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By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Retains First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, September 25, 2017) – Week 35 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll shows little change in the top-ten for horses of...

By David Joseph —- G1 Hollywood Derby Nov. 25 at Del Mar Likely Target HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Midwest Thoroughbreds’ Kroy made a brilliant transition from turf to dirt Sunday at Gulfstream Park, speeding to a 1 ½-length triumph in the $100,000 Bear’s Den, a stakes for...

By Brain Bohl & Najja Thompson —- Get Jets, Fourstar Crook win state-bred stakes on Sunday’s card ELMONT, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s Highway Star overtook even-money favorite Carina Mia in deep stretch and outkicked her rival by a neck to win...

By Keith Jones —- WEST COAST PULLS AWAY IN G1 PENNSYLVANIA DERBY It Tiz Well Posts Mild Upset in G1 Cotillion The muddled merry go round regarding this year’s 3 year-old male champion may have been narrowed down to Gary and Mary West’s colt West Coast, who stacked the cards...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 23, 2017) – In a salty field of six competitors going a mile on the turf at Arlington International Racecourse, it was Team Block’s homebred Cammack who came over the top to win the $66,600 Les Ahrens Memorial Stakes...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Entering off a victory in the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup and making his first start in New York since finishing second in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, Ivan Rodriguez’s Sharp Azteca bested a field of six going gate to wire to...

Breeders’ Cup News —- DATE TRACK RACE NAME WINNER RACE CHART DIVISION 1/7/17 KEN Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes Bella-Bella (SAF) n/a Filly & Mare Turf 1/7/17 KEN L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Legal Eagle (SAF) n/a Mile 2/19/17 JRA February Stakes Gold...

By Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner Remains in First Place in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll (receives 31 out of 36 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, September 18, 2017) – Week 34 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll...

By David Joseph —- Extravagant Kid Saved Ground to Win $50,000 Tamiami Handicap Mal Guapo Coasts to Victory in $50,000 The Perfect Season Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $16,424 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Extravagant Kid ($17.20) saved ground to captu...

By Brian Spencer —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 15, 2017) – Trainer Louie Roussel, III recorded his 1,000th career training victory in Friday’s fourth race at Arlington International Racecourse with his homebred Heavens Whisper. “Thanks, and praise the Lord,” Roussel...