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Sonia Raman had spent years studying N.B.A. games as she coached Division III women’s basketball at M.I.T. Then the Memphis Grizzlies called about an opening for an assistant coach.

Jan. 6 wasn’t Keller’s first election protest in Washington. But as he makes tearful apologies and faces federal charges, even his closest confidants aren’t sure why he was there at all.

For the first time ever, Louisville women's basketball can call itself the top ranked team in the country.        

Kentucky women's basketball was undermanned Sunday due to injuries and COVID-19 protocols but survived an upset bid by Vanderbilt.        

Official polls will be released Monday afternoon.        

R1 - 4-1-5-3 LS 6 R2 - 5-1-6-9 LS 2 R3 - 7-6-2-5 R4 - 2-10-4-8 R5 - 5-7-4-3 LS 8 R6 - 9-4-1-6 R7 - 1-8-5-3 LS 7 R8 - 2-1-3-4 LS 8 R9 - 1-10-9-5 R10 - 9-10-1-6 LS 3

*PARX model observations* Model covers all of November and December 2020 and is being updated for January 2021 races as they happen, given a day or two later (updated thru 1/12/21). There are 280 races in this study and only 6 horses won from layoffs more than 90 days. Five of the six were...

Midnight Bourbon looked to be a decided cut below his brethren last year at age 2, when he was clearly inferior to the likes of stablemate Jackie’s Warrior in the Champagne Stakes, but he took a significant jump in his 3-year-old debut with a career-best Beyer figure while racing at the longest distance of his career.

A $44,000 turf allowance for Florida-breds (race 7) and a pair of starter-allowances with $38,000 purses (races 3 and 6) will be among the offerings when the five-day Pegasus week gets started Wednesday at Gulfstream with a 10-race program.

Third as the favorite behind Tax in the 1 1/16-mile Harlan's Holiday at Gulfstream last month, Phat Man will be on a slight turn-back Saturday as the defending champion in the Grade 3 Fred W. Hooper, one of five graded stakes to be run in addition to the two Pegasus events. The Hooper is a one-turn mile.

Former Thoroughbred trainer Alford Wayne Bearden died Jan. 14 at his home in Howell, Mich., surrounded by family. He was 91.

It was a 1-2 finish for trainer John Sadler and owners Hronis Racing Jan. 17 as speedy turf mare Quick got up for the win on the bob over stablemate Hermaphrodite in the $100,000 Astra Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Winchell Thoroughbreds' Lecomte Stakes (G3) winner Midnight Bourbon came out of the race in fine order, trainer Steve Asmussen's assistant Scott Blasi reported Jan. 17.

SANTA ANITA 20 CENT SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $481,864 INTO MONDAY; FIRST POST FOR NINE-RACE CARD IS AT 12:30 P.M.   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2021)–With special Martin Luther King Day racing available at Santa Anita on Monday, there is a sizeable carryover of $481,864 into Monday’s 20 cent Single Ticket […] The post Santa Anita 20 […]

STABLEMATES QUICK & HERMAPHRODITE SEPARATED BY NOSE AFTER MILE & ONE HALF ON TURF AS SADLER RUNS ONE-TWO IN GRADE III, $100,000 ASTRA STAKES    IN HIS LONE APPEARANCE OF THE DAY, RISPOLI REGISTERS HIS FOURTH STAKES WIN OF THE MEET                   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2021)–In the midst of a four-day riding suspension, Umberto […] The post Stab […]

Authentic and Improbable, both trained by Bob Baffert, were named 2020 Horse of the Year Eclipse Award finalists when the nominees were announced Saturday...

Qahira got her first stakes win on Jan. 10 when the Bob Baffert trainee won the $75,000 Kalookan Queen S. at Santa Anita Park...

SANTA ANITA 20 CENT SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $481,864 INTO MONDAY; FIRST POST FOR NINE-RACE CARD IS AT 12:30 P.M.   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2021)–With special Martin Luther King Day racing available at Santa Anita on Monday, there is a sizeable carryover of $481,864 into Monday’s 20 cent Single Ticket […] The post Santa Anita 20 […]

STABLEMATES QUICK & HERMAPHRODITE SEPARATED BY NOSE AFTER MILE & ONE HALF ON TURF AS SADLER RUNS ONE-TWO IN GRADE III, $100,000 ASTRA STAKES    IN HIS LONE APPEARANCE OF THE DAY, RISPOLI REGISTERS HIS FOURTH STAKES WIN OF THE MEET                   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2021)–In the midst of a four-day riding suspension, Umberto […] The post Stab […]