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Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE SEASON FINALE WILL FEATURE SARATOGA LEADING TRAINER CHAD BROWN, OWNER RON PAOLUCCI, RACING ANALYST ANTHONY STABILE & NYRA HEAD CHRIS KAY Thursday, August 30 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: The...

NTRA RELEASE —- ABEL TASMAN, CATHOLIC BOY, CATALINA CRUISER VAULT INTO NTRA TOP 10 POLL OFF IMPRESSIVE SCORES; ACCELERATE RETAINS FIRST-PLACE OVER JUSTIFY LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 27, 2018) – Eclipse Champion Abel Tasman (fifth), multi-surface specialist Catholic Boy...

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview What did we learn when the top two finishers in the Travers were basically turf horses? Not much. Catholic Boy and Mendelssohn hit the front at the start of the mile-and-a-quarter “Midsummer Derby” at Saratoga in upstate New York and...

NYRA RELEASE —- Chad Brown, trainer of Good Magic (No. 9, 2-1 morning-line favorite) and Gronkowski (No. 3, 4-1 ML second-choice): “I’m real happy with both posts, it’s exactly what I wanted. I wanted Gronkowski inside and Good Magic outside, so we got...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 20, 2018) – Coming off his third Grade 1 win of the year in Saturday’s Pacific Classic at Del Mar, the nation’s top older horse, Accelerate, knocked Triple Crown hero Justify out of the lead spot in this week’s NTRA Top...

By David Joseph —- Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Climbs to $56,000 High Hours Tops Field for Sunday’s Jupiter Beach HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Dropping from Grade 2 company, Spanish Harlem broke through to score her first stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Barely Even...

By Tom Luicci —- Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018 SKEPTIC HOLDS OFF LATE-CLOSING FAVORITE SASSY SIENNA TO WIN GRADE 3 MONMOUTH OAKS SATURDAY AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Benefitting from a stalking trip and the graded stakes experience she gained in her last start, Skeptic took...

NYRA RELEASE —– SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jockey Jose Ortiz picked up his second straight victory in the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, with a dramatic last-to-first run aboard longshot Eskimo Kisses in the 138th running of the ...

Old Friends – Thoroughbred Retirement Genuine Reward © Laura Battles GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 18, 2018 – Genuine Reward, one of the only living offspring of Kentucky Derby winning-filly Genuine Risk, was euthanized today at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred...