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After another season of proving near-unbeatable within her home state, Amadevil was named 2022 Ohio-bred Horse of the Year by Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners. The 5-year-old daughter of Dominus won five of six starts during her 2022 campaign, and she went undefeated in the state of Ohio, racing for the partnership of Blue Snow […]

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Borrowing a tagline from the California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, it pays to own a Cal-bred if you're the connections of 3-year-old Clouseau, who on Friday became the first two-time winner at the Classic meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. After earning his diploma against state-breds going six furlongs on dirt here Jan. 6, […]

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Sunday is the first day of the rest of Maddie Rowland's life. Her new life, as a journeywoman jockey. Today marked an entire year since her fifth career victory, meaning the 19-year-old can no longer ride with an apprentice weight allowance that has made her services valuable to a wide number of trainers. It's typical […]

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Attentive to the early pace, Richard Mandella's consistent Lane Way took command at the top of the lane and marched to an impressive 2 ½ length win over heavily favored Motorious in Sunday's $100,000 Clockers' Corner Stakes at Santa Anita. Contested at about 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course, 6-year-old gelding Lane Way, […]

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Attentive to the early pace, Richard Mandella's consistent Lane Way took command at the top of the lane and marched to an impressive 2 ½ length win over heavily favored Motorious in Sunday's $100,000 Clockers' Corner Stakes at Santa Anita. Contested at about 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course, 6-year-old gelding Lane Way, […]

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Air Force Red will try and become the first two-time stakes winner at the Classic Meet when he takes on 11 rivals in a contentious edition of the $100,000 Thunder Road (G3) going a mile on turf Saturday at Santa Anita. Air Force Red is riding a two-race winning streak for trainer Leonard Powell following […]

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Air Force Red will try and become the first two-time stakes winner at the Classic Meet when he takes on 11 rivals in a contentious edition of the $100,000 Thunder Road (G3) going a mile on turf Saturday at Santa Anita. Air Force Red is riding a two-race winning streak for trainer Leonard Powell following […]

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Trainer Jonathan Thomas makes a rare foray to Santa Anita when he sends out Bay Storm from south Florida in search of a first graded stakes win in Saturday's $100,000 Megahertz Stakes (G3)  going a mile on turf. Owned by Bridlewood Farm, Bay Storm won a black-type stakes sprinting on turf at Monmouth Park in […]

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Trainer Jonathan Thomas makes a rare foray to Santa Anita when he sends out Bay Storm from south Florida in search of a first graded stakes win in Saturday's $100,000 Megahertz Stakes (G3)  going a mile on turf. Owned by Bridlewood Farm, Bay Storm won a black-type stakes sprinting on turf at Monmouth Park in […]

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California-bred Fun to Dream, fresh off the biggest win of her life at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, heads a field of six older fillies and mares going seven furlongs in Saturday's $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at the Arcadia, California track. An impressive three-quarter length winner of the Grade I La Brea Stakes at […]

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California-bred Fun to Dream, fresh off the biggest win of her life at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, heads a field of six older fillies and mares going seven furlongs in Saturday's $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at the Arcadia, California track. An impressive three-quarter length winner of the Grade I La Brea Stakes at […]

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Trainer Dale Romans won't be lacking in confidence when he saddles Cyclone Mischief for a start in Saturday's $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park. “I think he's one of the best 3-year-olds in the country, and he's training like one,” Romans said. “There are a lot of good horses out there, but we're in […]

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A close second in his most recent start, Newgate heads a field of four Bob Baffert trainees going 1 1/16 miles in Saturday's $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita. The race is a Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier, providing points on a 20-8-6-4-2 basis to the top five finishers toward eligibility for the Louisville […]

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Emmanuel, a 4-year-old colt who competed on the Triple Crown trail last spring, is expected to be among the top contenders in the 37th running of the $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3) on Saturday on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs. The Tampa Bay Stakes, for 4-years-old and older at 1 1/16 miles, is one […]

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Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott was extremely pleased Sunday morning with the manner in which Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector exited his 15-1 upset victory in Saturday's $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park. “He's happy. He was bright and alert and seemed to be feeling pretty good about himself,” Mott reported […]

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Newgrange was in fine fettle the morning after his game one-length victory in Saturday's San Pasqual (G3), trainer Phil D'Amato reported. Next up for the 4-year-old Violence colt will likely be either the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) on March 4 or the Dubai World Cup (G1) on March 25. “He came out of the race […]

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Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman's Havnameltdown notched his second consecutive graded stakes win as he powered off the turn en route to an impressive 1 ½-length score in Sunday's $200,000 San Vicente (G2) for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. Ridden by Juan Hernandez and trained by Bob Baffert, Havnameltdown got seven furlongs in 1:22.29. […]

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Next-out plans are pending for powerful Jan. 14 Oaklawn maiden special weights graduate Shopper's Revenge, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen said. Regally bred Shopper's Revenge, who is by Tapit out of millionaire 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) winner Stopchargingmaria, received a preliminary Beyer Speed Figure of 85 for his front-running 5 ¼-length victory under […]

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After becoming the first female jockey in Oaklawn history to surpass $1 million in purse earnings at a meet last season, jockey Kelsi Harr broke another record Saturday. Based on statistics from Equibase, racing's official data gathering organization, Harr has amassed $2,811,257 in career purse earnings at Oaklawn. Cindy Murphy held the previous Oaklawn record […]

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Scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in the Southwest Stakes (G3) Saturday at Oaklawn, Protege's name was curiously missing when entries came out Jan. 23. Asked why late Saturday morning, Ron Moquett of Hot Springs, the colt's trainer, whimsically responded: “He caught a case of Arabian Knight flu.” Roughly 5 ½ hours later, Moquett's medical […]

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