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US GRADED STAKES FEATURE – APRIL RUN FOR THE ROSES SERIES 

Aqueduct Racetrack_nyra.com> Wood Memorial S _G2 _ $750,000_ 1 1/8M_ 3YR _Field of 9_MLF’s: 6/5 (5)_ Enticed (KY) _ J Alvarado_ K P McLaughlin, 4/1 (8) Restoring Hope (KY), 9/2 (9) Vino Rosso (KY)

Keeneland Racecourse_ keeneland.com
> Toyota Blue Grass S _G2 _ $1,000,000_ 1 1/8M_ 3YR _Field of 14_MLF’s: 2/1 (11)_ Good Magic (KY) _ J L Ortiz_ C C Brown, 5/1 (10) Free Drop Billy (KY), 6/1 (12) Flameaway (ON)

Santa Anita Park _ santaanita.com
> Santa Anita Derby _G1 _ $1,000,000_ 1 1/8M_ 3YR _Field of 7_MLF’s: 4/5 (6)_ Justify (KY) _ M E Smith_ B Baffert, 6/5 (3) Bolt d’Oro (KY), 5/1 (1) Instilled Regard (KY)

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL HORSEMEN:

The confusion surrounding the sudden closure of the barn area at Hazel Park was clarified this morning by the announcement of the Hartman and Tyner organization that they have sold the race track and have ceased all operations.
The horses currently on the grounds at Hazel Park have until the 15th of April to vacate to barn area.
Given these circumstances, horsemen who intended to stable at Hazel Park for the upcoming Hazel Park meet are urged to contact tracks at the surrounding states for stall applications. The HBPA will also contact tracks in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, etc. to explain the predicament for Michigan horsemen and will request whatever helpful accommodation that can be made for those horsemen with stall assignments at Hazel Park.
This is an exceptionally sad day for Michigan horsemen and our racing fans, our suppliers, farmers and agriculture providers. Before there were casinos, state lotteries, charity poker rooms and internet betting, there was horse racing. Since 1933, thoroughbred horse racing has played a vital role in Michigan’s equine-agricultural environment. Michigan horsemen spend millions of dollars in maintaining equine farms, purchasing trucks and trailers, employing more than 12,000 Michigan residents and supporting feed and hay farmers. There are registered horsemen in every county in Michigan.

Veteran jockey Jose Luis Flores  was critically injured in a ninth race spill at the Bensalem, Pa., racetrack Monday and is on life support, according to Parx director of racing Sam Elliott.

Jose has ridden 4,650 winners from 28,684 mounts and is respected in the racing community as a dedicated rider, as well as a gentleman on and off the course. Race fans, please keep Jose and his family in your thoughts and, if so inclined, in your prayers.

RUN FOR THE ROSES FEATURED RACES: Tampa Bay Downs _ www.tampabaydowns.com
> Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby _G2 _ $400,000_ 1 1/16M_ 3YR _Field of 11_MLF’s: 3/1 (5)_ Flameaway (ON) _ J Lezcano_ M E Casse,  4/1 (3) Vino Rosso (KY), 7/2 (7) Free Drop Billy (KY)

Santa Anita Park _ www.santaanita.com
> San Filipe Stakes _G2 _ $400,000_ 1 1/16M_ 3YR _Field of 8_MLF’s: 8/5 (4)_ McKinzie (KY) _ M E Smith_ B Baffert, 2/1 (1) Bolt d’Oro (KY), 4/1 (8) Kanthaka (KY)