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Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 26, 2019) – The slew of top performances on the blockbuster August 24 card at Saratoga Race Course produced some shifts among the top 10 in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll with the most notable change being the addition of Grade 1...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- McGaughey basks in aftermath of Code of Honor’s G1 Runhappy Travers win; plans uncertain for allowance winner Performer Tacitus, Elate in fine fettle after G1 seconds Beldame likely next for Personal Ensign heroine Midnight Bisou Next move to be...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Front Run the Fed handled the step up in class and the stretch out in distance coming from off the pace to win his stakes debut in the sixth running of the $100,000 Better Talk Now over the inner turf at Saratoga Race Course...

DMTC- News from the Wire —- EIGHT STAKES COULD MAKE FOR A DELICIOUS FINAL WEEK OK, everybody, get ready for the big finish. That’s the expectation around the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club with the 80th summer meeting’s final week upcoming next Wednesday through Labor Day a week...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE — Annals of Time prevails in G1 Sword Dancer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Annals of Time came from far off the pace to capture the 45th running of the Grade 1, $850,000 Sword Dancer and complete his comeback from an injury that sidelined him for almost...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Even after Horologist won her first start by 20¾ lengths last year, doing so against colts, octogenarian trainer John Mazza held off on declaring his filly to be something special. There’s no need to do so any longer. Jersey-bred...

By Jon Forbes —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Mind Control made a determined rally to win the Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy in a four-way photo on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Backed as the 10-1 second choice in the field of nine, Mind...

By Brian Bohl —- Code of Honor; Chelsea Durand/NYRA Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Shug McGaughey won his first Travers in 21 years and joined a select group of Hall of Fame conditioners with his fourth “Mid-Summer Derby” triumph when Code of Honor...

By Rick Francis —- SARATOGA Race 9) Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes Post Time 4:12 EDT 3) She’s a Julie (Asmussen/Santana); 4-year-old filly has finished behind a couple of these in her last two starts, including a last out third in the G3 Shuvee; a sneaky quick work...

By Rick Francis —- SARATOGA Race 5) Grade 1 Forego Stakes Post Time 1:48 EDT 5) Bon Raison (Martin/Ortiz, J.); rallied from the rear to win the Tale of the Cat here earlier this month, his second straight strong closing effort. 4-year-old out of Raison d’Etat owns a...