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By Tom Luicci —- GOLDEN BROWN SURGES LATE TO BEAT IRISH STRAIT IN SUNDAY’S DAN HORN HANDICAP AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Golden Brown used a stalking trip in a race-long slugfest with Irish Strait before surging in the shadow of the wire to score a half-length...

Edward C. Allred Chairman & Chief Executive Officer June 22, 2019 From: EDWARD C. ALLRED, OWNER & CHAIRMAN-LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE “Los Alamitos will gladly provide stalls to Jerry Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer and an unexcelled horseman. Unless forbidden by the...

NYRA RELEASE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Bolstered by a longshot in the opening leg, the Pick 6 went unsolved for a second straight day, resulting in a $128,746 carryover into Sunday’s card at Belmont Park. Saturday’s Pick 6 started when 28-1 longshot Monaghan won a...

By Darren Rogers —- ASMUSSEN ONLY THIRD TRAINER TO WIN 700 RACES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Mia Mischief, winner of the $500,000 Humana Distaff (Grade I) on Kentucky Derby Day, ran shoulder-to-shoulder with swift pace-setter Covfefe and...

By Tom Luicci —- HUNTER O’RILEY SCORES UPSET IN GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS; SERVIS-TRAINED MONONGAHELA WINS GRADE 3 ISELIN STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – A pair of horses that had been strangers to the winner’s circle the past two years dominated the two biggest stakes races on...

By Diantha Brazzell —- TWO TURF COURSE TRACK RECORDS ECLIPSED TODAY GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Lone Star Park’s turf course saw two of its track record times eclipsed today. In the fifth race, a $15,000 claiming, Timothy C. Guidry’s Bam Bam Bryan ran...

By Jim Gluckson —- ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (June 19, 2019) – Crystal Ocean (GB), a late withdrawal from last year’s Breeders’ Cup, secured an elusive first victory at Group 1 level with a battling triumph under Frankie Dettori in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1),...

By Jim Gluckson —- ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (June 18, 2019) – Geoff and Sandra Turnbull’s 6-year-old gelding Lord Glitters (FR) rebounded from a narrow defeat in the 2018 Queen Anne Stakes (G1) to snatch his first Group 1 victory in the race 12 months later and...

By Tom Luicci —- KING FOR A DAY SURGES LATE TO UPSET MAXIMUM SECURITY IN $150,000 TVG.COM PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – King for a Day put race-long pressure on Maximum Security and then was able to pull away in the final 100 yards to score an upset...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 17, 2019) – Seeking the Soul’s victory in the Grade 2 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs this past Saturday earned the Charles Fipke homebred a guaranteed spot in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and also allowed the bay horse to...