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Bendoog in tough spot again
Bendoog went up against a Grade 1 winner the last time he ran in the overnight ranks at Oaklawn Park. The story will be the same Friday when he meets Stronghold.
Mary RampelliniApr 15, 2026
Bendoog went up against a Grade 1 winner the last time he ran in the overnight ranks at Oaklawn Park. The story will be the same Friday when he meets Stronghold.
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Spring at Santa Anita is always good for trainer Phil D'Amato, who expects his run to continue during the 2026 Hollywood meet that begins Friday.
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Friday is opening day of the two-month Hollywood meet. The nine-race card is topped by split divisions (races 7 and 9) of a California-bred allowance turf sprint. Sir Percival starts over in race 7 as he shortens up from a highly rated allowance route win. Race 9 features Tom Seaver, making his first start in a year.
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The 5-year-old mare Gin Gin, a Calumet homebred, will sneak up on nobody Friday when she tries for a second straight Doubledogdare as the 2-1 morning-line favorite.
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The curious saga of Queen Maxima continues to stir discussion at Santa Anita following the mare's flat third as the odds-on favorite April 4 in the Grade 3 Monrovia Stakes on the hillside turf course.
Both chambers of the Kentucky legislature overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday night to override a veto issued by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear of a wide-ranging gambling bill that allows racetracks to offer fixed-odds bets on horse races.
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Concise and Allioop Blue Chip were repeat winners in Bobby Weiss Series action for 3-year-old trotting females on Tuesday afternoon, while on the pacing side no first prelim winner could duplicate that victory in their divisions of the second leg. Each purse on both gaits was $17,500.
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A colt from the first crop of Epicenter set a high bar for the rest of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training, selling for $1.95 million to lead an opening session that posted gains to kick off the proceedings.
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The connections of White Abarrio, one of the top older horses in the country last year, have filed a lawsuit against Breeders’ Cup, the California Horse Racing Board, and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club alleging that the scratch of the horse prior to the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile last year violated California regulations and written protocols.
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Most 20-year-olds are just beginning to find their way, figuring out who they are and what they want in life. For Kyle Swift, that was never a question nor a debate. Born into harness racing and generations of horsemen, his path as a driver was set long before he ever grabbed a pair of lines.