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Racing was allowed to continue Friday at Santa Anita after tests conducted earlier in the week returned some inconclusive results. With the results still being evaluated Friday morning, jockeys were not allowed the participate in workouts. Exercise riders were still permitted on track.

Santa Anita officials issued a release, saying:

“All of the jockeys at Santa Anita Park have tested negative for COVID-19 and racing will continue as schedule this afternoon. Jockeys were asked not to be onsite this morning while some screenings were rechecked. A retest of their initial COVID-19 screenings were determined to be negative. Some of the screenings administered earlier in the week initially came back as inconclusive, leading to secondary testing.

“We need to isolate, investigate and verify, which is why when a couple of the tests came back as inconclusive last night, we didn’t allow the jockeys to work this morning” said Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group. “The second set of tests came back negative a short time ago. Everyone must test to get into the restricted zone. We have the strictest protocols in the country, and this is precisely why–to keep everyone safe.”

The protocol prevents people who could be positive to have access to Santa Anita. The nasal swab tests have been administered weekly for the last five weeks, beginning prior to the resumption of live racing on May 15.

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This weekend is part of the calm before the storm of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4. Highlighting the relatively light lineup of graded stakes is the $1 million, Grade 2 Charles Town Classic Stakes.

Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) will broadcast live from Hollywood Casino at Charles Town on Saturday from 4-6pm on Sirius/XM 156 with live streaming accessible on computers, tablets and mobile devices on the HRRN website, www.horseracingradio.net.

Friday April 19

5:30 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Hilliard Lyons-Baird Doubledogdare Stakes at Keeneland on TVG

St. George Stable's Jala Jala (MEX), a star at Mexico City's Hipodromo de las Americas, will shoot for her first graded stakes victory in the United States when she goes postward in the Doubledogdare going 1 1/16 miles. Named Mexico's Horse of the Year for 2017, Jala Jala dominated horses from the Caribbean by winning Caribbean Cup races at Gulfstream by nine lengths in December 2017 and by 4½ lengths last December. Trainer Ignacio Correas IV said Grade 1 winner Blue Prize (ARG) would scratch from the Doubledogdare in favor of the Grade 1 La Troienne on May 3 at Churchill Downs.

Entries: http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KEE041919USA9-EQB.html

Saturday April 20

4:51 p.m.—$125,000 Grade 3 Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Shakopee Town, a homebred for Bill and Al Ulwelling, makes her Canadian debut in the Whimsical Stakes on the opening day of the 2019 Woodbine Thoroughbred meet. A four-time winner from 10 starts, Shakopee Town, trained by Kevin Attard, will be contesting her fifth race of the year, a campaign that's already yielded two wins and a second.

Entries: http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO042019CAN8-EQB.html

5:30 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 2 Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes at Keeneland on TVG

Michael Hui's Zulu Alpha, winner of his past two starts in graded stakes company, headlines a field of 10 going 1½ miles on the turf. The winner of the Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes here last fall when trained by John Ortiz, Zulu Alpha is now conditioned by Mike Maker and comes into Saturday's race off victories in the 1 ½-mile Grade 3 W.L. McKnight Handicap (G3) and the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park.

Entries: http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KEE042019USA9-EQB.html

5:37 p.m.—$1,000,000 Grade 2 Charles Town Classic Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on TVG

Grade 1 winner Discreet Lover is set to make his first start since finishing eighth in the Breeders' Cup Classic last November. Owned and trained by Uriah St. Lewis, Discreet Lover – a $10,000 purchase at public auction – became one of racing's great Cinderella stories when he captured the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup last September. Among those attempting to derail him Saturday will be veteran Imperative, winner of the Charles Town Classic in 2014 and 2017, and graded stakes winner War Story.

Entries: http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CT042019USA11-EQB.html
Equibase featured race: http://www.equibase.com/free/index.cfm?SAP=TN

6:12 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Kona Gold Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Dr. Dorr and Kanthaka head a field of five older sprinters in Saturday's Kona Gold Stakes going 6 ½-furlongs. Supplemented at a cost of $4,000, 6-year-old Dr. Dorr will be making his second start off of a 7 ½ month layoff while 4-year-old Kanthaka will be making his fourth graded stakes start of the current meet.

Entries: http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA042019USA5-EQB.html

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