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DRF’s Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, March 11, 2023

DRF | 1 year ago
Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook; something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day's action. Read More...

DRF’s Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, March 11, 2023

DRF | 1 year ago
Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook; something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day's action. Read More...

Yonkers: Analysis for Monday 3/13

DRF | 1 year ago
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 3/13 card at Yonkers Raceway. Read More...

Yonkers: Analysis for Monday 3/13

DRF | 1 year ago
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 3/13 card at Yonkers Raceway. Read More...

Woodbine Mohawk Park: Analysis for Monday 3/13

DRF | 1 year ago
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 3/13 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Read More...

Woodbine Mohawk Park: Analysis for Monday 3/13

DRF | 1 year ago
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 3/13 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Read More...

Australia: Trial race winner Autumn Ballet well bet in Group 3 Black Opal Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
The powerful training partnership of Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse have two leading contenders in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Canberra Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening, a team led by the unraced fill... Read More...

Australia: Trial race winner Autumn Ballet well bet in Group 3 Black Opal Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
The powerful training partnership of Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse have two leading contenders in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Canberra Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening, a team led by the unraced fill... Read More...

Los Alamitos has pick six carryover of more than $74K

DRF | 1 year ago
The $2 pick six at Los Alamitos on Saturday begins with a carryover of $74,767 from last weekend, and expectations are that the total pool will exceed $250,000. Read More...

Los Alamitos has pick carryover of more than $74K

DRF | 1 year ago
The $2 pick six at Los Alamitos on Saturday begins with a carryover of $74,767 from last weekend, and expectations are that the total pool will exceed $250,000. Read More...

Donk getting turf sprinters ready for spring

DRF | 1 year ago
Siblings Thin White Duke and Yes and Yes are back on the work tab for trainer David Donk as they prepare for the upcoming turf season in New York. Read More...

Donk getting turf sprinters ready for spring

DRF | 1 year ago
Siblings Thin White Duke and Yes and Yes are back on the work tab for trainer David Donk as they prepare for the upcoming turf season in New York. Read More...

Venti Valentine back on work tab, points to Critical Eye Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
Venti Valentine, who won the Bay Ridge Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths here Dec. 17, returned to the work tab Friday, breezing a half-mile in 49.81 seconds over the Belmont Park training track. Read More...

Venti Valentine back on work tab, points to Critical Eye Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
Venti Valentine, who won the Bay Ridge Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths here Dec. 17, returned to the work tab Friday, breezing a half-mile in 49.81 seconds over the Belmont Park training track. Read More...

Funny How gets back to work, targets Distaff Handicap

DRF | 1 year ago
While he will still be well represented in Sunday’s $100,000 Biogio’s Rose with Timeless Journey, trainer Ray Handal’s best New York-bred female dirt horse, Funny How, has a bigger prize in her sights – the Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff Handicap on April 7... Read More...

Funny How gets back to work, targets Distaff Handicap

DRF | 1 year ago
While he will still be well represented in Sunday’s $100,000 Biogio’s Rose with Timeless Journey, trainer Ray Handal’s best New York-bred female dirt horse, Funny How, has a bigger prize in her sights – the Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff Handicap on April 7... Read More...

Calhoun may run three in Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby

DRF | 1 year ago
Vietnam Victory is one of three starters trainer Bret Calhoun could have in the new $100,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby on March 25 at Sam Houston Race Park. Read More...

Calhoun may run three in Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby

DRF | 1 year ago
Vietnam Victory is one of three starters trainer Bret Calhoun could have in the new $100,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby on March 25 at Sam Houston Race Park. Read More...

Heart Rhythm may try Commonwealth Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer John Ortiz said Heart Rhythm is under consideration for the Grade 3, $300,000 Commonwealth at Keeneland following his allowance win Thursday at Oaklawn Park. Read More...

Heart Rhythm may try Commonwealth Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer John Ortiz said Heart Rhythm is under consideration for the Grade 3, $300,000 Commonwealth at Keeneland following his allowance win Thursday at Oaklawn Park. Read More...

Woodbine Mohawk Park: ‘LED’ the Way – Mohawk Park track light replacement project

DRF | 1 year ago
Woodbine Mohawk Park today announced its plan to advance its current racetrack lighting system to a new, state-of-the-art LED lighting system that will provide horse people and fans with an exceptional new look and elevated racing experience. Read More...

Woodbine Mohawk Park: ‘LED’ the Way – Mohawk Park track light replacement project

DRF | 1 year ago
Woodbine Mohawk Park today announced its plan to advance its current racetrack lighting system to a new, state-of-the-art LED lighting system that will provide horse people and fans with an exceptional new look and elevated racing experience. Read More...

Bella Dona seeks 10th straight stakes win in Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap

DRF | 1 year ago
Bella Dona will have her work cut out for her Sunday when she attempts to win her 10th consecutive race in the $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap at Sunland Park. Read More...

Bella Dona seeks 10th straight stakes win in Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap

DRF | 1 year ago
Bella Dona will have her work cut out for her Sunday when she attempts to win her 10th consecutive race in the $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap at Sunland Park. Read More...

Harness: Borgata consolation winner Im Sir Blake A back for more

DRF | 1 year ago
After a five-month hiatus to freshen up from a busy 2022 campaign, Australian-bred male pacer Im Sir Blake A is ready to make his first start of this season ahead of a trip to the MGM Borgata Series later this month. Read More...

Harness: Borgata consolation winner Im Sir Blake A back for more

DRF | 1 year ago
After a five-month hiatus to freshen up from a busy 2022 campaign, Australian-bred male pacer Im Sir Blake A is ready to make his first start of this season ahead of a trip to the MGM Borgata Series later this month. Read More...

Clapton must catch Mish to win allowance and break losing streak

DRF | 1 year ago
Clapton will try to snap his four-race losing streak Sunday in a salty spot, an $87,000 allowance race that lured a quality field of seven older runners going 1 1/16 miles. It is the third and best of three allowance races on Sunday's attractive 10-race program. Read More...

Santa Ana rematches top three from Astra Stakes

DRF | 1 year ago
The first three finishers of the Astra Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita in January are among the principal runners in Sunday's Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles on turf. Read More...

Japanese champion and stallion Heart’s Cry dies at age 22

DRF | 1 year ago
Japanese champion Heart's Cry, a son of the legendary Sunday Silence who went on to become a prominent sire in his own right, has died at the age of 22, the Japanese Racing Authority reported on Friday. Read More...

Japanese champion and stallion Heart’s Cry dies at age 22

DRF | 1 year ago
Japanese champion Heart's Cry, a son of the legendary Sunday Silence who went on to become a prominent sire in his own right, has died at the age of 22, the Japanese Racing Authority reported on Friday. Read More...

Tread carefully if you’re thinking of betting the rent on Golden Hornet

DRF | 1 year ago
Golden Hornet could be an odds-on favorite in a five-furlong allowance race Sunday at Hawthorne. That might not be a good thing. Read More...

Tread carefully if you’re thinking of betting the rent on Golden Hornet

DRF | 1 year ago
Golden Hornet could be an odds-on favorite in a five-furlong allowance race Sunday at Hawthorne. That might not be a good thing. Read More...

Know It All Audrey fits well in Biogio’s Rose

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer Oscar Barrera III is enjoying his best meet on the New York Racing Association circuit. Sunday, he'll try to top it off with his first career stakes victory when he sends out Know It All Audrey in the $100,000 Biogio's Rose for New York-bred females at Aqueduct. Read More...

Know It All Audrey fits well in Biogio’s Rose

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer Oscar Barrera III is enjoying his best meet on the New York Racing Association circuit. Sunday, he'll try to top it off with his first career stakes victory when he sends out Know It All Audrey in the $100,000 Biogio's Rose for New York-bred females at Aqueduct. Read More...

Ice Orchid’s sharp form and early speed make her formidable in allowance

DRF | 1 year ago
Ice Orchid appears to be on top of her game coming into Sunday's featured eighth race at Oaklawn Park. She will start as the probable favorite in the nonwinners-of-three allowance for fillies and mares, which also carries a claiming option of $50,000. Read More...

Santa Anita cancels Friday card due to expected rain

DRF | 1 year ago
Santa Anita has canceled an eight-race program for Friday because of expected rain through the day, racing secretary Jason Egan said. Read More...

Hall of Fame sprinter Xtra Heat dead at 24

DRF | 1 year ago
Xtra Heat, an Eclipse Award champion and Hall of Fame racemare, died in December, owner Woodford Thoroughbreds confirmed via a press release this week. The Dixieland Heat mare was 24. Read More...

Meadowlands: Fanning quartet find good spots for Saturday action

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer Tom Fanning has a solid stable of 26 these days with five 2-year-olds preparing to race later this year. On Saturday night Fanning sends out four of his veteran performers in separate races on the 14-race program at the Meadowlands. Read More...

Meadowlands: Fanning quartet find good spots for Saturday action

DRF | 1 year ago
Trainer Tom Fanning has a solid stable of 26 these days with five 2-year-olds preparing to race later this year. On Saturday night Fanning sends out four of his veteran performers in separate races on the 14-race program at the Meadowlands. Read More...

Arabian Knight tiene distintas opciones para emprender su camino al Kentucky Derby

DRF | 1 year ago
​Aunque aún no acumula puntos para optar por un puesto en el Kentucky Derby G1, el tresañero Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo) es considerado por muchos como uno de los principales aspirantes para la gran carrera del sábado 6 de mayo en Churchill Downs. Read More...

Arabian Knight tiene distintas opciones para emprender su camino al Kentucky Derby

DRF | 1 year ago
​Aunque aún no acumula puntos para optar por un puesto en el Kentucky Derby G1, el tresañero Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo) es considerado por muchos como uno de los principales aspirantes para la gran carrera del sábado 6 de mayo en Churchill Downs. Read More...

Doce potros buscarán los 100 puntos que ofrece el Tampa Bay Derby G3

DRF | 1 year ago
Este sábado se disputará el famoso Tampa Bay Derby (G3), un clásico para los tresañeros en el camino al Kentucky Derby que será en distancia de 1,700 metros con $400,000 en premios. La prueba será el evento más importante de la cartelera hípica donde t... Read More...

Doce potros buscarán los 100 puntos que ofrece el Tampa Bay Derby G3

DRF | 1 year ago
Este sábado se disputará el famoso Tampa Bay Derby (G3), un clásico para los tresañeros en el camino al Kentucky Derby que será en distancia de 1,700 metros con $400,000 en premios. La prueba será el evento más importante de la cartelera hípica donde t... Read More...

DRF’s Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, March 10, 2023

DRF | 1 year ago
Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook; something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day's action. Read More...

DRF’s Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, March 10, 2023

DRF | 1 year ago
Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook; something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day's action. Read More...