Saratoga Race Course Notes 08/03

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Thursday, August 3, 2023 Saratoga Race Course Notes Lukas taking a shot with Last Samurai in G1 Whitney; Secret Oath breezes for G1 Personal Ensign Dutrow, Jr. returns to the G1 Whitney with White Abarrio Remuda enters G3 Troy off track record win;...
Posted On 03 Aug 2023
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Cody’s Wish pursues seventh straight win while facing five graded-stakes winners in G1 Whitney

By Ryan Martin —- Cody’s Wish; NYRA Photos SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin’s multiple Grade 1-winner Cody’s Wish brings a six-race win streak into Saturday’s 96th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney for older horses going nine furlongs at Saratoga Race...
Posted On 02 Aug 2023
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TAMPA BAY: OVERNIGHT PURSES SET TO RISE IN 2023-2024 BY $5.5-MILLION

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...
Posted On 02 Aug 2023
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Brown to saddle a trio of top contenders in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame

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...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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War Like Goddess pursues third straight G2 Glens Falls victory

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...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 07/30

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...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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No Nay Mets cruises to victory in Sunday’s Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park

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...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes: West Will Power breezes for potential G1 Whitney

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...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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Chad Brown-trained Occult romps in Saturday’s Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks

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...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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Elite Power runs his win streak to eight with timely birthday gift for HOF trainer Bill Mott in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H.

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...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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