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Sponsored by: America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) in partnership with FOX Sports, will air coverage both Saturday and Sunday showcasing live racing action from Aqueduct Racetrack and Oaklawn Park. Presented by America's Best Racing and Claiborne Farm, America's Day at the Races will broadcast Saturday from 2-3 p.m. Eastern on FS1 and from 3-6 p.m. on FS2. Sunday will feature coverage on FS2 from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday's stakes-laden card from Oaklawn is headlined by the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel (Race...

Essential Quality, Mandaloun Top Nominees To April 3 Blue Grass Stakes Sponsored by: Horses race before an empty grandstand at Keeneland Racecourse on July 8 Ten of the top 11 horses on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard, which is led by recent Risen Star (G2) Presented by Lamarque Ford winner Mandaloun and undefeated champion Essential Quality, are among 148 3-year-olds nominated to the 97th running of the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2), the richest of the six graded stakes worth $2.1 million to be run April 3 on opening Saturday of Keeneland's 2021 Spring Meet. Brad ...

Sponsored by: Caddo River serves notice with a 10 1/4-length victory in the Smarty Jones Caddo River returned to the track Tuesday morning for the first time since a record-breaking victory in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Friday at Oaklawn. At the same time, his trainer, Brad Cox, was plotting the next move for the speedy colt and his handful of other Kentucky Derby prospects, including probable Eclipse Award winner Essential Quality. The road to Churchill Downs, at least regarding next-race plans for Caddo River and Essential Quality, will run through Oaklawn's ...

The TDN Kentucky Derby Top 12 For Jan. 26 Monday, January 25, 2021 at 3:25 pm | Back to: Derby Top 12, Shared News T. D. Thornton Two new shooters debut on the Top 12 this week and there was a large leap forward from the previously ranked No. 10 contender all the way up to the No. 2 spot. Four qualifying races on the Road to the GI Kentucky Derby points series are on the docket for the next two weekends. 1) ESSENTIAL QUALITY (c, TapitР'TDN Rising Star' Essential Quality will likely add an Eclipse Award to his r̩sum̩ on Thursday as this undefeated colt preps for either the GII Risen S...

Caddo River Demolishes Smarty Jones Rivals As Oaklawn Meet Begins Sponsored by: Caddo River serves notice with a 10 1/4-length victory in the Smarty Jones Breaking from the outside post in a field of seven, Shortleaf Stable's homebred Caddo River went straight to the front under Florent Geroux, set all the fractions and pulled away to a 10 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on opening day of the 2021 Oaklawn meet in Hot Springs, Ark. Caddo River, trained by Brad Cox, paid $3.20 to win as the 3-5 favorite after traveling one-mile around two turns in 1:38.19. Cowan...