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Pat McKenna/NYRA —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today unveiled the official logo for the 2024 Belmont Stakes, which will be contested at Saratoga Race Course for the first time in history to allow for the uninterrupted construction...

By Mike Henry —- Mystic Lake; ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF SV PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK’EM DANNO DOMINANT IN PASCO; MYSTIC LAKE WINS GASPARILLA OLDSMAR, FL. – As the field turned for home in the 26th running of the $125,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs with five of the six horses...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Just Might and Doncho Punctuate Lovell’s 2023 Fair Grounds Jockey, Rachel Alexandra Winner Finalists in the 2023 Eclipse Awards Exotic Animal Races Family Day is January 13 New Orleans, La (Jan. 7, 2024) – With a return to the Fair Grounds winner’s circle...

2023 Eclipse Awards Finalists Announced LEXINGTON, Ky. (January 6, 2024) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) today announced the finalists for the 2023 Eclipse Awards, recognizing...

Drum Roll Please rallies from last to snare $150K Jerome score By Keith McCalmont OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Gold Square’s Drum Roll Please, with Hall of Famer Javier Castellano up for trainer Brad Cox, rallied last-to-first to best a compact field of five in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome,...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Hodges Photography Equipment Change Aids Oeuvre for Second Menard Ova Charged Crushes Bob F. Wright Field Bron and Brow Scores Second Palmisano New Orleans, La (Jan. 6, 2024) – An equipment change helped Richard Perkins’ Oeuvre run down a longshot to...

By Barbara Fossum —- Michael Blowen, Founder of Old Friends, Steps Down as President of the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm John Nicholson, Former Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, to Assume the Position of President and CEO With the end of 2023, which was the...

By Keith McCalmont —- Linda Rice notches 165th NYRA training win to set single-season record OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Linda Rice secured a record 165th training win on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit for 2023 when George’s Vice posted a gate-to-wire...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 25, 2024, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting organizations, my...

By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber and Pantofel Stable’s New York-bred Bold Journey doubled up on stakes scores while bringing his win streak to three in-a-row in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Gravesend, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up, at...