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Ellis Starr, national analyst for Equibase, handicaps Saturday's Sam F. Davis Stakes, a Kentucky Derby qualifying race at Tampa Bay Downs.

Rocket Can could easily run well enough to win the Holy Bull by repeating either of his previous two-turn efforts.

An old saying goes, “Early speed is the ultimate bias,” and it is no more true in this race where many of the recent winners were on the lead or within a length of the lead from the start

Michael Dubb and Morris Bailey’s Prince of Jericho, beaten by Coffeewithchris in his stakes debut last month, avenged that loss by pouncing on the co-favorite at the top of the stretch and steadily drawing away to win Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid by four lengths at Laurel Park.

Graham has won for trainer Keith Desormeaux at Fair Grounds one-third of the time, including the 2022 Lecomte with Call Me Midnight at 28-1

Coffeewithchris, who became a stakes winner with his 16-1 upset of last month’s Heft in his juvenile finale, wheels back in three weeks

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced the five winners of its 2022 media awards on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Silver Prospector may be able to rebound to top form, and he could post the upset and win this year’s Fifth Season Stakes.

Undefeated stakes winners Post Time and Recruiter and Grade 3-placed Prove Right top 24 nominations to the $100,000 Spectacular Bid for newly turned 3-year-olds Saturday, Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.

“The horse has been training well and he's sitting on 'go,' so we thought why not take a swing,” Russell said.