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(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Gold Mark Farm’s Backtalk charged past Flatter Than Me inside the sixteenth pole to win the 108th running of the $110,500 Bashford Manor Stakes (Grade 3) for 2-year-olds by a length at Churchill Downs on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Go Go Shoot scored a swift victory in the $75,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes, and American Border captured the $70,000 Miss Liberty Stakes before a holiday crowd of 10,656 at MonmouthPark on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Saturday’s $750,000 United Nations Stakes (Grade 1) drew some of the best turf horses in training, and Roger Attfield will be trying to pull off a major double play when he saddles Spice Route in the mile and three-eighths test. Read the rest of this entry »

Jenny Kellner
NYRA/Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. - Dancing Forever, third in an allowance in his 2009 debut on May 31, is heading into the Grade 1, $500,000 Man o’ War on July 11 at Belmont Park in good order as Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey contemplates a schedule that will bring the 6-year-old horse back to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita. Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.Y. - Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird rolled into the Monmouth Park stable area at 5:30 Friday morning and settled into his stall in Barn 3 as he prepares for his next start, the $1 million Haskell Invitational (Grade 1) on Sunday, Aug. 2. Read the rest of this entry »

Graham Ross
Arlington Park

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It’s time to sing “Thanks for the Memories” to the most enduring jockey in the history of Arlington Park! How many Chicagoans cut their teeth as Thoroughbred racing fans watching the inexhaustible talents of Hall of Fame jockey Earlie Fires as he drove horses to the wire – encouraging each animal’s best effort with his patented furious finish? Read the rest of this entry »

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The headline news a week ahead of the $1.45 million Summit of Speed program next Saturday at Calder Race Course is in part led by the return appearance of IEAH Stables and partners’ 2008 Eclipse champion Benny the Bull set to defend his title in the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (Grade 1). Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Blame found running room at the eighth pole and drew off to win Thursday’s featured $50,397 Moon Over Prospect Purse for 3-year-olds and up by 1¼ lengths over Blackberry Road before a “Downs After Dark” crowd of 33,481 at Churchill Downs. Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — New York filly Gozzip Girl, a winner of three straight races on turf, will attempt to become the fifth straight invader to win the $700,000 American Oaks on Sunday at Hollywood Park. Read the rest of this entry »

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Darley Stable’s Tizaqueena, winner of the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (Grade 2) on Kentucky Derby Day, will carry top weight of 118 pounds as she faces seven older fillies and mares in Sunday’s 28th running of the $100,000-added Locust Grove Handicap (Grade 3). Read the rest of this entry »