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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....

FBI investigating Irsay’s death

The FBI have begun an investigation into the death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who died in May at the age of 65. After his death, it was revealed that Irsay had a difficult stretch with his health, including 26 surgeries in the past...

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CLASSY PAST

ARCADIA, Calif. – Seeing that favorites are winning at a 46 percent clip this winter at Santa Anita, perhaps bettors should back the obvious Friday in the featured fifth race on the hillside turf course. However, that means wagering on a Grade 1...

BIG CREDENTIALS

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Thursday evening figures to be a memorable one for the potent jockey and trainer combination of Junior Alvarado and Bill Mott, who are likely to be spending plenty of time at the podium accepting accolades for Sovereignty at...

MIGHTY CLIMB

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Brad Cox will hold the upper hand when he sends out the undefeated Disco Time and Florida Derby winner Tappan Street against 10 rivals in Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park. The...

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FINISHING STRONG

Mrs. Astor is nearing the end of her career, which has bloomed with five stakes wins in the last 14 months. A 6-year-old mare, Mrs. Astor will be heavily favored to win Monday’s $100,000 Astra Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf for fillies and mares at...

HEAD OF THE CLASS

It’s mid-January, and while the Lecomte Stakes marks the first 42-point Derby qualifying race on Churchill Downs’s Road to the Kentucky Derby, it comes too early to be termed a significant Derby prep, right? Wrong. While the last two Lecomtes produced...

TIGHTENING UP

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bill Mott said he’d prefer not to run Batten Down and Stars and Stripes against one another to open their 2026 campaigns. But with few options available locally around two turns for older horses, such will be the case...

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AQUEDUCT One Nine Hundred, Vettriano set to battle up front

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – One Nine Hundred and Vettriano, two very fast sprinters, look set to have a throwdown Friday at Aqueduct in a second-level allowance/optional $75,000 claiming race at six furlongs. One Nine Hundred, a Kentucky-bred 4-year-old son of...

EYES ON THE PRIZE

Sovereignty, the dual-classic winner; Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year; and 12 of the 14 winners of Breeders’ Cup races were among those announced Sunday as finalists for Eclipse Awards, which honor the 2025 champions of Thoroughbred...

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Pasta tariffs lowered

After initially proposing sky-high tariffs on pasta in October, Italy and the United States announced that those tariffs won’t be that high. Initially threatened at 92 percent, on top of other 15 percent tariffs on the European Union, the tariffs were...

NEXT LEVEL

Wakuda will attempt to win her third consecutive race Sunday at Oaklawn Park in the $150,000 Mockingbird, a stakes that last year produced a Breeders’ Cup winner in Shisospicy. The Mockingbird, which is for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs, closes...

CLASS OF THE FIELD

ARCADIA, Calif. – The first dirt stakes of the season for California 3-year-old fillies always begins in predictable fashion, which bodes well for odds-on Explora in the $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita. If she runs as expected in...

HOME ON TURF

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Carlos Martin is hoping Glorious Boy can earn his second straight stakes win and that he can do so in a lot less dramatic fashion when facing nine other 3-year-olds Thursday at Gulfstream Park in the $175,000 Dania...

Rice looks to pad record win total on final card

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Linda Rice looks poised to add to her record-setting season totals in New York with eight entrants in five of the eight races on Wednesday’s Aqueduct card, the final program of 2025. Rice enters the day with 171 wins,...

Koepka to leave LIV Tour

Golfer Brooks Koepka announced last week that he will no longer be playing on the LIV Golf Tour, making him the first golfer to defect from the league. Koepka, 35, cited that he wanted to spend more time with his family. Talor Gooch will replace Koepka...

BIG PLANS

ARCADIA, Calif. – A Grade 2 stakes Monday on the hillside course at Santa Anita would provide an ideal middle ground for a pair of turf specialists whose running styles are as different as their upcoming campaigns. However, little is ideal about the...

BAFFERT SENDS OUT TOP FIVE CHOICES IN MALIBU,

ARCADIA, Calif. – The show starts late this season at Santa Anita, two days late, which is no big deal for five late-developing Bob Baffert trainees entered in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes. Due to a severe rainstorm, Santa Anita tweaked tradition by...

IN THE WINGS

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A year ago, White Abarrio used a start in the sevenfurlong Mr. Prospector as a stepping-stone to one of the most impressive and important victories of his career, a 6 1/4-length triumph in Gulfstream Park’s signature event, the...

Coast Guard chasing vessel off Venezuela

Reports came in Sunday night that the United States Coast Guard was in “active pursuit” of a sanctioned vessel in international waters off Venezuela. The vessel, known as Bella 1, was placed on the U.S. sanctions list in June 2024 for its connection to...

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NASCAR’s Biffle dies in plane crash

NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, along with his wife, two children, and three other people, died Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina. Details of the crash are still unclear, but the Federal Aviation Administration is taking over the investigation....

STOCKING STUFFER

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Horseplayers will be given an early Christmas present on Sunday when Gulfstream Park offers a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 pool, which figures to have a carryover of nearly $300,000 and a final jackpot estimated in the...