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By Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE HOSTS OLD FRIENDS FOUNDER MICHAEL BLOWEN, TRAINER JONATHAN THOMAS, AND NYTB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF CANNIZZO Thursday, August 9 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: Acclaimed radio program, At The Post...

By Bailey Gallison —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 7, 2018) – The 36th running of the Grade I $1,000,000 Arlington Million drew a field of 11 entrants for the 1¼-mile turf event at Arlington International Racecourse. Chicago’s marquee race attracted a bevy of worldly...

By Ryan Martin —- EUROPEAN RUNNERS GET THEIR FIRST LOOK AT ARLINGTON Five of the ten European contenders in Arlington’s International Festival of Racing exited quarantine and hit the track on Tuesday morning for their first taste of the Chicagoland oval. The quintet...

NYRA UPDATE —- WHAT: Week #4 at Saratoga Race Course WHEN: Wednesday, August 8 – Monday, August 13, 2018 WHERE: Saratoga Race Course WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 Quick Call: The $100,000 Quick Call for 3-year-olds is the feature on the afternoon. Italian-American Day presented...

By Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 6, 2018) – New York-bred gelding Diversify became a multiple Grade 1 winner while leading every step in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course, an effort that confirmed his status as the Ea...

NYRA RELEASE —- • G2 King Edward winner Delta Prince fires a bullet for G1 Fourstardave • Made You Look steps up in Fourstardave; Brown works Arlington contingent • Heart to Heart, Oscar Performance breeze for respective Grade 1 starts • Accomplished field takes aim at...

By Pat McKenna/NYRA —- Runhappy also named presenting sponsor of G1 H. Allen Jerkens SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Champion sprinter Runhappy, currently standing at Claiborne Farm, will be the title sponsor of the 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on...

By Tom Luicci —- HEAVILY FAVORED PRENDIMI WINS CO-FEATURED ALLOWANCE; EBONY BALL ROMPS IN DISTAFF SPRINT FOR JERSEY-BREDS OCEANPORT, N.J. – Heavily-favored Prendimi showed no ill effects from being wheeled back in a week, breaking alertly and then outclassing the field to...

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 15 ACCELERATE PUTS IN PENULTIMATE WORK FOR TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC John Sadler-trained Accelerate, the probable favorite for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, worked six furlongs in 1:12.20 Sunday morning, leaving only one more significant...

NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jimmy Riccio’s 8-year-old gelding Sandy’z Slew scored a frontrunning victory for jockey Jose Ortiz and trainer Jeremiah Englehart and earned his first graded stakes victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Troy on Sunday at...