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Nest (white bridle), shown winning the 2021 Demoiselle at Aqueduct, returns as a heavy favorite in Saturday's Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, a Kentucky Oaks prep. Photo by Joe Labozzetta, courtesy of New York Racing Association Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Potential Kentucky Derby candidates are in action from California to Florida and all the way to…

Hal and jockey Justin Stein winning the Display Stakes on November 5, 2022, at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo) Chris Lomon, Woodbine Communications TORONTO, Ont.- Hal, a son of Accelerate-Purely a Dream, goes for his third win in as many starts in the Grade 3 $150000 Grey Stakes, part of a Saturday Woodbine card that also features the Grade 3…

Hal, a son of Accelerate -Purely a Dream, goes for his third win in as many starts in the Grade 3, $150000 Grey Stakes, part of a Saturday Woodbine card that also features the Grade 3, $150000 Mazarine Stakes. Trained by Darwin Banach, Hal arrives at the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta race for 2-year-olds off a strong debut on Oct. 2, and an equally impressive…

Abel Cedillo / 15 Tyler Baze / 10 TRAINERS / WINS Bob Baffert / 20 Philip D'Amato / 15 Doug O'Neill / 13 Mark Glatt / 10 Two tied / 9 Saturday • $100000 Grade III Sweet Life Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 6 1/2 furlongs downhill turf course • Trainer Bob Baffert is not sure if Corniche, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall at Del Mar, can…

The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby features points-paying preps Saturday in both Florida and California. Tampa Bay Downs hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, while the $100000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. This is the last Saturday until April 16 that does not feature a Kentucky…

TORONTO, October 27, 2021 - Fourteen hopefuls, including Dan Vella's charge The Minkster, are set to square-off in the $250000 Coronation Futurity, which headlines a trio of stakes on Saturday at Woodbine. The 1 1/8-mile Tapeta event for Canadian-foaled two-year-olds is a significant race on the road to the 163 running of the Queen's Plate, the…

Keeneland Barn Notes: Champ Letruska Returns to Regular Work (Letruska / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Keeneland Media Team: CHAMPION LETRUSKA RETURNS TO KEENELAND WORK TAB St. George Stable's Letruska, who made Keeneland her main base of operations during an Eclipse Award-winning campaign in 2021, worked 5 furlongs in 1:02.40 over a fast…

It was a fitting result for Woodbine's leading trainer Mark Casse on Sunday, as Sir Winston and Frosted Over went one-two, respectively, in the Grade 3 $155700 Valedictory Stakes on the final card of the 2021 Thoroughbred season at the Toronto oval. The Woodbine meet also concluded with a record setting handle of $8530593. Jockey Patrick Husbands…