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Longshot Weyburn makes impressive seasonal bow to win G3 Gotham in thrilling stretch duel

POSTED: March 7, 2021

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chiefswood Stables’ Weyburn had plenty of built in excuses to wilt in the stretch when making both his stakes – and...

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Dubai Millennium wins the fifth running of the Dubai World Cup in 2000

POSTED: March 6, 2021

The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Group 1 races and three Group 2s, including one of...

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Freedom Fighter, Atlantic Road give Starlight Racing a one-two punch for G3 Gotham

POSTED: March 5, 2021

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Having experienced both the high and low ends of the Kentucky Derby spectrum, owner Jack Wolf of Starlight Racing knows the...

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Undefeated Maxfield to get a good test in Big ‘Cap; Dream Shakes goes from Maiden to Grade II

POSTED: March 5, 2021

ARCADIA, Calif.—Maxfield, an undefeated son of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, carries top weight of 124 pounds in Saturday’s Grade I Santa Anita Handicap presented...

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Irish trainer Gordon Elliott banned from racing for 12 months and fined €15,000

POSTED: March 5, 2021

Top Irish jumps trainer Gordon Elliott has been banned from racing for 12 months, with six months suspended, and ordered to pay costs of €15,000, following...

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Busy stakes weekend with the Big ‘Cap, San Felipe, Gotham and Tampa Bay Derby

POSTED: March 5, 2021

It's a coast-to-coast stakes buffet this weekend with 255 Kentucky Derby qualifying points on the line. The San Felipe, Gotham and Tampa Bay Derby all...

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Twelve entries for Aidan O’Brien in May’s QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket

POSTED: March 5, 2021

Irish champion flat trainer Aidan O’Brien is responsible for 12 of the 72 entries for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, 1...

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Riding with the correct weight, The Big Cap, San Felipe and Tampa Bay Derby

POSTED: March 5, 2021

On this episode of Past the Wire TV Jeff Metz and Jonathan Stettin talk about the recent suspension of Eclipse Award winning apprentice rider Alexander...

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The $400,000 Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby

POSTED: March 4, 2021

We have gone full circle, we have lived our lives through the pandemic and we absorbed the 2020 racing calendar like never before, and now...

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