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By Bailey Gallison —- Carrick; All photos by Coady ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 11, 2018) – Lightly raced Carrick, sent off at 38-1 without a stakes win on his resume, ran down odds-on favorite Analyze It to win by a neck in the 42nd running of the Grade I $400,000...

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Barry K. Schwartz’s Voodoo Song refused to be denied in the stretch, holding off a late-charging Delta Prince to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap by a neck under jockey Jose Lezcano in 1:35.96 for...

By Bailey Gallison —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 11, 2018) – Rebounding from a trouble-filled sixth in the Grade 1 Manhattan in June, Chilean-bred and Chilean-owned Robert Bruce (CHI) edged clear of stablemate Almanaar (GB) to win the 36th running of the Grade I...

By Bob Hill TSV Staff Writer —- Race 9 – Grade 1 Secretariat The Secretariat looks to be a battle between Analyze It (9) and Hunting Horn (13) for which one get his first Grade 1 victory. Trained by Chad Brown, Analyze It has been in the exacta in all five life-time starts....

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 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 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...

By Tom Luicci —- MOOJI MOO JR. SCORES UPSET IN TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH; 1-2 MAE NEVER NO ROMPS BY 7 LENGTHS IN COLLEEN STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Mooji Moo Jr took full advantage of an awkward break by 7-10 favorite Tybalt, racing to the front from the outset and never...

By David Joseph —- Cajun Firecracker Upsets Fully Loaded in $100,000 Dr. Fager Sire Cajun Breeze Beats Odds Florida Sire Stakes Opener HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Shadybrook Farm’s Cajun Firecracker upset heavily favored Fully Loaded in Saturday’s $100,000 Dr. Fager Division of...

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Lauren Evans and Ralph M. Evans’ New York-bred Diversify proved to be uncatchable as the afternoon rain subsided easily registering a 3 ½-length victory over Mind Your Biscuits in the 91st running of the Grade 1,...