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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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Ryan Martin —- Mentally Maturing Moonlit Garden Gives Davis First Stakes Win · Hotshot Anna Probable for Grade II Presque Isle Downs Masters MENTALLY MATURING MOONLIT GARDEN GIVES DAVIS FIRST STAKES WIN Moonlit Garden has been somewhat of a work in progress for trainer...