After a pair of tough-luck losses, it appears as though Firing Line has landed an ideal spot to get his first stakes win – and secure a berth in the Kentucky Derby on May 2 – when he starts as the heavy favorite on Sunday in the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby at Sunland Park.
An unusually long race week at Gulfstream Park concludes Sunday with a pair of first-level $48,000 allowances highlighting a 12-race program.
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Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Friday's report features races from Aqueduct, Charles Town, Fair Grounds, Fonner Park, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Laurel Park, Oaklawn Park, Penn National, Santa Anita, Tampa Bay Downs, and Turfway Park.
With a forecast calling for 3 to 5 inches of snow scheduled to start falling around noon, New York Racing Association officials announced that Friday’s eight-race card at Aqueduct would be canceled.
Breezefigs Quick Pix for Saturday, March 21 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
Not For Love, a cornerstone stallion of the Maryland breeding program for close to two decades, has been pensioned from stud duty due to a reproductive hematoma.
Lord Nelson, fourth in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 7, will skip the $800,000 Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico on Sunday, trainer Bob Baffert said Thursday.
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With five $50,000 George Morton Levy divisions on the 12-race program on Saturday at Yonkers Raceway, racing fans will get their first opportunity in 2015 to see defending champions collide. This year’s first round is highlighted by race seven as Dancin Yankee takes on the $6.9 million winning Foiled Again.
