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Dear Valued Fan, Today the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors unanimously affirmed its commitment to conduct the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park on November 1-2. This will mark the 10th time the event will be held at Santa Anita, the most of any host...

By Jim Gluckson/Breeders’ Cup —- MCKINZIE STAYS ATOP BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC RANKINGS LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2019) – Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s 4-year-old McKinzie (250 votes) has retained the No. 1 position following the third week of voting in the...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2019) – With the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes producing an upset winner in Hunter O’Riley this past Saturday, there was relatively no movement in this week’s edition of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Multiple Grade 1 winner...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Bond Racing Stable’s Rinaldi overtook pacesetter Thorny Tale in the stretch and held off a charging Funny Guy to capture the 14th running of the $150,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series Spectacular Bid by three-quarters of a...

By Tom Luicci —- GOLDEN BROWN SURGES LATE TO BEAT IRISH STRAIT IN SUNDAY’S DAN HORN HANDICAP AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Golden Brown used a stalking trip in a race-long slugfest with Irish Strait before surging in the shadow of the wire to score a half-length...

Edward C. Allred Chairman & Chief Executive Officer June 22, 2019 From: EDWARD C. ALLRED, OWNER & CHAIRMAN-LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE “Los Alamitos will gladly provide stalls to Jerry Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer and an unexcelled horseman. Unless forbidden by the...

NYRA RELEASE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Bolstered by a longshot in the opening leg, the Pick 6 went unsolved for a second straight day, resulting in a $128,746 carryover into Sunday’s card at Belmont Park. Saturday’s Pick 6 started when 28-1 longshot Monaghan won a...

By Darren Rogers —- ASMUSSEN ONLY THIRD TRAINER TO WIN 700 RACES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Mia Mischief, winner of the $500,000 Humana Distaff (Grade I) on Kentucky Derby Day, ran shoulder-to-shoulder with swift pace-setter Covfefe and...

By Tom Luicci —- HUNTER O’RILEY SCORES UPSET IN GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS; SERVIS-TRAINED MONONGAHELA WINS GRADE 3 ISELIN STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – A pair of horses that had been strangers to the winner’s circle the past two years dominated the two biggest stakes races on...

By Diantha Brazzell —- TWO TURF COURSE TRACK RECORDS ECLIPSED TODAY GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Lone Star Park’s turf course saw two of its track record times eclipsed today. In the fifth race, a $15,000 claiming, Timothy C. Guidry’s Bam Bam Bryan ran...