ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER GAME WINNER HEADS FIELD IN LOS ALAMITOS DERBY

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Game Winner, the champion 2-year-old of 2018, will make his first start since an extremely wide journey in the Kentucky Derby in the $150,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Derby Saturday. Restricted to 3-year-olds and scheduled for 1 1/8...
Posted On 11 Jul 2019
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Saratoga: Grade 3’s Schuylerville, Quick Call Headline Opening Day

By Rick Francis —- The 156th year of racing at Saratoga Race Course begins with what else, Graded Stakes. The Grade 3 Schuylerville features 2-year-old fillies followed by the running of the G3 Quick Call for three year olds testing the turf. It promises to be yet another...
Posted On 10 Jul 2019
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CATHOLIC BOY HOLDS FINAL SPOT, BRICKS AND MORTAR STILL OUT FRONT IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 8, 2019) – A runner-up finish by Catholic Boy in the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes on July 6 provided the only movement in this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Catholic Boy, a Grade 1 winner on turf and dirt, ran second as the...
Posted On 09 Jul 2019
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KING FOR A DAY IN LINE FOR HIS BIGGEST TEST TO DATE AS TVG.COM HASKELL FIELD BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – As a fast-rising star in the 3-year-old ranks, King for a Day has earned a shot at proving himself on a bigger stage, trainer Todd Pletcher said. That stage appears as if it will be the July 20 TVG.com Haskell Invitational at Monmouth...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Belmont Park Notes

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Henley’s Joy progressing to second leg of Turf Trinity • Concrete Rose cements G1 status with Belmont Oaks win; Saratoga Oaks next • McGaughey eyeing G1 Travers for Code of Honor • Catholic Boy targeting G1 Woodward • Landeros moves tack to...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Talented juvenile fillies to get first stakes experience in G3 Schuylerville on Saratoga Opening Day

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of nine 2-year-old fillies will all make their respective stakes debuts in the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville contested at six furlongs on Thursday, Opening Day, at historic Saratoga Race Course. One of two graded...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Arlington Park: Isaac Murphy Stakes Recap; Addison Cammack Stakes Recap

By Grant LaGrange —- JEAN ELIZABETH RETURNS TO WIN THE ISAAC MURPHY MEMORIAL HANDICAP ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 6, 2019) – Making her first start since November, Jean Elizabeth earned her second career stakes win in the Isaac Murphy Memorial Handicap Saturday at...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Wide-open G3 Quick Call bolsters Thursday’s Opening Day lineup at Saratoga

By Sean Morris —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A competitive field of 3-year-old turf sprinters is lined up for the Grade 3, $100,000 Quick Call on Thursday, Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course, led by Call Paul, a multiple graded stakes winner who will be making his turf...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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MAXIMUM SECURITY, JOEVIA REMAIN ON SCHEDULE FOR JULY 20 TVG.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – TVG.com Haskell Invitational contenders Maximum Security and Joevia remain on schedule for Monmouth Park’s signature race on Saturday, July 20, with the trainers of both locally-stabled 3-year-olds saying they’re pleased with the status of...
Posted On 08 Jul 2019
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Belmont: Code of Honor returns to action in G3 Dwyer

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – After being elevated to second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, William Farish’s Code of Honor is making his anticipated reappearance to the races, cutting back in distance in the 103rd running of the Saturday’s Grade 3,...
Posted On 05 Jul 2019
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