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A 3-year-old half-sister to 2018 Queen's Plate winner Wonder Gadot, Hard Not To Love made her career debut in Saturday's first race at Santa Anita Park. The Hard Spun filly has a distinguishing characteristic: she only has one eye. That didn't stop her from winning the maiden special weight event by three lengths under Tiago […]

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Santa Anita's popular 20 cent Single Ticket Pick Six Jackpot went unsolved on Saturday, resulting in a Jackpot carryover into Sunday of $190,102.  Although there was no Jackpot winner, there were 67 consolation tickets with six winners, each paying $1,443.05. With $180,325 in new money wagered, Saturday's total Single Ticket Jackpot pool totaled $329,144. First […]

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Count assistant trainer Rory Barron among the handful of folks who thought 5-year-old Killybegs Captain was capable of upsetting multiple-Grade I winner Imperial Hint in the 35th edition of the $100,000 Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. And maybe Barron is the guy everyone should have listened to, since he's spent the last several weeks […]

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The NYRA Bets Late Pick 5, covering the last five races of every card at NYRA tracks and available exclusively to NYRA Bets members across the country, went unsolved on Saturday resulting in a carryover of $42,511 when live racing resumes on Sunday, February 17 at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Pick 6 sequence also went unsolved […]

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The major obstacle facing Gary Barber's War of Will in Saturday's G2 Risen Star Stakes was his draw of the 14-post. Trainer Mark Casse wasn't terribly worried, however, and the 3-year-old War Front colt showed he wouldn't be hampered by it either. Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, War of Will used his speed to a good […]

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Cicero Farms' Marley's Freedom scored her eighth career win in 15 starts Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., tracking pacesetter Selcourt under Drayden Van Dyke, then taking command in deep stretch to win the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes geared down by 1 1/4 lengths. Mopotism finished third, with Escape Clause fourth and […]

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Joel Politi's Serengeti Empress made it look easy in a frontrunning 9-5 route in Saturday's G2 Rachel Alexandra, crossing the line 4 1/2 lengths ahead of her closest rival to earn 50 points toward the Kentucky Oaks. Ridden by James Graham for trainer Tom Amoss, the 3-year-old daughter of Alternation covered 1 1/16 miles over […]

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Anothertwistafate settled nicely up front and kicked clear under jockey Juan Hernandez to dominate the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby by seven lengths on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields. Backed as the 6-5 favorite in the field of 11, Anothertwistafate went straight to the lead, running the opening quarter-mile in 23.38 seconds while being pressed […]

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Pin Oak Stable's second-generation homebred Synchrony was authoritative when making it back-to-back wins in the G3 Fair Grounds Handicap this Saturday, running nine furlongs over the firm turf course in 1:48.09. The 6-year-old son of Tapit, ridden by Joe Bravo as the even-money favorite, bested longshots Bandua and Markitoff by just 1 1/4 lengths for […]

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Kenny McPeek-trained Signalman and Harvey Wallbanger breezed at Gulfstream Park Saturday morning in preparation for upcoming stakes on the Road to the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) March 30. Signalman, who captured the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs in his 2018 finale, breezed five furlongs in 1:00.11. The workout, the third fastest […]

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