018) – John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock’s Take These Chains (IRE) was made the 3-1 lukewarm morning...

By Ryan Martin —- Hog Creek Hustle; Coady NEW ORLEANS (December 17, 2018) – Nine 2-year-olds will look to end their 2018 campaign on a high note in the $75,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes, one of six stakes events carded for Santa Super Saturday, December 22. Something Speci...

By Jim Gluckson —- ARCADIA, Calif. (December 17, 2018) – The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international events, today revealed the logo for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will take place on November 1 and 2 at Santa Anita...

By Ryan Martin —- Tom’s d’Etat; Coady NEW ORLEANS (December 16, 2018) – An exciting and action packed day of racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots awaits fans and bettors on Saturday, December 22. Dubbed as “Santa Super Saturday”, the program features...

By David Joseph —- Grade 1 Winner City of Light Joins Growing Cast for Pegasus World Cup (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.’s City of Light, front-running winner of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) last time out, has joined the list of starters...

By David Joseph —- LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring three races from Gulfstream Park and two from Laurel Park, rewarded two bettors Friday with payoffs of $51,815 each. The Stronach 5, a national pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, was hit by a bettor in...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – As he makes his rounds through the barn area on a chilly morning, the new Tampa Bay Downs Chaplain, Pete Crisswell, has plenty of time to reflect on his lifetime at the racetrack: the good, bad and not-so-pretty. “The reality of the racetrack...