Horse Racing News

Four weeks after a memorable stretch drive in which Samraat just held off Uncle Sigh in the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, those two New York-bred rivals will hook up again at the Jamaica, N.Y. track in the $500,000 Gotham Stakes March 1.

Veteran campaigner Strapping Groom, winner of the Forego Stakes over a muddy track last year, has been installed the 7-5 morning line choice in the field of seven drawn for the March 1 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Stonestreet's Teen Pauline seeks her first graded-stakes score and third straight stakes win March 1 at Aqueduct Racetrack, when she takes on a small but salty field of fillies and mares in the $200,000 Top Flight Handicap.

Starlight Racing's Intense Holiday finally got his graded score, and did so with a thrilling late run by a nose Feb. 22 in the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

It's relatively early on the Derby trail but it's unlikely there will be another two-way duel as good as the one in the $415,000 Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth, won by Wildcat Red over General a Rod Feb. 22 at Gulfstream Park.

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC's Untapable threw in a subpar eighth two starts back in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, then finished a one-paced third in the Hollywood Starlet over Hollywood Park's Cushion Track on December 7.

Onlyforyou remain undefeated from four career starts with a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Davona Dale at Gulfstream Park.

Normandy Invasion, last seen finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby, returned in a track record-setting victory in a one-mile allowance optional claiming race Feb. 22 at Gulfstream Park.

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A winner on both grass and Polytrack, We Miss Artie goes after his first dirt victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park.