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Catholic Boy returns triumphant in Dixie

May 18, 2019 0

Trainer Jonathan Thomas believed he’d found the right comeback spot for his versatile Grade 1 star Catholic Boy in the Dixie (G2) on Preakness Day, and his judgment proved right on target. Returning to turf […]

Fire Away splashes home in off-the-turf Dixie

May 19, 2018 0

After being rained off the Pimlico turf, the character of Saturday’s $240,000 Dixie (G3) was fundamentally changed as nearly all of the principals scratched – defending champion World Approval, Divisidero, Frostmourne. But one of those […]

World domination in Dixie

May 20, 2017 0

Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval flaunted his class courtesy of a textbook stalk-and-pounce trip in Saturday’s $250,000 Dixie (G2) at Pimlico. Rerouted to Preakness Day after scratching on Derby Day at Churchill Downs, the […]