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Darby Dan dusts off its silks for son of Soaring Softly

The fawn silks with brown sleeves of Darby Dan Farm have been worn by Kentucky Derby winners Proud Clarion (1967) and Chateaugay (1963). Jorge Velasquez was sporting a set when he won the 1985 Breeders' Cup Classic on Proud Truth. But John Phillips, the head of Darby Dan, estimates they have not made an appearance in about 15 years.That will change in the sixth race at Aqueduct on Sunday when Manitoulin makes his career debut for Darby Dan Farm LLC and trainer Jimmy Toner.

Jim DunleavyNov 20, 2015

Pocono: Horses to watch from Nov. 14 - Nov. 17

Horses to watch from Pocono Downs.

Ken WaltersNov 20, 2015

Yonkers: Sunday 11/22 Analysis

Matt Rose's analysis of the Saunday morning 11/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Matt RoseNov 20, 2015

Big Macher seeks repeat in Cary Grant

Before his career transformation from sprints to routes, Grade 1 winner Big Macher will stop in at Del Mar on Sunday for a confidence builder. The $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes is a familiar target.

Brad FreeNov 20, 2015

Former Padres star runs first horse Sunday

Carlos Quentin, a former Major League Baseball All-Star who played locally for the San Diego Padres, is part of the ownership group of Tattenham, who runs in race 7 on Sunday at Del Mar, a second-level optional $62,500 claimer at one mile on turf in which he's in for the claiming tag.

Jay PrivmanNov 20, 2015

Alert Bay seeks to extend streak in Seabiscuit

Alert Bay will seek his fourth straight victory next Friday in the Grade 2, $250,000 Seabiscuit Handicap at Del Mar, a 1 1/16-mile grass race for older horses that was known as the Citation when it was run at Hollywood Park.

Jay PrivmanNov 20, 2015

Lottie will be hard to deny in maiden turf mile

Lottie ran too good to lose in her debut at Keeneland, earning a Beyer Speed Figure that would win most maiden races, and she figures to be a strong favorite in Sunday's final race at Del Mar, a one-mile grass race for 2-year-old maiden fillies.

Jay PrivmanNov 20, 2015

Sunday Rules tries sprinting five furlongs on grass

Sunday Rules, the winner of five of her first six starts, will try a new distance and surface when she competes in a third-level optional $100,000 claiming race to kick off the Sunday card at Del Mar.

Jay PrivmanNov 20, 2015

He Be Fire N Ice relocates to Ridgeley Farm in California

Grade 2-placed stakes winner He Be Fire N Ice has relocated to Ridgeley Farm in Hemet, Calif., for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.

DRF Breeding StaffNov 20, 2015

Hovdey: Eclipse engraver has a big head start

The Eclipse Awards dinner is set for Jan. 16, 2016, at Gulfstream Park, which means the sponsors have less than two months to figure out a way to make it exciting. Right now, the event figures to provide about as much drama as the 1998 Academy Awards.

Jay HovdeyNov 20, 2015

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