Preakness purse rises to $1.5 million next year (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Preakness Stakes will be worth $1.5 million next year, the first purse increase for the second leg of the Triple Crown since 1998.

The Maryland Jockey Club on Thursday announced the $500,000 increase for the May 17 race at Pimlico. The purse was last boosted 15 years ago to $1 million. The Preakness was worth $1,000 when first run in 1873.

The Kentucky Derby has a purse of $2 million. The Belmont Stakes, the last leg of the Triple Crown, is worth $1 million.

Maryland Racing Commission chairman Bruce Quade says the increase is another step in bolstering horse racing in the state.

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Streaming wins $500,00 Hollywood Starlet in upset (The Associated Press)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Streaming beat Taste Like Candy by 1 1/2 lengths to win the $500,000 Hollywood Starlet for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday.

Ridden by Martin Garcia, Streaming ran 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track in 1:44.96 and paid $23.60, $11 and $6.80 at 10-1 odds.

Taste Like Candy returned $4.60 and $3.60, while Untapable was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third and paid $4.40 to show. Rosalind, the 17-10 favorite, finished fourth.

The victory, worth $260,000, increased Streaming's career earnings to $287,000. She was supplemented to the Grade 1 race for $10,000 and another $10,000 had to be paid for her to start.

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Fanticola wins Hollywood Park feature (The Associated Press)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Fanticola led much of the way in winning the $52,750 feature by three-quarters of a length Thursday at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Ridden by Joe Talamo, Fanticola ran 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:41.77 and paid $13.40, $6.80 and $4.80. It was her third win in a row on the track's turf course. She has career earnings of $144,800.

Wittgenstein returned $14.20 and $10 at 19-1 odds, while Fantastic Mizz was another half-length back in third and paid $8.40 to show.

Indecise, the 2-1 favorite, finished fifth.

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Compliance Officer wins Big A feature (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Compliance Officer rolled to a three-length victory over Cheyenne Nation on Wednesday in the $79,000 turf allowance feature at Aqueduct.

The 7-year-old gelding trained by Bruce Brown and ridden by Javier Castellano improved to 12 for 33. The time was 1:37.75 for the mile on the course rated good.

Compliance Officer paid $11.20, $5.30 and $4.10. Cheyenne Nation returned $4.10 and $3.50, while Royal Blessing paid $3.60 to show.

Cheyenne NationJavier Castellano

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Boat Trip rallies to win Hollywood Turf Express (The Associated Press)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Boat Trip rallied from last to win the $99,998 Hollywood Turf Express by a half-length, with a rare triple dead-heat for second at Betfair Hollywood Park on Sunday.

Ridden by Joe Talamo, Boat Trip ran six furlongs on the turf in 1:08.45 and paid $9.60, $2.10 and $2.10 in a race that was restored to the track's fall stakes calendar for the first time since 2008.

No Silent, Chips All In and even-money favorite Unbridled's Note all returned $2.10 and $2.10 after battling each other for the entire race. It was just the third triple dead-heat in the track's 75-year history. The other two were for first place in 1957 and 1997.

Boat Trip won for the fourth time in five starts on the track's turf course and increased his career earnings to $253,196.

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