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NYRA PRESS RELEASE — Annals of Time prevails in G1 Sword Dancer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Annals of Time came from far off the pace to capture the 45th running of the Grade 1, $850,000 Sword Dancer and complete his comeback from an injury that sidelined him for almost...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Even after Horologist won her first start by 20¾ lengths last year, doing so against colts, octogenarian trainer John Mazza held off on declaring his filly to be something special. There’s no need to do so any longer. Jersey-bred...

By Jon Forbes —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Mind Control made a determined rally to win the Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens presented by Runhappy in a four-way photo on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Backed as the 10-1 second choice in the field of nine, Mind...

By Brian Bohl —- Code of Honor; Chelsea Durand/NYRA Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Shug McGaughey won his first Travers in 21 years and joined a select group of Hall of Fame conditioners with his fourth “Mid-Summer Derby” triumph when Code of Honor...

Del Mar Racing —- Higher Power, a late-developing four-year-old colt piloted by Del Mar’s leading rider, Flavien Prat, swept into command turning into the stretch and continued on strongly to win the Grade I $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Saturday. Providing owners Pete and...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Shancelot broke sharply from the outside and set torrid opening fractions, but was able to shine brightly in his stakes debut when waltzing home under a hand ride by Emisael Jaramillo in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Unbeaten in her first two career starts on the dirt, both earlier this year, Tasting the Stars became a stakes winner in her first try on the grass, showing an impressive late kick to capture the $75,000 Just Jenda Stakes by 1¾ lengths on...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. — The 52nd running of the Grade1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational was worth the wait as Gary and Mary West’s Maximum Security held off a relentless Mucho Gusto to re-assert himself as the leader of the 3-year-old division and...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. –Three Chimneys Farm’s Guarana continued her career’s torrid start and earned her second consecutive Grade 1 victory, kicking away from Point of Honor in the stretch to stay undefeated in capturing the $500,000...

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Gold Square’s My Italian Rabbi won a stretch-long duel with post-time favorite Fierce Lady to capture Thursday’s $100,000 Stillwater, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred juvenile fillies at Saratoga Race...