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02/04/2015

El Kabeir has experience edge in Withers

The Withers - the second leg of the New York Racing Association's lead up to the Grade 1, $1 million TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial on April 4 at the Big A - offers 10 points to the winner as part of the "Road to the Kentucky Derby" qualifying system. By vi

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02/04/2015

GRADE II, $500,000 SAN ANTONIO INVITATIONAL

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2015)—Three of the nation’s most highly regarded 4-year-olds, Horse of the Year California Chrome, 2013 Eclipse Champion 2-year-old Male Shared Belief and recent San Pasqual Stakes winner Hoppertunity head a dynamic field of n

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01/29/2015

GRADE II, $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES

A scintillating 6 ½ length winner of the 1 1/16 miles Juvenile, Texas Red made an eye catching run from dead last under Desormeaux’s brother, Kent, who will be back aboard on Sunday. Although winless in two sprints last summer on synthetic surfaces at

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01/29/2015

GRADE I, $300,000 LAS VIRGENES STAKES

Owned by Baffert’s wife, Jill, the Kentucky-bred filly by Lookin At Lucky was a game third, beaten three quarters of a length in the Grade I, 1 1/16 miles Starlet on Dec. 13 at Los Alamitos, and will thus be shortening up a sixteenth of a mile on Saturd

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01/29/2015

GRADE II, $200,000 ARCADIA STAKES

Owned by Tarabilla Farms, Inc., Home Run Kitten rallied from off the pace to be beaten a neck in the Mathis Brothers Mile by Alert Bay, who came back to win last Saturday’s $250,000 California Turf Classic—his fifth consecutive victory. Although he fi

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01/29/2015

GRADE II, $200,000 PALOS VERDES STAKES

A winner of the Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar July 27 and most recently the Carey Grant Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 23, Big Macher was entered in the California Cup Sprint Stakes Jan. 24, but was reportedly scratched after drawing the rail in the 6 fur

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01/29/2015

PROMISING 3-YEAR-OLDS PREPARE FOR STERN TEST IN SAM F. DAVIS

At least one horse from the Sam F. Davis has competed in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands in 10 of the last 11 years. And although Catalina Red is the only stakes winner among the entrants, it’s too early to dismiss any as unworthy of the att

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01/29/2015

‘X-COUNTRY’ PICK 4

The majority of North America’s best racehorses are scheduled to be in action that day, with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, California Chrome, likely to square off against Pacific Classic and Malibu Stakes victor, Shared Belief, in the San Antonio

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01/26/2015

Oaklawn Barn Notes - Sunday, Jan. 25

Take Charge Brandi, an Eclipse Award winner as the country’s top 2-year-old filly, worked 5 furlongs in 1:01.60 just after the track opened for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. High Dollar Woman worked 5 furlongs in 1:03.20 for trainer Tony Dutrow l

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01/25/2015

CATALINA RED APPROACHING GRADE III DAVIS IN TOP FORM

After a recent workout that his trainer, Chad Stewart, described as “just what we wanted,” Catalina Red heads the list of likely entrants for Saturday’s Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, the centerpiece of the track’s Festival Preview Day P

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