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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Jose Angel Garcia has traded in his helmet, boots and goggles for a new cell phone and a condition book. The 30-year-old Garcia, who won the final race of the 2017 Summer Festival of Racing at Tampa Bay Downs aboard 6-year-old gelding Cedula...

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2017-18 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE AS GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEAD OPENER ON DEC. 26; PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS TO BE RUN DEC. 30 A TOTAL OF 62 STAKES, INCLUDING NINE GRADE I EVENTS, TO BE OFFERED THROUGH...

By Brian W. Spencer —- RAPID RHYTHM, TRIPLE CHELSEA TOP SPLIT STAKES HONORING MEMORY OF RICHIE SCHERER NEW ORLEANS (November 30, 2017) – The $50,000 Richie Scherer Memorial will take place Saturday in two divisions at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Serving as races...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Champagne Room, the 2-year-old filly champion of 2016, will make her Los Alamitos debut in the $200,000-guaranteed Bayakoa Stakes Sunday at Los Alamitos. A Grade II for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles, the Bayakoa will be run for the...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Wilkes Gets a Feel for Fair Grounds • Rapid Rhythm Back on Her Beat • Wicked Lick Working Well for Walsh • Pessin Under the Radar in Richie Scherer WILKES GETS A FEEL FOR FAIR GROUNDS Multiple Grade I-winning trainer Ian Wilkes has expanded his...

By Najja Thompson —- Highway Star makes return in G3 Go For Wand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since finishing 11th in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Chester & Mary Broman’s homebred and multiple graded stakes...

By Robert Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – One Fast Broad, a last-to-first winner of the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Nov. 3 at Del Mar, will attempt to stay undefeated on dirt in the $100,000-guaranteed Soviet Problem Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Restricted to...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Avery Island will look to register his second straight graded stakes victory as part of a field of 10 juveniles in the 104th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen as part of four graded stakes on Saturday,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Although some old-timers might argue, the majority of long-time Tampa Bay Downs regulars agree the current jockey colony is the most competitive in track history. Today’s card featured five past Oldsmar champions: Daniel Centeno, Antonio...