(Edited Keeneland Association Inc. report)

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland is leveraging its website, social media outreach and SMS texting in an effort to share handicapping information with bettors for the spring 2010 meet, including live chats each race day, tweeting works information about Kentucky Derby contenders, and more.

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. The first condition book of the 2010 Monmouth Park season is now available online.  Visit www.monmouthpark.com

The first condition book covers May 22 (opening day) through June 20. Average daily purses are expected to near $1 million for the summer season, which runs through Labor Day, Sept. 6. 

Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association Inc.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fields for Keeneland’s two marquee spring events for 3-year-olds are taking shape with six horses deemed probable for the Toyota Blue Grass (G1) on April 10 and seven fillies considered probable for Saturday’s Central Bank Ashland (G1), according to racing secretary Ben Huffman.

Keeneland April Sale Preview Day on Thursday; Coverage of Preview Day and April Sale Announced

(Edited Keeneland Association Inc. report)

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland has cataloged 181 horses for its April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, to be held at 4 p.m. ET Monday, April 5. Buyers have the opportunity to see the juveniles perform under tack during a Preview Show Thursday, April 1, beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Bridgmohan, Asmussen, Heiligbrodt Win Fair Grounds Titles

Jim Mulvihill
Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Arnold Zetcher’s Zardana, the 6-year-old mare who shipped in to defeat reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, was named Horse of the Meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 2009-2010 Thoroughbred Racing Season Presented by Miller Lite by a vote of media and racing officials following Sunday’s Closing Day program.

Bob Hill
Staff writer
Tracksideview.com

Endorsement, a three-year-old son of Distorted Humor out of the A.P. Indy mare Charmed Life, stalked the reasonable fractions set by 2-5 post-time favorite Conveyance and drew off in the stretch for a three-length victory in the $800,000 Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby, run at Sunland Park, N.M.

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – At 5-1 the longest shot in a field of five, Tanda burst through an opening along the rail under jockey Alex Solis to run away from her better fancied competition Sunday in Santa Anita’s 25th running of the Grade III, $100,000 Santa Paula Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 6½ furlongs.

Graham Ross
Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS, La. –Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Hisse proved prophetically best by 4 3/4-lengths when winning Sunday’ $60,000 Red Camelia Stakes on closing day of Fair Grounds 2009-2010 Thoroughbred racing season presented by Miller Lite. 

(Edited Hawthorne Race Course report)

STICKNEY, Ill. – Hawthorne Race Course’s current leading rider, Tanner Riggs, had a career day Sunday. Riggs, who also took Hawthorne’s top honors for the 2009 fall meet, started the day with four straight winners. He wound up with six for the day.

(Tracksideview.com report)

Speak Easy Gal held off a late charge by Lady Shakespeare to win the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes on Sunday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The four-year-old daughter of West Acre took the lead at the start in the mile-and-a-half race over a good turf course. She set fractions of 24.39, 50.47 and 1:16.35 under jockey Elvis Trujillo for six furlongs as she was tracked Celtic Princess.