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By Jim Gluckson —- GOOD MAGIC GAINS AUTOMATIC BERTH INTO BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC FOLLOWING DOMINANT WIN IN HASKELL INVITATIONAL AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. (July 29, 2018) – e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables’ Good Magic won last year’s Sentient Jet...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- JUSTIFY MAINTAINS STRONG HOLD ON NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL AFTER OFFICIAL RETIREMENT Good Magic Jumps to Seventh Off Haskell Win LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, July 30, 2018) – After officially retiring from racing last Wednesday, undefeated Triple Crown...

By Anthony Affrunti SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Curragh Stable’s Broadway Run took the field of nine 3-year-old fillies wire to wire to win the $100,000 Coronation Cup by three-quarters of a length under jockey Luis Saez in 1:03.67 for the 5 ½ furlongs on the firm Mellon...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- Monomoy Girl; Coady Photography The king is dead. Long live the king. With the unexpected retirement of Justify because of an unspecified leg injury, the late-summer/fall 3-year-old campaign will take on a different look. A...

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Coffee Pot Stable’s homebred Farrell picked up her first victory since January with a wire-to-wire score in the Grade 3, $200,000 Shuvee for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course....

By Tom Luicci —- QUOTES FROM JOSE ORTIZ, WINNING RIDER ABOARD GOOD MAGIC IN THE GRADE 1 HASKELL INVITATIONAL “He broke really. We got into a good position and he relaxed really well. When I asked him to run I pushed the button and he was there for me. It was a really easy...

Staff Selections —- Race 9) Grade 3 Shuvee Stakes F&M 1&1/8th Miles Post Time 5:40 EDT 4) Wow Cat – makes U.S. debut with first time lasix, a solid conditioning angle for the Brown barn. Multiple Group 1 winner in her Chile also gets the services of Hall of...

NYRA RELEASE —- For the full interview with the Ortiz brothers, please visit http://bit.ly/2NPQEEj Sitting down earlier this week, top New York jockeys Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Jose Ortiz discuss their meet so far this summer at Saratoga. Irad, 25, was the top rider in the 2015...

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...

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...