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Since the powers of summertime racing decided to hold their marquee events for 3-year-old fillies on the same warm August afternoon, why not compare and contrast.
Read MoreSince the powers of summertime racing decided to hold their marquee events for 3-year-old fillies on the same warm August afternoon, why not compare and contrast.
Read MoreDEL MAR, CA – With a stakes win over six furlongs on turf at Betfair Hollywood Park in June, Byrama is proven as a sprinter. What remains in question is how effective she can be around two turns. In five starts at a mile or 1 1/8 miles, Byrama is winless, but has placed in […]
Read MoreByrama will be well fancied in Friday night’s running of the $85,000 Sandy Blue Stakes at Del Mar. Seven sophomore fillies will line up to face the starter and traverse the flat-mile circuit of the spinach Where The Turf Meets The Surf. Simon Callaghan will provide a leg up to Garrett Gomez, who will do his best to navigate a beneficial journey from post 2.
Read MoreIn Lingerie had a trip she and her connections would rather forget when sent off as the 8-5 favorite in last month’s running of the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks when she checked in a well-beaten third.
Read MoreThe Eclipse freshman class made a humongous statement this week, winning races on the left coast, the right coast and smack-dab in the center of the country. It was a monster trifecta for the fledging stable, who acquired each of the youngsters via different channels.
Read MoreTara From the Cape gave her backers at the betting windows and her partners just what they were looking for when she obliged at odds of 1-5 to win the $50,000 Thomas “Tuck” Greene Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park on Thursday afternoon by 2 ½ widening lengths to preserve her perfect slate and notch an all-important black-type Stakes win to her docket.
Read MoreFlying Rapunzel made the move from start #1 to start #2 Eclipse and trainer Wayne Catalano were hoping to see when she wired a decent field of debutantes with consummate ease Sunday at Arlington Park.
Read MoreThe summer has arrived and the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners stable is poised to provide its partners with some serious, big race action in Week 1 of the 2 marquee race meets on the American racing calendar at Saratoga and Del Mar.
Read MoreIt was the first added-money score for the dark bay son of Proud Citizen-Luvina, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, who entered the 1 1/8-mile turf tilt off a trio of second-place efforts.
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