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An undefeated runner, a filly who has never been worse than second, and a Grade 1 winner seeking to improve her 3-year-old form will come together March 30 for the $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

There's no doubt Optimizer has been a different horse since Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas moved him to grass -- the grass at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in particular.

Withers Stakes winner Revolutionary heads a group of 13 3-year-olds considered probable for the 100th running of the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots March 30.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Shackleford will not run in the $500,000 Forego Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 1, his connections said the morning of the race.

Suburban Handicap winner Mucho Macho Man seeks the first Grade 1 stakes victory of his career in the Sept. 1 Woodward at Saratoga Race Course.

A race lacking starpower nevertheless delivered excitement at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 25, as longshot Golden Ticket and 2-1 favorite Alpha made history with the first dead heat in the modern history of the 143-year-old Travers Stakes.

Zagora won the Diana Stakes in 2011, but the 5-year-old mare faces a steep challenge this time around at Saratoga Race Course as Tapitsfly, Winter Memories, Hungry Island, and two European invaders join the fray.

Godolphin Racing's Questing earned the first grade I win of her career and gave 19-year-old jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. the same when she took the $300,000 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks by 4 1/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course July 21.

Seven 2-year-old fillies line up July 20 for the $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes on opening day at Saratoga Race Course, and five are eligible for a $100,000 bonus.

Visitors guided on their way by a sign proclaiming "Springdale Race Course, 1 mile" will find two old ovals sprawled in broad and open expanse along both sides of Knights Hill Road in the sleepy little southern town of Camden, South Carolina.

It is a well-known fact among horsemen at Fair Grounds Race Course that one of the season's most talented 3-year-olds has yet to make his second start.

Along with the glossy sheen of Havre de Grace's coat and the smooth and easy strides with which she took to the track, observant bystanders noticed an odd-looking contraption fitted to Gabriel Saez's helmet.

Trainer James J. Toner stood outside Barn 35 at Keeneland Race Course and tried to figure how Winter Memories, a 3-year-old filly with tenacious attitude and a graded stakes-winning resume, has captured the fancy of racing fans across the nation.

It was a quiet experiment begun by Kiaran McLaughlin with his 2-year-olds starting under the colors of Darley and Shadwell Stables.

Horse racing fans love a rivalry. Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, they'll get one.

"It's like a Major League All-Star game every day, that's how tough it is. To be a part of this meet is huge."