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SANTA ANITA RELEASE —- CLASSY BEAU RECALL HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS AS NINE OLDER FILLIES & MARES GO 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF COURSE BENDABLE, ANITA PARTNER & CONIAH ADD CONSIDERABLE DEPTH TO COMPETITIVE FIELD ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan....

By Amy Owens —- • Click here for horsemen’s information on Keeneland.com. LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 18, 2018) – Keeneland today announced its 2018 Spring Meet will offer 16 stakes worth a season record $4.4 million in purse money. Headlining the meet, to be held April 6-27, are...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Mourinho Give Baffert First Smarty Jones Victory Bob Baffert called Mourinho a fast horse leading up to his two-turn debut in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Monday at Oaklawn. The Hall of Fame trainer was right. Mourinho was sent...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Occasionally, when time allows, trainer Kathleen O’Connell reflects on the swift passage of years since she arrived at Tampa Bay Downs (then Florida Downs) from Michigan in 1976 to gallop horses. She says it feels “unreal” that more than 40...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Hot Springs, Ark. (Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018) – Oaklawn management has cancelled Thursday’s nine-race card due to frigid temperatures. Central Arkansas has been experiencing near record lows since Monday night and for the safety of the horses and...

NYRA —- Absatootly, Quezon face off in La Verdad Friday; Frost Wise tops Thursday’s Bay Ridge OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Grade 3-placed Doyouknowsomething will make his second stakes start off the claim in a field of six lined up for the $100,000 Jazil for 4-year-olds...

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (January 15, 2018) – The Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Black Gold – a unique bet that is only cashed out if there is one winner – was finally hit on Sunday afternoon’s card for $195,627.66 by one lucky player in Brazil. The...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The Tampa Bay Downs stakes program shifts into high gear Saturday with the track’s annual Skyway Festival Day program, featuring a pair of 7-furlong races for 3-year-olds and a mile-and-a-sixteenth contest for older fillies and mares. At...

By Ed Golden —- WEST COAST (outside) Zoe Metz Photography • WEST COAST IN SHARP GATE DRILL FOR PEGASUS • BOLT D’ORO ON COURSE FOR SAN FELIPE STAKES • INSTA ERMA RATES TOP BILLING IN MEGAHERTZ • BENDABLE MAKES GRASS DEBUT IN LAS CIENEGAS • BARRETTS SALE WILL HELP SAN LUIS...