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NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Robert and Kathleen Verratti’s Independence Hall kicked off his journey to the Kentucky Derby by capturing Wednesday’s $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview The 49th Eclipse Awards will be presented on Jan. 23, 2020, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters I’m allowed to vote in both the equine and human categories for the...

By Grant LaGrange —- Steve Asmussen denied 1,000th stakes score with favorite in filly race On the lead virtually every step of the way as the 3-1 second choice under jockey Mitchell Murrill, Tri-star Racing LLC’s Our Lost Love scored the first of two wins on the card for...

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...