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By Jennifer Hoyt —- All About the Girls Stable Wins with First Oaklawn Starter The seventh race Feb. 10 at Oaklawn was all about the girls. Our Majesty, a 3-year-old daughter of Majesticperfection, was a sparkling 5 ½-length career debut winner for trainer Ron Moquett of...

By Michael Chamberlain —- 24 STAKES RACES WITH PURSES TOTALING $1,695,000 ON THE CALENDAR OPELOUSAS, LA – Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will begin its 52nd season of Thoroughbred racing action on April 12 in Opelousas, Louisiana. The 84-day season will run...

By Michael Adolphson —- NEW ORLEANS – Fat Tuesday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots features an intriguing renewal of the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes. At 5½ furlongs over the Stall-Wilson turf course and restricted to fillies and mares, the 2017 edition features the...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cox Keeping Top Turf Fillies Separated • Honorable Duty Points to New Orleans Handicap • Zipessa and I’m a Chatterbox Highlight Work Tab COX KEEPING TOP TURF FILLIES SEPARATED Leading trainer Brad Cox is in the enviable position of having two turf...

By Michael Adolphson —- • I’m a Chatterbox Gets Grass Shot • Work Tab GIRVIN AND FARRELL EXIT BIG WINS WELL Both Brad Grady’s Girvin and Coffeepot Stables’ Farrell exited their Saturday Grade II victories well, according to their respective connections. Joe Sharp-trained...

By Ed Golden —- • ARROGATE WORKS MONDAY, POSSIBLE FOR BIG ’CAP • SENSITIVELY RETURNS IN THE GRADE III LAS FLORES • KOBE’S BACK DRILLS WITH GARY STEVENS ABOARD Arrogate; Zoe Metz Photography ARROGATE, MIDNIGHT STORM WORK TODAY “The big horse works today.” So spoke Bob...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – McCraken, the unbeaten colt who sits atop Thoroughbred racing’s 3-year-old rankings following his record-shattering victory here in the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 11, heads a group of 46 sophomores nominated to the 37th renewal of...

By Ed Golden —- • DORTMUND ‘GETTING CLOSE’ FOR TRIPLE BEND • GRAZEN SKY BACK AT A MILE IN TIZNOW STAKES • BAL A BALI TRAINING FOR GRADE I KILROE MILE DORTMUND COULD RUN IN TRIPLE BEND Dortmund, the 2015 Santa Anita Derby winner recently transferred by owner Kaleem Shah from...

By David Joseph —- Guaranteed Pools for Saturday’s Late Pick 4, Late Pick 5 and Rainbow 6 Late Pick 4 – $350,000; Late Pick 5 – $250,000; Rainbow 6 – $200,000 Championship Meet Jockey Poster Giveaway, Signing Set for Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –...