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Eighteen schooling races for 2-year-olds are scheduled for Friday.

Sponsored by: Underpressure denies Pound for Pound in the Louisiana Premier Night Championship on Feb. 8, 2020 Delta Downs will host its richest race program of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 10, when the track will award $805,000 in total purse throughout 10 stakes races. The event is called Louisiana Premier Day, and for the first time in its 18-year existence it will take place during the daytime hours with first post time set for 12:55 pm. The featured race on the card will be the $125,000 Louisiana Premier Day Championship for older horses competing at 1-1/16 miles, which will b...

Trainer Shane Wilson Sees Potential In Risen Star Hopeful Rightandjust Sponsored by: Trainer Shane Wilson On a backstretch with Eclipse Award winners, Hall of Famers, and countess local legends, trainer Shane Wilson is more than holding his own at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Wilson, a native of Haughton, La., has been working at the race track since he was a teenager and learned his trade under Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg, as well as highly successful veterans Bobby Barnett and Sam David. He went out his own in 1998, won his first race that October at Sam Houston wh...

Drain The Clock Overcomes Recent Colic, Dominates Swale Stakes At Gulfstream Sponsored by: Drain the Clock winning the Swale Stakes with Edgard Zayas aboard Drain the Clock kept on ticking in Saturday's $100,000 Claiborne Farm Swale (G3) at Gulfstream Park, running his South Florida record to 4-for-4 with a dominating 6 ¼-length triumph. The Swale, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, was featured on a 12-race program with five graded stakes, headlined by the $200,000 Holy Bull (G3). Drain the Clock, whose only loss in five career starts came at Delta Downs when his rider was un...

Sponsored by: Drain the Clock draws clear in the Limehouse Stakes under Edgard Zayas Slam Dunk Racing's Drain the Clock will make his graded-stakes debut in Saturday's $100,000 Claiborne Farm Swale (G3) at Gulfstream Park for connections who are hoping to keep things short and sweet. Although also nominated to the $200,000 Holy Bull (G3), the 1 1/16-mile Curlin Florida Derby prep that will headline a 12-race program with five graded stakes, Drain the Clock will seek to remain undefeated in South Florida in the seven-furlong undercard feature for 3-year-olds. “The Swale is a good o...