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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Beginning next fall, horsemen will have more reason than ever to “Live It Up at the Downs.” Tampa Bay Downs will allocate $5.5-million from the state of Florida for overnight Thoroughbred purses during the 2023-2024 meet, track Vice...

By Keith McCalmont —- Sunday, July 30, 2023 Brown to saddle a trio of top contenders in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out three top contenders in Appraise, Mischievous Angel...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – George Krikorian’s dual Grade 1-winning multimillionaire War Like Goddess will strive for a threepeat in Thursday’s 28th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls for older fillies and mares going 1 1/2 miles over the inner...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, July 30, 2023 Saratoga Race Course Notes Forte garners career-best 105 BSF for G2 Jim Dandy triumph Cody’s Wish ‘smooth as silk’ in final breeze for G1 Whitney; Elite Power registers career-high 108 BSF in G1 A. G. Vanderbilt conquest G1-winner...

By Tom Luicci —- FAVORED NO NAY METS CRUISES TO 5½-LENGTH VICTORY IN SUNDAY’S TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – No Nay Mets further stamped himself as a 2-year-old turf sprinter with Breeders’ Cup potential, returning from a disappointing showing at Ascot by...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes West Will Power breezes for potential G1 Whitney start; Verifying works for G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Charge It ‘excellent’ in final breeze for G1 Whitney; Tapit Trice points to G1 Travers More Than Looks and Northern...

By Tom Luicci —- OCCULT ROMPS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 MONMOUTH OAKS AS JOCKEY LYNCH WINS BOTH STAKES ON MONMOUTH’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – If any other New York-based trainers call Feargal Lynch about riding in a stakes race at Monmouth Park in the near future there probably...

NYRA PHOTO By Keith McCalmont SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Juddmonte’s Elite Power took another step toward defending his title as Champion Male Sprinter with a dramatic head score over Gunite in Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Smile Happy on target for G1 Whitney; Rattle N Roll rerouted G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf-winner Rebel’s Romance works for G2 Bowling Green Behind Enemy Lines breezes in company for G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Cowans...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin’s reigning Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Rebel’s Romance will take his world tour back to North America in Sunday’s 65th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green going 1 3/8 miles over the Saratoga Race Course...