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By Don Stevens —- 3-YEAR-OLD FILLY NOTCHES HER SEVENTH WIN FROM NINE CAREER STARTS – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the first stakes race of its 2017-18 Thoroughbred season on Friday night and it was the 3-year-old filly Mr. Al’s Gal who came away the win in the...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 19, 2017) – Union Rags Racing’s Big Bend swept to the front at mid stretch with a powerful burst and then had more than enough left in the tank to hold off Nessy by three-quarters of a length and win the 23rd running of the $100,000...

By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, October 16 2017) – With eighteen days remaining until the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, week 38 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association...

By Mike Willman —- BARBARA BEATRICE RALLIES TO TAKE $100,000 CALIFORNIA DISTAFF HANDICAP BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH UNDER PEREIRA; TRAINED BY D’AMATO, 5-YEAR-OLD GRAZEN MARE GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF IN 1:12.56 TOP TRAINER D’AMATO ALSO REGISTERS HIS FIRST...

By NYRA Press Office ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Jose Ortiz and trainer Chad Brown proved to be a winning combination on Saturday at Belmont Park, teaming up to sweep both stakes on the day’s card with Engage in the Grade 3, $150,000 Futurity and with Rubilinda one race...

By Amy Owens —- La Coronel Holds Off Daddys Lil Darling to Win Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Lane’s End LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 14, 2017) – John C. Oxley’s La Coronel went to the front soon after the break and then held off a late bid from Daddys Lil Darling by...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 11, 2017) – E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Rushing Fall swept past the field with a devastating turn of foot to win the 27th running of the $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3) for 2-year-old fillies by 3 1/4 lengths over Stainless before...

The 2017 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge filled its final fees paid starting berth when Rushing Fall took the 27th running of the Grade 3 Jessamine Stakes for 2-year-old fillies; below is the complete list of winners. The 2017 Breeders’...

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Retains First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, October 9, 2017) – Week 37 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll for horses of all age shows little to no change in the...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Jump Sucker Stable’s Blacktype picked up his second straight win of the Fall Championship meet at Belmont Park with a one-length victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Knickerbocker at 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf on Monday’s...