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By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Schrader’s stakes winning New York-bred Robin Sparkles will look to make the grade in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Caress, a 5 ½-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older fillies and mares at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by...

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...