TIZ THE LAW BACK ON TOP IN NTRA THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 1, 2020) – The retirement of unbeaten Grade 1-winner Nadal due to injury has cleared the way for fellow top-level victor Tiz the Law to reclaim the lead position in this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020
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OHIO DERBY ADDED TO ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY EXTENSION

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 30, 2020) – Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that the Ohio Derby has been added to the extension of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.” The Ohio Derby presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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Millionaires Rushing Fall, Got Stormy and Fifty Five square off in Opening Day G3 Beaugay at Belmont Park

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Live racing returns to Belmont Park on Wednesday, June 3 with a 10-race card highlighted by the Grade 3, $100,000 Beaugay, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test which has attracted a field of six including millionaires Rushing Fall, Got...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer

DMTC News —- 38 Del Mar Stakes Worth More Than $5.5 Million Set This Summer; Shared Belief Stakes to Offer Kentucky Derby Points Del Mar will conduct its 81st summer racing season between July 10 and September 7 featuring a 38-race stakes schedule offering more than $5.5...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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JERSEY RACING GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM GOVERNOR; MONMOUTH PARK’S OPENING CARD SET FOR FRIDAY, JULY 3

Monmouth News Release —- Oceanport, N.J. – With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announcing earlier today that horse racing will return to the Garden State, Monmouth Park continues with its plans to kick-off its 75th season on Friday, July 3. “We’re incredibly thankful to...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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Grade 1-winner Sadler’s Joy headlines Thursday’s $80K Tiller

By Keith McCalmont —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s Sadler’s Joy headlines Thursday’s $80,000 Tiller, a 1 3/8-mile turf test for older horses on the second day of live racing, without spectators, at the Belmont Park spring/summer meet. Trained by...
Posted On 31 May 2020
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CHANGE OF CONTROL SLIDES UP RAIL TO WIN THURSDAY FEATURE

By Darren Rogers —- Change of Control; Churchill Downs Photos LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 28, 2020) – Roddy Harrison’s Change of Control slid up the inside rail to collar eight-time stakes winner Morticia with a sixteenth of a mile to run and held off late runs by...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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KLEIN FAMILY CONTINUES LEGACY WITH MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER BREAK EVEN IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 WINNING COLORS

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 28, 2020) – For more than three decades the Klein Family Racing Stable has been synonymous with success at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, the current patriarch of the family, Richard, hopes that his family’s homebred Break...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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Belmont Park Notes

By Keith McCalmont —- Rushing Fall and Fifty Five breeze on the turf for Opening Day G3 Beaugay; Newspaperofrecord set for return in G3 Intercontinental Clement sends stakes quintet to train on the Belmont turf Killybegs Captain continues march towards G1 Runhappy Carter...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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Del Mar Shifts Opening Day to July 10; Will Race on Friday – Sunday Summer Schedule

DMTC – News From the Wire —- The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced today its intention to begin the 2020 summer race meet on July 10 and employ a three-day-a-week race schedule pending the approval of the California Horse Racing Board at its June 11 meeting....
Posted On 29 May 2020
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