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By Mary Eddy —- Best of 2023: Jena Antonucci OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Just four live race days remain in 2023 to complete a remarkable year of racing action on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit. To celebrate the season, the NYRA Press Office checked in with a...

By Mike Henry —- DEC. 20 FEATURE PRESS RELEASE (PHOTO OF TRAINER CHELSEY MOYSEY AND JOCKEY JOHN HIRALDO, WHO ARE ENGAGED, WITH THEIR BOSTON TERRIERS, BAILEY AND CHLOE; STABLE MASCOT GOATS VIOLET AND VINNY; AND ‘DREAM HORSE’ APACHE) OLDSMAR, FL. – There are days...

Los Alamitos Publicity —- Gulfstream Photo WYNSTOCK POSTS 13-1 UPSET TO GIVE BAFFERT 8TH LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY WIN CYPRESS, Calif. – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert won his eighth Los Alamitos Futurity in 10 years, but it wasn’t with the 2-year-old most were expecting....

By David Joseph —- Noted the Pulpit; Ryan Thompson Photo Noted Makes Successful Return to Turf in $100,000 Pulpit Win Gives Jockey Ortiz Jr. Sweep of Gulfstream Turf Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable’s Grade 2-placed Noted, back on turf following a disappointing...

Hot Fudge comes out on top in $120K Garland of Roses By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – KEM Stables’ Hot Fudge notched her third consecutive victory and first stakes score with an off-the-pace rally in Saturday’s $120,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Touchuponastar Turns Back Tumbarumba for Consecutive Classic The top three finishers in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic were bred by Coteau Grove Farms New Orleans, La (Dec. 9, 2023) – Set-Hut’s phenom Touchuponastar set the pace and turned...

By Mike Henry —- Shaqdiesel; Tampa Bay Downs Photo SHAQ DIESEL, BLUEFIELD ARE STAKES WINNERS THE HARD WAY – THEY EARNED IT OLDSMAR, FL. – Neither 3-year-old colt Shaq Diesel nor 7-year-old mare Bluefield had won a stakes race entering today’s Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Set-Hut, Brittlyn Stable Both Snag Two Louisiana Champions Day Stakes Mangum Cuts Back, Surges Late to Win $100,000 Sprint According to Design, Behemah Star Shines on Turf Stakes recaps for the six Louisiana Champions Day undercard stakes New Orleans, La...

By Mike Willman —- ANTA ANITA PARK ANNOUNCES 2024 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD FINALISTS, 75TH ANNUAL WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY JUNIOR ALVARADO, ALEX BIRZER, JULIEN LEPAROUX, EDWIN MALDONADO & RODNEY PRESCOTT AWAIT VOTE OF JOCKEYS NATIONWIDE ARCADIA, CA...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Hodges Photography James Graham Scores 3,000th Career Win on Sunday at Fair Grounds New Orleans, La (Dec. 3, 2023) – On Sunday in Race 2, jockey James Graham won his 3,000th career victory, piloting Big Chief Racing and Rocker O Ranch’s Vortex for trainer...