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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...

By Mike Willman —- HEAVILY FAVORED UNIQUE BELLA RETURNS TO ACTION AND TAKES GRADE III, $100,000 LA WOMAN STAKES BY 3 ½ LENGTHS UNDER SMITH; TRAINED BY HOLLENDORFER, TAPIT FILLY GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS IN 1:16.66 ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2017)—Idle since March 4, Don Alberto...

By Amy Owens Romantic Vision Splashes to $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Victory LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 8, 2017) – G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s homebred Romantic Vision swept to the lead leaving the far turn and cruised to a two-length victory over Martini Glass to win the 62nd running of...