John Velazquez

Untapable Favored to Win Second Apple Blossom

Hot Springs, Ark. (Thursday, April 14, 2016) – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Untapable is the 6-5 program favorite for Friday’s $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1), a 1 1/16-mile event that headlines a 10-race […]

Track Reports

Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Cupid Arrives for Arkansas Derby, Installed as 2-1 Favorite

Accompanied by the rest of the contingent of California horses jetting in to contest Oaklawn Park’s Racing Festival of the South, Cupid settled in nicely on Wednesday afternoon as he […] Read More

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Derby-Bound Outwork Game Winner of G1 Wood Memorial

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Outwork, Repole Stable’s homebred son of Uncle Mo, cemented his place in the Kentucky Derby and convincingly negated the memory of his sire’s heartbreaking loss as […] Read More

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Kid Cruz Eyes First Graded Stakes Start Since 2014 Travers in Excelsior Saturday

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make his first graded stakes attempt since a fourth-place finish in the 2014 Travers, Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds and Black Swan Stable’s Kid Cruz […] Read More

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Reporting Star Posts Mild Upset in G3 Appleton; Reactions and Replay

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Reporting Star stalked the pace before launching a stretch bid to post a mild upset in Saturday’s $200,000 Appleton (G3) at Gulfstream Park, scoring at 8-1 odds […] Read More

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Without Songbird, Land Over Sea Coasts in Fair Ground Oaks

NEW ORLEANS (March 26, 2016) – Reddam Racing’s Doug O’Neill-trained Land Over Sea shipped in from California, dodged divisional champ Songbird and annexed a big win in The Big Easy with a 4½-length […] Read More

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Destin Sets Track Record, Wins Tampa Bay Derby in Huge Performance for Todd Pletcher

OLDSMAR, FL. – In about the time it took Grade II, $350,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby winner Destin to set a stakes and track record, the concerns over his […] Read More

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Trailing Runaway Isabella Sings by 18 Lengths, Tepin Rallies to Win G2 Hillsborough Stakes

Trailing runaway pace-setter Isabella Sings by more than 18 lengths up the backstretch, Tepin gobbled up ground like a freight train under jockey Julien Leparoux en route to a one-length […] Read More

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Blofeld Edges Stablemate Stanford in Saturday’s G2 Gulfstream Park Handicap

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Blofeld made a late surge along the rail to edge stablemate Stanford by a head to capture Saturday’s $500,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2), finally living up […] Read More

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Grade 1 Winner Twilight Eclipse Back for More in G2 Mac Diarmida

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Still going strong at the age of 7, West Point Thoroughbreds’ Grade 1 winner Twilight Eclipse is scheduled to kick off his fifth season of racing […] Read More