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By Ed Golden —- Songbird; Clockers Corner/Zoe Metz Photo • SONGBIRD JUST CRUISES UNDER MIKE SMITH • AFFIRMED IS LIKELY FOR BATTLE OF MIDWAY • LAZARO BARRERA DISTANCE SUITS KIMBEAR • CITY STORM TAKES STEP UP IN DESERT CODE SONGBIRD BREEZES FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD DEBUT Two-time...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 11, 2017) – Five days removed from a fourth-place effort in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), John Oxley’s Classic Empire continued his preparation for the May 20 Preakness (GI) with a jog...

By David Joseph —- Panici Wins Three HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover will be $138,884 when racing resumes Friday with a nine-race program. First race post time is 1:15 p.m. Multiple winning tickets in Thursday’s Rainbow 6 returned...

By Heather Pettinger —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s homebred Sadler’s Joy will look to build on his recent victory in last month’s Grade 2 Pan American, facing seven rivals in the first Grade 1 of Belmont Park’s spring/summer meet, the...

By John Heims —- RAINBOW HEIR TO DEFEND TITLE IN WOLF HILL STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Monmouth Park opens this Saturday, May 13, with an 11-race program attracting a total of 108 entries. Topping the day’s card is the $60,000 Wolf Hill Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward, which...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 10, 2017) – Three horses that chased Always Dreaming to the finish line in last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) returned to the track on a warm Wednesday morning at...

By Mike Willman —- KIMBEAR & AMERICAN ANTHEM CUTBACK IN DISTANCE WHILE STAKES WINNING ARISTOCRATIC STRETCHES OUT A FURLONG IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LAZARO BARRERA STAKES AT SEVEN FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (May 10, 2017)—Eric Kruljac’s Kimbear and Bob Baffert’s...

By Brian Bohl —- Indulgent, Highway Star rematch in Saturday’s G2 Ruffian ELMONT, N.Y. – Fresh off a career-high speed figure rating in her graded stakes debut, Godolphin Racing’s Indulgent will look to notch her first stakes win as part of a field of five...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 10, 2017) – Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael B. Tabor’s Grade I winner Hootenanny looms the one to beat in Saturday’s 65th running of the Grade III $100,000 Hanshin Cup at Arlington International Racecourse. At...