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By Mike Willman —- OMAHA BEACH BENOIT PHOTO OMAHA BEACH CRUISES TO 2 ¾ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $300,000 RUNHAPPY MALIBU STAKES IN PENULTIMATE START; SMITH & MANDELLA TEAM FOR SEVEN FURLONG WIN IN 1:22.33 SMITH NOTCHES 217TH GRADE I WIN, SURPASSING RETIRED HALL OF FAMER...

By Don Stevens —- – KARL BROBERG TRAINEE EXTENDS WINS STREAK TO FOUR IN A ROW – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs hosted the first of two stakes races this weekend on Friday night and it was Dale’s Lil Sis who proved best in the $70,000 Lookout Stakes for Louisiana-bred...

By Grant LaGrange —- The day after Christmas hangover was cured for trainer Brendan P. Walsh and team as their 4-year old filly Saracosa got up in time to win the Bob Fortus Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds Racecourse by three quarters of a length in a final time of 1:43.09...

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Looking to close out her 4-year-old campaign on a winning note, Our Super Nova will headline a field of seven in the $100,000 Bay Ridge for New York-bred fillies 3-years-old and upward on Sunday, December 29 at Aqueduct...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mr. Amore Stable’s Grade 1-winner Firenze Fire, perfectly piloted by Jose Lezcano for trainer Jason Servis, reeled in stablemate Happy Farm in the shadow of the wire to capture Sunday’s $100,000 Gravesend at...

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA TO POSTPONE OPENING DAY TO SATURDAY, DEC. 28, AHEAD OF LOOMING RAIN FORECAST The opening day of Santa Anita’s 83rd season will be postponed two days until Saturday, December 28th, ahead of next week’s declining weather forecast. “Opening Day...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Long Lake Stable’s Stan the Man returned from a six-month layoff to earn his first career stakes win in Saturday’s $125,000 Queens County at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by John Terranova and patiently piloted by...

By Grant LaGrange —- Pioneer’s Spirit Tenacious in Victory in Sixth and Final Stakes of the Day; Lynn’s Map Edges Mr. Monomoy in Key Undercard Allowance The Santa Super Saturday card at Fair Grounds Racecourse featured six stakes races, but it was a two-turn allowance for...

By Grant LaGrange —- New Orleans (December 19, 2019) – In 2004, Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. earned the Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice jockey. A mere 15-years later in Thursday’s fifth race at Fair Grounds, the Lafayette, Louisiana native captured career win number...

By Jim Miller —- STICKNEY, IL – Hawthorne Race Course patriarch, Thomas F. Carey, passed away Tuesday at the age of 87 years-old in Florida. Born November 11, 1932, Tom turned heads in the sporting world as an All-State quarterback at Mt. Carmel High School. Tom then went...