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Horse Racing
In Seasonal Debut Endlessly Takes El Camino Real Derby
In his first start as a 3-year-old and first effort in a race not contested on turf, Endlessly proved up…
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Big City Lights Makes Grade in Palos Verdes Stakes
Primed for his graded stakes debut, California-bred Big City Lights used an extended bid to catch front-running Hopkins in the…
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Endlessly Tops Golden Gate’s Final El Camino Real Derby
Southern California trainer Michael McCarthy—who sent Rombauer to Northern California to win the El Camino Real Derby and later the…
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Hopkins Seeks Repeat Victory in Palos Verdes
Hopkins highlights a short field of five in a bid to capture a second consecutive running of the six-furlong $100,000 Palos Verdes Stakes…
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Longacres Mile Tops Emerald’s 21-Race Stakes Schedule
The 89th running of the $150,000 Longacres Mile headlines a 21-race stakes schedule worth $1,150,000 for Emerald Downs at the…
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Three Witches’ Santa Monica Gives Prat Stakes Triple
Jockey Flavien Prat capped off a day with three stakes wins Feb. 3 on the Santa Anita Park card by piloting Three…
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Owner/Breeder Hammer Dies at Age 103
The Washington community continues to mourn the loss of longtime owner and breeder Howard Hammer, who died Nov. 23 at age…
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Bling Away Baby Comes Full Circle for the Crims
When Elena and Hollie Crim realized that Bling Away Baby was entered in the Jan. 30 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association…
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Nothing Like You, Kopion Duel in Las Virgenes
Two dazzling last-out front-running winners square off in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) Feb. 4 at Santa Anita Park.…
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Nysos a Short-Priced Favorite in Robert B. Lewis
In 2023, Bob Baffert winning the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) was a foregone conclusion: He trained all four runners.…
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