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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...

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...