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NTRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Magnitude, pictured winning the Razorback Handicap (G3) in his 2026 debut with Jose Ortiz aboard, is entered in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, June 27. The son of Not This Time followed his Razorback victory with a win...

By Pat McKenna —- Forever Young to take New York route to Breeders’ Cup in G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of globetrotting superstar Forever Young today announced that the Japanese and American champion will be coming to New York to compete in the...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, June 18, 2026 Oaklawn stakes winner Desert Gate bids for his third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $500,000 G3-Ohio Derby at Thistledown near...

NTRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Reigning Eclipse Award Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Nitrogen vaulted into the Top 10 after a dominant win in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) presented by Ford at Saratoga Race Course on June 5. The 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly and jockey Jose Ortiz...

Farewell, old friend: Aqueduct Racetrack will pass into history on June 28  By Brien Bouyea OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Richard Migliore made 2,238 trips to the winner’s circle at Aqueduct Racetrack during his 31-year career as a jockey, more than any rider in the track’s storied...

Tampa Bay Downs Announces Retirement of Margo Flynn, Vice President of Marketing & Publicity By: Elizabeth Swarzman TAMPA, Fla. Tampa Bay Downs today announces the retirement of long-time Vice President of Marketing and Publicity Margo Flynn, whose remarkable 30-year career...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, June 11, 2026 Two Oaklawn-raced Thoroughbreds, including the beaten favorite in one of its 2026 Kentucky Derby qualifying races, are entered in...

By Tom Luicci —- BISHOP’S BAY TOPS FIELD FOR SATURDAY’S SALVATOR MILE; THREE OTHER STAKES FEATURED ON HASKELL PREVIEW CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – Five-time graded stakes winner Bishop’s Bay and Grade 1 winner East Avenue head a field of nine runners for Saturday’s $150,000,...

Golden Tempo and jockey Jose Ortiz win the Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets by working out a familiar last-to-first trip. The duo trailed the Belmont Stakes field through the first 6 furlongs of the 1 ¼ mile race, just as they had done in the Kentucky Derby (G1)...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, June 7, 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes Golden Tempo pointed to Spa summer campaign off G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets triumph Nysos doing well after G1 Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap; Crude Velocity to target G1 NYRA...