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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...

By David Joseph —- The Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) to Adopt The Stronach Group’s Industry Leading Equine Safety Protocols HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – December 14, 2019 – The Stronach Group, owners of the Pegasus World Cup...

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Shea D Boys Stable’s Bank On Shea made an inside move from mid pack to edge dual stakes-winner Dream Bigger by a nose in Saturday’s $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at Aqueduct...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Despite the relative inexperience of her 3-year-old filly J P’s Delight, trainer Kathleen O’Connell was confident tackling stakes competition in the $125,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association City of Ocala Florida Sire...

By David Joseph —- $700,000 Guaranteed Pool on Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Total Handle Saturday $17.318 Million Trainer Ralph Nicks Starts Championship Meet Off Hot HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a guaranteed pool of $700,000 when racing...