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By Santa Anita PressBox —- JOURNALISM, CITIZEN BULL SET FOR A GRADE I CLASH IN SATURDAY’S $500,000 SANTA ANITA DERBY GOING 1 1/8 MILES AT THE GREAT RACE PLACE Benoit Photo ARCADIA, CA (March 31, 2025)—Journalism, widely considered the early favorite for this year’s Kentucky...

By Rob Tuel —- EVANGELINE DOWNS 2025 THOROUGHBRED SEASON OPENS APRIL 4 LOUISIANA LEGENDS NIGHT SET FOR JUNE 7 OPELOUSAS, LA –The 2025 Evangeline Downs Thoroughbred season will kick off the 73-night stand on Friday, April 4. First post each night will be scheduled for 5:30pm...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025 Lovesick Blues; Benoit Photo SENSATIONAL STAR: TRAINER BAROCIO LOOKS FOR BACK-TO-BACK GI SANTA ANITA DERBY LEADS OUTSTANDING CARD THIS SATURDAY SATURDAY’S PICK 6 SCOOPED FOR $45K WITH $864 ON-TRACK TICKET SUNDAY’S $1...

Captain Cook leads G2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino Captain Cook; Joe Labozzetta Photo OZONE PARK, N.Y. – St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook leads a competitive 12-horse field in Saturday’s 100th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts...

By Mike Henry —- MARIN TO RIDE STATESMAN IN WOOD MEMORIAL; CAMACHO WINS 3 OLDSMAR, FL. – Leading Tampa Bay Downs jockey Samuel Marin plans to join the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” next Saturday at Aqueduct in New York. Marin will ride Statesman, a 3-year-old colt owned by...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025 SANTA ANITA DERBY PROSPECTS GEAR UP WITH SATURDAY DRILLS WORKS: OAKS NOMINEE LOOK FORWARD, EAGLES FLIGHT ON TAB CARRYOVER HELPS FUEL $5K PAYOUT IN FRIDAY’S $2 PICK 6 SATURDAY’S $2 COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 STARTS AT 2:15 P.M. PT...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 4 and runs through Friday, April 25. First post is 1 p.m. ET except for April 25, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale...

Stakes Advance – AR Derby Day Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, March 28, 2025 Coal Battle will be chasing history and, likely, another Bob Baffert horse Saturday at Oaklawn in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. No horse has won Oaklawn’s...

By David Joseph —- Florida Derby Day Facts Baffert in March: Gulfstream has been good to trainer Bob Baffert. He’s won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) three times, the Donn Handicap (Captain Steve), and his first Grade 1 win came at Gulfstream when he saddled Thirty...