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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...

By David Joseph —- Rainbow 6 Jackpot Reaches $307,116 for Stakes-Filled Saturday Five Graded-Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses on 11-Race Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Yet to be solved through the first 10 days of the 2018-19 Championship Meet, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will...

By Ryan Martin —- War of Will; Coady Photography WAR OF WILL, MR. MONEY POINT FOR GRADE III LECOMTE With Road to the Derby Kickoff Day five weeks away, trainers have already started making plans with some of their highly regarded soon-to-be 3-year-olds. Trainer Mark Casse...

By David Joseph —- Stormy Embrace; Lauren King Photo G2 Winner Attempts to ‘Embrace’ Distance in Sugar Swirl (G3) Stormy Embrace Cuts Back to Six Furlongs for $100,000 Sprint G2 Winner Tequilita Seeks Return to Form in $100,000 Rampart (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Matalona...

By David Joseph —- Bellavais, Cherry Lodge Seek to Make Grade in My Charmer (G3) Among Five Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses Saturday, Dec. 15 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – After ending lengthy layoffs with wins first time back less than a week and more than 700 miles apart, Todd...

By Mike Henry —- World of Trouble; Tampa Photo OLDSMAR, FL. – World of Trouble, who vaulted to prominence last winter with a spectacular 13 ¾-length victory in the Pasco Stakes and a gritty third-place finish in the Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, is...

By David Joseph —- Tops Five Graded Stakes Worth $600,000 Saturday, Dec. 15 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Grade 1 winners Almanaar, Divisidero, Glorious Empire, Hi Happy and Quarteto de Cordas are prominent among a stacked field of 16 that includes nine other graded-stakes winners...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Galilean will try for his second stakes win at Los Alamitos when he faces six opponents in the $100,000 King Glorious Sunday. Named in honor of the winner of the 1988 Hollywood Futurity and 1989 Haskell, the King Glorious is restricted...