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NTRA Communications —- LETRUSKA STAYS AT NO. 1 IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL; DOMESTIC SPENDING RISES TO THIRD LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 19, 2021) ― For the third consecutive week, St. George Stable’s 5-year-old mare Letruska has been voted No. 1 in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Head of Plains Partners’ Fluffy Socks earned a graded stakes win as a juvenile and will look to reach that status again as a sophomore. But to accomplish that feat, she will face a talented field that includes fellow Chad Brown...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Althiqa matches career-best 101 BSF with carbon copy G1 Diana score Wit targets G1 Hopeful following G3 Sanford score; Pletcher looks ahead with star pupils Channel Maker eyes comeback in G2 Bowling Green Caravel works in...

DMTC News —- SAN DIEGO TO TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC LOOKS LIKELY FOR TOP FINISHERS The top three finishers in Saturday’s Grade II, $251,500 San Diego Handicap all came out the race in good shape, their trainers reported, with all indications pointing to a rematch in the $750,000...

By Rick Francis —- Race 9) 1 Mile. (Inner Turf) Forbidden Apple S. Grade III. Purse $150,000 INNER TURF FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. Post Time: ( 5:39)/ 4:39/ 3:39/ 2:39 3) Value Proposition (Brown/Ortiz, I.); ridgling out of English sire Dansili last two from Belmont...

By Tom Luicci —- ARKLOW HOPING TO CONTINUE TO SHOW AGE IS JUST A NUMBER HEADING INTO SATURDAY’S GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – If ever the timeworn cliché about not getting older but getting better could be applied to a horse, it would be Arklow. The son of...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Ever-improving Vigilantes Way dives into deeper water for G1 Diana Hard-trying La Signare hoping to have her day in G1 Diana Tobys Heart beating along as she preps for G3 Lake George; Gift List to skip Saratoga Oaks...

By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out Lemista and Pocket Square in Saturday’s 83rd renewal of the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana as he looks to secure his sixth consecutive win in the nine-furlong inner-turf...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- DREAM SHAKE GETS CLASS BREAK FOR FIRST TURF TRY IN OCEANSIDE Since breaking his maiden in February, Dream Shake has had monthly assignments in Grade I or Grade II stakes on dirt against some of best 3-year-olds in the country. And after...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Casse looks for early Spa success by sending out G3 Schuylerville contender Pretty Birdie Hebert ships Rebel Posse by way of Texas for G3 Quick Call Rookie Report: Echo Zulu, half to G1 winner Echo Town, to debut on Opening...