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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...

By Tom Pedulla SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way – with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel. Dubb and a friend ventured a couple of...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- SISTERCHARLIE HIGHEST-RANKED TURF HORSE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL OFF THIRD G1 WIN OF 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 13, 2018) – Four-year-old filly Sistercharlie moved to eighth on this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after her third Grade...

By Brian Bohl and Heather Pettinger —- Tricky Escape evades capture in Fasig-Tipton Waya SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Call Paul gained the lead on the backstretch and maintained the advantage despite getting bumped in the stretch by Tight Ten, finishing strong in his...

By Bailey Gallison —- Sistercharlie; All photos by Coady Photography ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 11, 2018) – In case there were any doubt who the greatest trainer of turf females in the U.S. is, Chad Brown won his fourth straight edition of the Grade I $600,000 Beverly...

By Bailey Gallison —- Carrick; All photos by Coady ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 11, 2018) – Lightly raced Carrick, sent off at 38-1 without a stakes win on his resume, ran down odds-on favorite Analyze It to win by a neck in the 42nd running of the Grade I $400,000...

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Barry K. Schwartz’s Voodoo Song refused to be denied in the stretch, holding off a late-charging Delta Prince to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap by a neck under jockey Jose Lezcano in 1:35.96 for...

By Bailey Gallison —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 11, 2018) – Rebounding from a trouble-filled sixth in the Grade 1 Manhattan in June, Chilean-bred and Chilean-owned Robert Bruce (CHI) edged clear of stablemate Almanaar (GB) to win the 36th running of the Grade I...