Liz’s Cable Girl heads field for Friday’s Spruce Fir Handicap at Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —- LIZ’S CABLE GIRL BACK AT MONMOUTH PARK FOR FRIDAY’S $75,000 SPRUCE FIR HANDICAP OCEANPORT, N.J. – Though Liz’s Cable Girl will be making her third start of the year when she goes postward in Friday’s $75,000 Spruce Fir Handicap at Monmouth Park, her bid to...
Posted On 25 Jul 2019
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Well-matched field comes together for Friday’s $100K Curlin

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of nine sophomores will seek their first stakes victory of the year in Friday’s $100,000 Curlin for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles over the main track at Saratoga Race Course. Trainer Chad Brown will saddle...
Posted On 24 Jul 2019
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Maximum Security impresses in winning Saturday’s Haskell Invitational

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. — The 52nd running of the Grade1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational was worth the wait as Gary and Mary West’s Maximum Security held off a relentless Mucho Gusto to re-assert himself as the leader of the 3-year-old division and...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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Guarana stays unbeaten with wire-to-wire victory in G1 Coaching Club American Oaks

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. –Three Chimneys Farm’s Guarana continued her career’s torrid start and earned her second consecutive Grade 1 victory, kicking away from Point of Honor in the stretch to stay undefeated in capturing the $500,000...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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Gulfstream: Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $245,975

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the ninth consecutive racing day Sunday, producing a carryover jackpot of $245,975.42 for Thursday’s program at Gulfstream Park. The Rainbow 6 was last solved July 6, when one lucky bettor hit for a...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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Cougar II Handicap Will Test Stamina Wednesday at Del Mar

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Stamina will be the order of the day Wednesday when Del Mar Thoroughbred Club presents the 69th running of the Grade III $100,000 Cougar II Handicap at a mile and one-half over the main dirt track. Woodford Racing’s Campaign, proven at the...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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MAXIMUM SECURITY CRACKS NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2019) – After withstanding oppressive heat and surviving an inquiry to prevail in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 20, Maximum Security gained another leg up on his sophomore male counterparts by...
Posted On 23 Jul 2019
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- • Gaffalione enjoying first taste of Spa life with ‘very special’ War of Will • War of Will dazzles in final breeze for G2 Jim Dandy presented by NYRA Bets • No hassle for the ‘Hof’: Hofburg makes a winning return at Saratoga •...
Posted On 20 Jul 2019
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Owner, breeder and philanthropist Marylou Whitney dies at age 93

By Pat McKenna —- Marylou Whitney; NYRA Photos SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Marylou Whitney, whose philanthropic initiatives and contributions to racing earned her the nicknames “Queen of Saratoga” and “Grand Dame of Saratoga” among other honors,...
Posted On 20 Jul 2019
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Handicapping the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational

By Rick Francis —- As neighboring tracks have cancelled their Saturday race cards due to excessive heat, the 51st running of the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Invitational will go to post. MONMOUTH PARK Race 12) 1&1/8th Mile TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. OM HASKELL...
Posted On 19 Jul 2019
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