AT THE POST LIVE SEASON FINALE

Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE SEASON FINALE WILL FEATURE SARATOGA LEADING TRAINER CHAD BROWN, OWNER RON PAOLUCCI, RACING ANALYST ANTHONY STABILE & NYRA HEAD CHRIS KAY Thursday, August 30 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: The...
Posted On 29 Aug 2018
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Wide open 14-horse field vies for supremacy in G1 Woodward presented by NYRA Bets

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Gunnevera will return to Saratoga Race Course for the first time since running second in last year’s Travers as he headlines a full field of 14 in Saturday’s 65th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward,...
Posted On 29 Aug 2018
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ABEL TASMAN, CATHOLIC BOY, CATALINA CRUISER VAULT INTO NTRA TOP 10 POLL

NTRA RELEASE —- ABEL TASMAN, CATHOLIC BOY, CATALINA CRUISER VAULT INTO NTRA TOP 10 POLL OFF IMPRESSIVE SCORES; ACCELERATE RETAINS FIRST-PLACE OVER JUSTIFY LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 27, 2018) – Eclipse Champion Abel Tasman (fifth), multi-surface specialist Catholic Boy...
Posted On 29 Aug 2018
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JOHN ASHER, ICONIC MEMBER OF CHURCHILL DOWNS FAMILY AND LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY, HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 62

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, Aug. 27, 2018) – John Asher, an iconic and beloved member of the Churchill Downs family and Louisville community, passed away Monday morning after suffering a heart attack while on vacation with his family in Florida. He was 62....
Posted On 27 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- Dallas Stewart; Fair Grounds Photo Dallas Stewart looks to end meet on high note Projected, Robert Bruce put in impressive breezes Monday morning Therapist ready for return to Graded stakes action in G3 Saranac Oscar Performance returns to worktab at...
Posted On 27 Aug 2018
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“Travers’ aftermath”

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview What did we learn when the top two finishers in the Travers were basically turf horses? Not much. Catholic Boy and Mendelssohn hit the front at the start of the mile-and-a-quarter “Midsummer Derby” at Saratoga in upstate New York and...
Posted On 27 Aug 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes August 24, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 28 PAT O’BRIEN FIELD IN FLUX WITH STAR SCRATCHES CONTEMPLATED Reigning Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Roy H and Ransom the Moon, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Bing Crosby Stakes, are potential scratches from Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 P...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Saturday Selections: Grade I Jerkens, Personal Ensign

By Rick Francis —- Race 6) Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes 3yo 7 Furlongs Post Time 2:23 EDT 1) Promises Fulfilled, (Romans/Saez); dominated the Grade 3 Amsterdam in last, will fire again. o 8) Firenze Fire, (Servis/Ortiz, I); his G3 Dwyer victory last out proved the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- Brown’s 1-2 punch of Good Magic and Gronkowski ready to tackle Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Abel Tasman looks to leave her mark in G1 Personal Ensign Travers victory would ‘check all the boxes’ for Tenfold owner Winchell Catholic Boy goes...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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149th Travers Stakes: Good Magic, “Good Enough”

By Rick Francis —- Race 11) 149th Grade 1 Travers Stakes 3yo 1&1/4 Miles Post Time 5:44 EDT Good Magic (9), Brown/Ortiz, J; Curlin colt finally found his stride last out drawing clear of six rivals in the G1 Haskell. 2017’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion...
Posted On 25 Aug 2018
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