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Lovely Ride wins Saturday's Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn Park Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the first three finishers in Sunday's $100000 Grade III Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, a "Road to the Kentucky Derby" race, while the other weekend qualifier went to a colt who might find the Derby distance…

Hubaldo Solis' talented HS Paul Walker rallied in the final yards to get his eighth lifetime win, earning a victory in Saturday's 25th running of the $100000 Red or Green Stakes at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. Ridden by Hector Aldrete for trainer Alfredo Gomez, HS Paul Walker broke alertly from the gate and was prominent throughout the 400-yard…

Titleholder wins Sunday's Takarazuka Kinen, now targeting the Arc d'Triomphe. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association June 27 (UPI) -- Tawny Port's victory in Saturday's Ohio Derby serves notice the scramble among U.S. 3-year-olds is far from over while Westover's dominance of the Irish Derby indicates he's not out of the frame, either, despite…

The ball drops at Times Square, fireworks explode around the globe and North American Thoroughbreds celebrate their birthdays at midnight on Jan. 1. A few of the newly turned 3-year-olds waste no time starting their once-in-a-lifetime quest for the Kentucky Derby starting gate as Aqueduct rings in 2018 with the $150000 Jerome Stakes. On New Year's…

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares picks and plays for Monday, Nov. 7 at Mahoning Valley and Turf Paradise, including horses to single in the $2225 Pick 5 carryover at Zia Park. #6 Maize Loved Laffy (8-1) showed pace-tracking speed when finishing second against males in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight at Mountaineer less than two weeks ago.…

El Paso owned Jackie's Warrior looks to make his last race the most memorable one for El Paso owners Kirk and Judy Robison. On Saturday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky, the 4-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Maclean's Music looks to finish off his brilliant career with a win in the one event that has eluded him - the Breeders' Cup. He…

Streaking into her biggest test yet off four consecutive victories, Goodnight Olive looms the one to beat in a full field of 13 set for Saturday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland. A 4-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, the Chad Brown-trained filly was an impressive winner of the Grade 1 Ballerina in her most recent…

While the undefeated, unchallenged 4-year-old colt Flightline may be drawing the majority of the headlines for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, there are, as always, a number of other compelling stories hidden amongst this year's contenders. Some of those listed below are race favorites; others may well offer the longest…

In the second of two special Racing Roundtables, James Scully, Kellie Reilly, and Vance Hanson look back on the final weekend of major Breeders' Cup preps and offer thoughts on whose stock is on the rise and on decline. James Scully: Slammed in the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1). A five-time restricted stakes winner over New Mexico-bred rivals, the…

Brad King, Suzanne Kirby and Barbara Coleman's Slammed posted her first graded stakes victory in dominating fashion by romping to a 6½-length victory in the 42nd running of the $350000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) for fillies and mares. Trained by Todd Fincher and ridden by Florent Geroux, Slammed covered the 6 furlongs on a fast main track in…

Slammed took her New Mexico speed to the bluegrass Saturday, running off with the GII Thoroughbred Club of America S., a "Win and You're In" qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint. Having racked up a six-for-eight record last term with romping stakes wins at Ruidoso, Albuquerque and Zia Park, the bay added a Sunland Park stakes victory in…