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United, Madone Target Del Mar Handicap, Oaks For Next Starts Sponsored by: Madone and jockey Juan Hernandez win the Senorita Stakes. United and Madone came out of their respective Grade 2 wins in the $250,000 Eddie Read and $200,000 San Clemente Stakes at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., on Saturday in fine fettle, their trainers reported Sunday morning. And with those lucrative first steps taken, the connections are eyeing even bigger things on August 21 as part of the five-stakes mega card for TVG Pacific Classic Day. For United, it's the $300,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Hand...

Sponsored by: Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith's Group 1-winner Sovereign will make his first start in North America against a competitive field which includes four other graded/grouped stakes winners in Saturday's 63rd running of the Grade 1, $700,000 Man o' War going 1 3/8 miles over the inner turf for older horses at Belmont Park. The Man o' War, NYRA's first Grade 1 turf stakes of the year, honors Samuel D. Riddle's all-time great, who was voted by multiple publications as the greatest racehorse of the 20th century. The champion's notable accomplishments inc...

Smooth Like Strait Tops Competitive Group In Frank Kilroe Mile Sponsored by: Smooth Like Strait winning the Mathis Brothers Mile under Umberto Rispoli In what may be the best betting race of the day, trainer Michael McCarthy's Smooth Like Strait heads a deep and competitive field of 10 older horses in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (turf) at Santa Anita. A winner of the opening day Mathis Brothers Mile on Dec. 26, Cannon Thoroughbreds' homebred Smooth Like Strait is a head away from three consecutive graded stakes wins and merits top billing in a close call over r...

Speaking of his liquor business venture, the 'Smooth Like the Summer' hitmaker says it is 'about unwinding and enjoying the people and things that really matter in life.'

Smooth Like Strait Prompt Favorite In Mathis Brothers Mile Sponsored by: Smooth Like Strait winning the Mathis Brothers Mile under Umberto Rispoli Cannon Thoroughbreds' homebred Smooth Like Strait continued his dominance of the West Coast's 3-year-old male turf division in Saturday's Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., taking over from front-running Storm the Court in the stretch and winning comfortably by three-quarters of a length. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, the Midnight Lute colt trained by Michael McCarthy covered one mile o...