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By Ed Golden —- HE QUALITY SEEMS RED HOT IN BLUE NORTHER ONE FAST BROAD BACK ON TURF FOR TEAM RUIS DESORMEAUX OFF AND WINNING AT SANTA ANITA BLUE NORTHER STAKES COULD MAKE THE GRADE Monday’s Joe Hernandez Stakes is a restricted race offering $75,000 in purse money, but...

By Ryan Martin —- MINIT TO STARDOM FACES IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN VICTOR CHAMPAGNE DIVA IN LOUISIANA FUTURITY FILLIES DIVISION; GIVEMEAMINIT GOES FOR FIRST CAREER WIN IN COLTS AND GELDINGS DIVISION NEW ORLEANS (December 29, 2017) – On New Year’s Eve, Louisiana-bred 2-year-old...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Back troubles have prevented owner-trainer Kathleen DeMasi from flying from her Parx Racing base in Pennsylvania to Oldsmar for Saturday’s $100,000 Lightning City Stakes and $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes. But DeMasi believes her entrants, the...

By Ed Golden —- • BALTAS AND BROWN DOMINATE IN GRADE I OAKS • AMERICANIZE RETURNS TO SPRINT ON SATURDAY • LASEEN EYES FIRST U.S. WIN IN FRANKEL STAKES • JACK VAN BERG IS REMEMBERED AT SANTA ANITA BALTAS HAS THREE FOR THE MONEY IN GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS Kathy’s Song moves...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mr. Amore Stable’s Firenze Fire will look to start his 3-year-old season in the same stellar fashion in which he commenced his juvenile campaign, drawing post 5 in the 148th running of the $150,000 Jerome on Monday, New...

By Ryan Martin —- Florent Geroux aboard Gun Runner; Reed Palmer Photo * Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing • Sharp, Beschizza Going For More Success With Into Summer In Pago Hop • Lovell Continues To Aim High With Fault GEROUX OFF ALL MOUNTS THROUGH...

By Mike Willman —- EASTERN SHIPPERS PENJADE & ELYSEA’S WORLD, ALONG WITH LOCALLY BASED RESPONSIBLEFORLOVE HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES FOR FILLIES & MARES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2017)—Trainer Chad Brown...

By Mike Willman —- STAR CROSSED MASOCHISTIC TAKES ON AMERICANIZE, CALCULATOR, SILENT BIRD & IKE WALKER AS FIELD OF NINE SET TO CONTEST SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 MIDNIGHT LUTE STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2017)—Shrouded in controversy since his...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut Shortleaf Stable’s High North is under consideration for three races early in the 2018 Oaklawn meeting, including the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 15, trainer Brad Cox said...