Saratoga Day 6: John Morrissey Stakes

By Rick Francis —- New York-breds continue the stakes action when a field of eight load for the running of the John Morrissey Stakes. Race 9) John Morrissey Stake 3yo & up NY-Bred 6&1/2 Furlongs Post Time 5:40 EDT 7) Gold for the King – 4-year-old has posted...
Posted On 26 Jul 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes July 25, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 6 JUSTIFY RETIRED; WILL PARADE FOR FANS HERE SATURDAY Bob Baffert was by himself in a second-floor grandstand box when approached by two writers around 7:30 Wednesday morning. Naturally, the first subject was Justify. “We’ve been doing therapy...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018
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Golden Brown added to Sunday’s Haskell Field

By Tom Luicci —- GRADE 3 WINNER GOLDEN BROWN ADDED TO HASKELL LINEUP BRINGING FIELD TO 7 FOR SUNDAY’S $1 MILLION RACE OCEANPORT, N.J. – The betfaircom Haskell Invitational added a little more Jersey flavor to Sunday’s 51st edition of Monmouth Park’s signature race, with...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018
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NTRA Statement: Justify Retired

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- NTRA STATEMENT: UNDEFEATED TRIPLE CROWN WINNER JUSTIFY RETIRED FROM RACING “Justify’s extraordinary racing career – from maiden to Triple Crown winner in less than four months – was as brilliant as any our sport has seen. We can’t wait to have his...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018
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“At The Post Live” Will Feature Rick Violette, Ray Handal & Dylan on July 26

By Marina Bui —- FORMER NYTHA PRESIDENT RICK VIOLETTE, TRAINER RAY HANDAL AND JOCKEY DYLAN DAVIS JOIN ANDY SERLING ON AT THE POST LIVE Thursday, July 26 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: Acclaimed radio program, At The Post Live, returns...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018
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Saratoga Day 5: Grade II Honorable Miss Handicap

By Rick Francis —- Day 5 of the 2018 Saratoga race meet continues the stakes action as a veteran group of fillies and mares take to what maybe a sloppy go in the running of the Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap. Your most accomplished in the “off” go is the Steve...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018
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LONE SAILOR LATEST ADDITION TO HASKELL FIELD

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – The time-tested axiom that pace makes the race is precisely the reason that trainer Tom Amoss announced today that he has decided to send Lone Sailor – runner-up in the Ohio Derby and the Louisiana Derby – to Sunday’s betfair.com Haskell...
Posted On 24 Jul 2018
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Ruby Notion pulls off 27-1 upset in Caress

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Under a perfectly timed ride by jockey Florent Geroux, Ruby Notion extended away in the final yards to earn her first stakes win in more than two years capturing Monday’s $200,000 Caress for older fillies and mares...
Posted On 24 Jul 2018
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SUPERFILLY MONOMOY GIRL MOVES TO THIRD BEHIND TRIPLE CROWN HERO JUSTIFY IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

By Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, July 23, 2018) – Three-year-old superfilly Monomoy Girl moved up to third in this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll following her fourth straight Grade 1 victory in Sunday’s Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race...
Posted On 24 Jul 2018
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Triple Crown-tested Hofburg stands tall in Friday’s Curlin

NYRA RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Juddmonte Farm’s Hofburg could strike an imposing figure in the $100,000 Curlin at Saratoga Race Course as he looks to use Friday’s stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles as a springboard to next month’s Grade...
Posted On 24 Jul 2018
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