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IN THE GREEN

An odd thing happened last year in the Jenny Wiley Stakes: Chad Brown didn’t train the winner. Brown had won three straight Jenny Wileys, six out of seven, and seven of 10, and in truth, he probably should have won last year. Excellent Truth finished...

CLASS RELIEF

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bobby Dibona said one of the fondest memories of his late mother came on an Easter Sunday many years ago – a winner’s circle picture that he still cherishes to this day. “The horse actually had some heat issues after...

PARALLEL LINES

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Even though Commandment and The Puma hit the finish line as one at the end of Saturday’s Grade 1 Florida Derby, trainer Gustavo Delgado and his son Gustavo Jr. were confident their horse, The Puma, had gotten to the wire first....

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FULL OF PROMISE

ARCADIA, Calif. – Although he is the least experienced in the Grade 3 San Carlos Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita, likely favorite Cornucopian will enter the seven-furlong race with speed and recency advantages over a pair of more accomplished...

HIGH RANK

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – There are very few races left on Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s bucket list. One of those is the Grade 1 Florida Derby, a prize he’ll hope to add to his résumé Saturday at Gulfstream Park. There, Mott will send out the...

Haulin Ice visits her favorite ATM machine

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Haulin Ice will be shipping in from South Florida for the $250,000 Matron on Friday at Oaklawn Park, but in many ways she is defending her home court. In her last start, a victory, Haulin Ice became the first Arkansas-bred to hit...

Skippylongstocking getting better with age

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Skippylongstocking is becoming something of a legend in his own time. The 7-year-old nailed his first Grade 1 win in January in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup and for an encore racked up his 12th graded stakes victory on Saturday...

QUICK RISE

NEW ORLEANS – The top three finishers in the Louisiana Derby, if not more, will make their next start in the Kentucky Derby, all being well. Emerging Market, up by a head in the $1 million Louisiana Derby, appeared to have come out of the race in good...

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Lennilu hopes surface holds for 3-year-old debut

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Patrick Biancone couldn’t be more excited about getting his multiple stakes winner Lennilu’s 3-year-old campaign started Sunday at Gulfstream Park. What has tempered that enthusiasm a bit has been the recent weather,...

HEAD HONCHO

NEW ORLEANS – Two come from California, three from Florida, but the horses front and center in the Louisiana Derby have been in New Orleans all winter. Chip Honcho won the Gun Runner in December, endured an impossible trip when fourth in the Lecomte...

Joseph doubles up in co-features

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saffie Joseph Jr. has already all but sewed up yet another Gulfstream Park Championship meet training title, but he still has plenty of business to attend to before the session ends on March 29. Joseph will be at his busiest...

Arkansas Derby to be drawn Saturday

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn Park will have a special entry date for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be held on March 28, according to track racing secretary Pat Pope. Pope said entries for the 1 1/8-mile race will be taken this...

MISTY MORNING

ARCADIA, Calif. – There was a minor element of mystery surrounding a five-furlong workout by the 3-year-old Intrepido on Sunday at Santa Anita, but only because of brief weather conditions. Intrepido, scheduled to start in the Grade 1 Santa Anita...

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Taiwan agrees to $9 billion arms package

Taiwan’s parliament finally agreed to purchase a large arms package from the United States on Friday, signing an agreement after months of back-and-forth negotiations inside their own government. The four packages, which include several types of...

AT A CROSSROAD

ARCADIA, Calif. – Mrs. Astor, a veteran turf mare with six stakes wins, has finally reached a career crossroads. The 6-year-old is favored Sunday at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes, a $100,000 race that will determine her direction. One...

FLICKER OF HOPE

Long on miles and short on stakes wins, the jet-setting colt Buetane will ramble on to Colonial Downs as the likely favorite in the $500,000 Virginia Derby on Saturday. Though Buetane regressed in his first route attempt last time out, trainer Bob...

Drexler beginning to heat up; sends out Clay Soldier

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Marty Drexler has gleaned a large following among local horseplayers since becoming a regular at the Gulfstream Park Championship meet earlier this decade. And while the 2025-26 session has not been up to his usual...

A very attractive feature race

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn Park announcer Matt Dinerman could be calling Beauty Reigns and Beautiful Twice quite often during the $125,000 featured eighth race Thursday. The 4-year-olds are chief contenders in the six-furlong allowance for fillies...

FINAL CHOICE

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Now that The Puma has confirmed his connections’ belief that he is a Kentucky Derby horse, they will spend the coming week or so figuring out the best route to get him to the May 2 Run for the Roses. The Puma earned his way into the...

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TAKE TWO

ARCADIA, Calif. – Super Corredora has something to prove on Sunday. Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last fall, she makes her second start of the season in the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita, which was not on her original...

NO SURE THING

ARCADIA, Calif. – Got questions about California 3-yearolds? The Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes has the answers Saturday at Santa Anita. Is the $3 million colt Brant as good as last summer? Winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity and third in the Breeders’...

HEAD OF STEAM

After some disappointing results in several points-scoring races, trainer Brad Cox started to get concerned about his prospects of participating in Kentucky Derby 152. “You start worrying, how good’s your group?” said Cox, who watched horses such as...

Sticker Shock earns spot in Fantasy

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Sticker Shock is likely to make her next start in a major Kentucky Oaks prep after a recent allowance win at Oaklawn Park. Trainer Brad Cox said she is now a candidate for the Grade 2, $1 million Fantasy. The 1 1/16mile race will...

COMMAND PERFORMANCE

INDIANTOWN, Fla. – Watching from afar while growing up, before becoming a trainer, Brad Cox said he used to follow races like the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby with great interest. “I looked forward to that stuff as a kid growing up, reading the...

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E. coli levels surge in Potomac

An ecological crisis is underway in the Potomac River, as a sewage pipe collapsed north of Washington D.C., the Environmental Protection Agency said last week. Millions of gallons of sewage have spilled into the Potomac, in one of the largest sewage...

Twelve people killed in China explosion

Twelve people died last Wednesday in an explosion at a firecracker store. The store, located in China’s Hubei province, caught fire after the explosion. The cause of the explosion is still being investigated. Explosions related to pyrotechnics are not...

COOL DUDE

ARCADIA, Calif. – Greenwich Village will have plenty of chances to prove he is more than just a turf horse, but for now, his turf description suits him just fine. Fresh from a last-to-first win in a hillside sprint stakes, Greenwich Village stretches...

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Haulin Ice on the cusp of millionaire status

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Haulin Ice can become the first Arkansas-bred to reach millionaire status on Friday, when the South Florida-based runner returns to her home state to defend her title in the $150,000 Downthedustyroad Breeders’ Stakes at Oaklawn...

KNOWN COMMODITY

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bill Mott will have one proven commodity, one unknown quantity, and two pretty good chances to win Thursday’s $86,000 main event at Gulfstream Park when sending out Kapoor and Isla Grande in the six-furlong allowance...

BLUE GRASS-BOUND

NEW ORLEANS – Paladin came out of his Risen Star Stakes victory Saturday at Fair Grounds in good shape and on Sunday was headed back to trainer Chad Brown’s winter base at Payson Park. Paladin’s next start, Brown said, will come in the Blue Grass on...

LeBron becomes oldest to record triple-double

LeBron James became the oldest NBA player ever to record a triple-double Thursday night, when at 41 years and 44 days he scored 28 points, handed out 12 assists, and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-104 home victory over...

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STEP ON IT!

ARCADIA, Calif. – Considering it lost graded status this year, and offers a purse of just $100,000, the Palos Verdes Stakes is not a bad race Sunday at Santa Anita. The six-furlong stakes pits streaking California-bred gelding Man O Rose against two...

GULFSTREAM Shred the Gnar least experienced but looks fastest

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Shred the Gnar is the least experienced member in a very talented field of older fillies and mares scheduled to square off Saturday in the $175,000 Royal Delta Stakes at Gulfstream Park. But she appears to be the fastest, and...

GIVING SIGNALS

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A pair of Grade 2 winners looking to recapture their best form, Five G and Sugar Fish, will square off going a mile on the main track in an $87,000 conditioned allowance Friday at Gulfstream Park. Five G has not won a race...

D’Angelo breaks slump, takes aim with Bronze Bullet

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Bronze Bullet, disqualified out of an apparent dead heat for first in the Pulpit Stakes in his juvenile finale, will return to allowance company when launching his 3-year-old campaign against eight rivals, including stablemate...

BIG SPLASH

They only won maiden races in their debuts at Tampa Bay Downs, but expect to hear plenty more from 3-year-olds Emerging Market and Always a Runner throughout the year. Trainer Chad Brown said he had both horses rated highly among his 2-year-olds...

Canada, France open Greenland consulates

Amid a push for control of Greenland by the United States, Canada and France have opened consulates in Greenland on Friday. Officials from both countries met with Danish officials prior to opening the consulates to show support for the NATO ally....

Dozens killed in Pakistan mosque blast

At least 31 people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, the country’s capital, on Friday. Officials say at least 169 people were injured and several in critical condition. The attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber....

CUP REDUX

ARCADIA, Calif. – It is rare for a nongraded stakes with just four runners to offer both national significance and wagering value. An exception is the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Sunday at Santa Anita. The one-mile Las Virgenes...

NO SLAM DUNK

ARCADIA, Calif. – It happens every year in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis at Santa Anita – a Bob Baffert-trained favorite wins the early season route for 3-year-olds. Saturday, it is Desert Gate’s turn. Baffert favorites have won the Lewis for seven...

CHESS GAME

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Send in the closers. The Grade 3, $1 million Southwest Stakes on Friday at Oaklawn Park could have a completely different pace scenario than the track’s first Kentucky Derby points race of the season, the Smarty Jones. “There’s a...

BACK IN ACTION

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., returns to action Thursday after a planned break that was extended a week by Winter Storm Fern. Thursday’s overflowing 10-race card matches Grade 3 winners Speed King and Komorebino Omoide in the $150,000 Fifth...

STEPPING UP

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Todd Pletcher reported that Holy Bull winner Nearly came out of Saturday’s race in good order and was enjoying the unseasonably cold South Florida weather along with the rest of his stablemates at the Palm Beach Downs...

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Vonn injured ahead of Olympics

Just a week before the opening ceremony at the Milan Cortina Olympics, Lindsey Vonn was injured during a crash at the final downhill event before the Olympics. Vonn, 41, lost control and got tangled in the safety nets. The event was later canceled due...

‘SKIPPY’ TAKES JUMP

HALLANDALE, Fla.– Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. had one word to describe his feelings the morning after sending out Skippylongstocking and White Abarrio to finish first and second, respectively, in Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational....