Edited Press Release On an overcast Sunday morning, undefeated champion Songbird worked five furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track shortly after daybreak in 1:00 with exercise rider Edgar Rodriguez aboard. Santa Anita clocker Dane Nelson had fractional times for Songbird of :24 and :48.20...
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Songbird records five-furlong move in 1:00
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Posted Sunday, May 29
Lexie Lou regains winning form in Nassau; Isabella Sings new tune in Miss Liberty
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Posted Sunday, May 29
Two turf distaffers answered key questions on Sunday: Lexie Lou, the 2014 Canadian Horse of the Year, proved that she’s not done yet by snapping a losing streak in Woodbine’s $177,184 Nassau (G2), and Isabella Sings proved that she’s not a need-the-lead type after all in the $82,000 Miss Liberty at...
Exaggerator in high spirits after arriving at Belmont Park
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Posted Sunday, May 29
Edited Press Release Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Exaggerator left Pimlico at 8:08 a.m. (ET) Sunday morning and arrived in New York in good order early Sunday afternoon to continue his preparations for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park on June 11. Exaggerator, second in the...
Suddenbreakingnews breezes six furlongs for Belmont
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Posted Sunday, May 29
Edited Press Release Samuel Henderson’s Grade 3-winning Suddenbreakingnews, fifth when last seen in the Kentucky Derby (G1), continued preparations for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 11 with a six-furlong breeze in 1:12.40 Sunday morning over Churchill Downs’ fast main track with Joe...
Tepin’s owner makes right call to proceed to Royal Ascot
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Posted Sunday, May 29
You know the old poem, “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.” After trainer Mark Casse cast doubt upon champion turf mare Tepin’s...
Brown trainees ready for possible runs in Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
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Posted Sunday, May 29
Edited Press Release Trainer Chad Brown has a number of runners under consideration for the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, featuring 19 stakes races worth more than $10 million in purses. "We have a good group of horses and I'm happy with the way each of them is training," Brown said...
Diva Express, I’m a Looker dead-heat for Winning Colors victory
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Posted Saturday, May 28
I’m a Looker joined Diva Express in the lane of the $100,000 Winning Colors (G3) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, and the duo battled it out all the way to the finish line. What appeared to be a head-bobbing win for one of the four-year-old fillies instead turned out to be a dead-heat victory for...
Stellar Wind works five furlongs ahead of possible meeting with Beholder in Vanity
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Posted Saturday, May 28
Edited Press Release Anticipation is gaining momentum hour-by-hour for the showdown between champions Beholder and Stellar Wind in next Saturday’s $400,000 Vanity Mile (G1). Stellar Wind, honored as the champion three-year-old filly of 2015 at the Eclipse Award ceremony in January, would be...
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