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NEWS - Article posted on Saturday 08 March

San Filipe Contenders Eye Derby Start

With the scratch of top contender Bayern, California Chrome has been made a clear 9-5 favorite over a strong field of eight others for Saturday’s running of the $300,000 Grade […]

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NEWS - Article posted on Monday 17 February

Palace Tries for General George H. 

Maryland race fans can spend their holiday Monday watching and wagering graded-stakes action at Laurel Park, with the running of the $250,000 Grade III General George Handicap. For three-year-olds and […]

NEWS - Article posted on Saturday 01 February

Las Virgenes Stakes Goes at Santa Anita 

There is a pair of graded-stakes races on the schedule from Santa Anita Saturday, starting with the $300,000 Grade I Las Virgenes for three-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles on […]

NEWS - Article posted on Saturday 25 January

Ready For More Seeks First Stakes Win 

Ready for More will get the chance to prove he’s ready to move into the winner’s circle at the stakes level on Sunday at Santa Anita, when he faces a […]

NEWS - Article posted on Wednesday 08 January

Oaklawn Opens with Dixie Belle Stakes 

The start of the 2014 winter meet at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, gives simulcast bettors one more option for their wagering choices. Those looking to catch the action […]

NEWS - Article posted on Friday 27 December

Young Rivals Meet in Juvenile Champion 

The second of two stakes races in the Saturday card at Laurel Park, the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Champion Stakes looks on paper to be a two-horse race between Joint Custody, […]

NEWS - Article posted on Friday 20 December

Eight to Contend in Tenacious Handicap 

Grand Contender is the main contender on Saturday at Fair Grounds in the running of the $75,000 Tenacious Handicap for three-year-olds and up going 1 1/16 miles on the dirt. […]

NEWS - Article posted on Saturday 14 December

Hollendorfer Sweeps Native Diver 

In a race that was a fight from start to finish, horses trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer finished first, second and third on Saturday at Hollywood Park in […]

NEWS - Article posted on Monday 18 November

Imagining Takes First Graded-Stakes Win 

Until Saturday, it had been almost two years since the once-promising Giant’s Causeway colt Imagining had had any graded-stakes racing success. After a solid-second place finish in November 2011 in […]

NEWS - Article posted on Friday 08 November

Laurel Hosts Four Stakes Saturday 

Four Saturday stakes races  - including one restricted to Maryland-breds – highlight the weekend of racing at Laurel Park. For wagering purposes, the best value is likely to be had […]