TVG Pacific Classic: A Singular Event That’s Never Gone Solo

By Hank Wesch —- If the bars in Del Mar were fully open and heavily patronized as usual this TVG Pacific Classic Week (oh, would that they were!) there might be money to be made with one trivial question: How many times has the Pacific Classic, the signature event of the...
Posted On 21 Aug 2020
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CHURCHILL DOWNS ANNOUNCES UPDATES TO KENTUCKY DERBY HEALTH AND SAFETY OPERATIONS PLAN

By Darren Rogers —- Attendance Will Be Less Than 14% of Total Capacity from Event Record, Maximum of 40% of Seated Capacity; No General Admission; Infield Closed Temperature Checks, Medical Screenings, Physical Distancing, Face Coverings Mandated LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday,...
Posted On 13 Aug 2020
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Tiz the Law’s dominant Travers win secures top Derby contenders spot

on Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- If Tiz the Law stays healthy there is not a 3-year-old in the country that will beat him in this year’s Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. He proved that on Aug. 8 when he destroyed the...
Posted On 09 Aug 2020
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G1 Longines Test proves no challenge for Gamine

By NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The brilliant Gamine asserted her class once again on the NYRA circuit with a dominant performance in the Grade 1, $300,000 Longines Test on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, where she prevailed over Venetian Harbor in the 95th...
Posted On 09 Aug 2020
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Tiz the Law gives command performance in G1 Runhappy Travers

By NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Six horses lined up late on a picturesque summer afternoon Saturday at Saratoga Race Course to fight the law, and the Law won. Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law further entrenched himself as the leading 3-year-old in the...
Posted On 09 Aug 2020
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NY TRAFFIC CRACKS TOP TEN OF NTRA THREE-YEAR OLD POLL

NTRA Communications —- NY TRAFFIC CRACKS TOP TEN OF NTRA THREE-YEAR OLD POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2020) – Authentic’s victory in the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes allowed him to hold his ground on the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Three-Year-Old...
Posted On 22 Jul 2020
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Tiz the Law stays atop “thinning” Kentucky Derby contenders

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Authentic may have won the Haskell on July 18 at Monmouth Park, but I’ll go out on a big limb and say he’s no Kentucky Derby horse. He may be by Into Mischief but he’s going to have trouble getting 10 furlongs, even in...
Posted On 20 Jul 2020
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Saratoga: Country Grammer, Dayoutoftheoffice top opening stakes

Country Grammer could set up G1 Runhappy Travers spot with G3 Peter Pan score By Brian Bohl Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Country Grammer dueled Caracaro in the stretch and held firm from the inside position, edging his rival by a neck to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Peter Pan for...
Posted On 17 Jul 2020
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NYRA establishes new jockey safety protocols and travel restrictions for Saratoga summer meet

By Pat McKenna —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association Inc., (NYRA) today announced updated health and safety protocols to address the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases among jockeys around the country. Until further notice, Saratoga Race Course...
Posted On 14 Jul 2020
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Art Collector Biggest Mover on NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Poll

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- ART COLLECTOR BIGGEST MOVER ON NTRA TOP THREE-YEAR OLD POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2020) – The story of Art Collector in his first two starts of 2020 was one of quiet progression with the son Bernardini winning both efforts against...
Posted On 13 Jul 2020
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