#Lake Lucerne

Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert celebrated Christmas a day late with five winners on Santa Anita's Opening Day program Monday, likely boosting one of those horses to an Eclipse Award and perhaps setting up another for a repeat raid on the rich races in the Middle East. It was a star-studded day in front of a big crowd at Santa Anita, as Juan…

Turf racing returns for Monday's "Road to the Derby Kickoff Day" card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, La. With the portable rail set at 34 feet, starters will be limited to eight runners for the $100000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial and the female counterpart, the 1 1/16 miles $100000 Blushing K.D. (Race 6). With the same parameters,…

Monday at Fair Grounds features a slew of stakes races. Perhaps none bigger than the Gun Runner and Untappable which pay homage to 2 of racing's great superstars. Post: 12:00 PM CT; $60k Allowance going 5 1/2 furlongs on dirt; Entries: 9 #8 BASALT STREET (3-1) gets the top selection. She has proven to be able to handle these conditions in previous…

Regal Glory, shown winning the 2021 Matriarch at Del Mar, takes on male rivals in Saturday's Grade I Fourstardave at Saratoga. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Turf racing at Saratoga, Del Mar and Churchill Downs tops the weekend agenda, with a pair of Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" slots up for grabs. A third…

Notes, Quotes, G3 Cardinal Stakes: Dalika (Dalika wins the Cardinal Stakes / All Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Dalika (GER) scored her third front-running graded stakes win of the year when she rolled to a 1 ¾-length victory over Perseverancia in Thursday's 47 running of the $268500 Cardinal (Grade III) on…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: Played Hard Could Be "Played Hard" in G3 Falls City (Played Hard / Coady Photography) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Rigney Racing's Played Hard, winner of the $400000 Locust Grove (Grade III), will headline a field of six fillies and mares that were entered in Thanksgiving Day's 107 running of the $500000 Falls…

BALTIMORE, Md.- Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Michael Caruso's Grade 2 winner Plum Ali, winless in her last three starts, faces six rivals as she chases a fifth career stakes victory in Saturday's $100000 All Along at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 51 running of the All Along for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles on the grass is…