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Acapulco scores easily in Royal Ascot prep

Sat May 14 2016Vance Hanson

Acapulco will make a return trip to England for next month's Royal Ascot meet on a two-race win streak after defeating five older rivals in Saturday's $63,433 Unbridled Sidney at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Robby Albarado, Acapulco was part of a ...
Belardo overhauls Euro Charline late in Lockinge

Sat May 14 2016Kellie Reilly

Belardo is capable of delivering a grand performance in the right conditions, as illustrated once again in Saturday’s Lockinge (G1) at Newbury. The 2014 Dewhurst (G1) winner, and runner-up to Solow in last October’s Queen Elizabeth II (G1), swept fro ...
Southland 2016 Razorback Classic Stakes competition gets underway with Round 1 on Sunday, May 15

Sat May 14 2016MoneyMaker Mike

This weekend's greyhound racing at Southland is highlighted by the start of the always exciting and entertaining  2016 RAZORBACK CLASSIC STAKES. Round 1 will be run on Sunday, May 15 with 12 stakes races on the schedule as 96 hard running greyhounds ...
Cherry Wine, Laoban post final Preakness works

Sat May 14 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Cherry Wine finished his major preparations for the Preakness (G1) on Saturday by working five furlongs on a fast Churchill Downs track in 1:01.60. Working on his own and with regular exercise rider Faustino Agui ...
Nyquist jogs, Garcia reflects on riding two Derby winners

Sat May 14 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Nyquist jogged twice around the Pimlico racetrack Saturday morning, a week before a highly anticipated bid to complete a Kentucky Derby (G1)-Preakness (G1) double in next Saturday's middle jewel of the Triple Crown. ...
Intriguing Peter Pan features Belmont Stakes hopefuls, highlights All-Stakes Pick 4

Sat May 14 2016James Scully

The Peter Pan (G2) holds the most interest of four graded stakes races at Belmont Park Saturday, with the 1 1/8-mile event having the potential to produce multiple starters for the Belmont Stakes (G1) four weeks later. It’s the third leg of an All-St ...

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Exaggerator to van to Pimlico, unlikely to breeze before Preakness

Fri May 13 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited from Preakness and Santa Anita press releases Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator walked the shedrow at trainer Keith Desormeaux’s Churchill Downs barn Friday morning. “Keith decided to give him an extra walk day,” said Julie Clark, a ...
Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse Meet Wraps on May 16

Fri May 13 2016

Teardrops At the Bar runs Saturday in the John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge at Sam Houston Race Park Trainer Rolando Almanza also qualified two finalists:  Shez Freaky and Maxx.  Shez Freaky, owned by Mario Lozano-Cantu, ran fourth in the $26 ...
Kentucky Derby Betting Challenge
Myeress rallies to win inaugural Kentucky Derby Betting Championship

Fri May 13 2016Ed DeRosa

The inaugural winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby Betting Championship (KDBC) sealed his victory with a bet on Nyquist. The two-day Championship came down to the final race with 53 players vying for the $100,000 first prize. Ron Myeress bet $9,400 ...
Suddenbreakingnews and Destin targeting Belmont Stakes

Fri May 13 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Midwest-based trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel hasn't started a horse in the Empire State since 2012, when he campaigned a small contingent over two seasons on the New York circuit. Led by 2011 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) win ...
Frankel’s first starter makes winning debut at Newbury

Fri May 13 2016Kellie Reilly

The Frankel legend is entering a new phase. An unbeaten world champion, Frankel is now a freshman sire, and the Juddmonte stallion wasted no time in recording his first winner – from his very first starter, Cunco, at Newbury on Friday. Cunco also ...
Lani settling in at Belmont before Preakness run

Fri May 13 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Lani, the Koji Maeda-owned gray colt, drew headlines when he became just the second Japan-based horse to compete in the Kentucky Derby (G1). He ended up finishing ninth in the Run for the Roses while steadily making up groun ...
Land Over Sea gallops at Pimlico for possible Black-Eyed Susan bid

Fri May 13 2016TwinSpires Staff

Edited Press Release Grade 2 heroine Land Over Sea had her first gallop over the main track at Pimlico Race Course Friday morning ahead of a possible engagement in the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on May 20. Like Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning ...

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