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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...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Tracy Farmer’s Sir Winston rose to the challenge in his first start in an American Classic, overtaking pacesetter Joevia in the stretch and holding off 9-5 favorite Tacitus for a one-length victory in the 151st running of the...

NYRA PRESS —- ELMONT, NY – Making only her second career start, Three Chimneys Farms’ homebred Guarana dusted a field of more accomplished 3-year-old fillies on Belmont Stakes Day at Belmont Park, taking command at the top of the stretch and pulling clear...

By Mike Willman —- LA FORCE UPSETS HEAVILY FAVORED PARADISE WOODS AS SHE RALLIES FROM LAST TO TAKE GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER VAN DYKE; TRAINED BY GALLAGHER, SHE GETS 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:45.91 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 1, 2019)—German-bred La Force...

By Darren Rogers LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 1, 2019) – With a furlong to run Saturday night’s 31st running of the $125,000 Aristides Presented by GE Appliances (Listed) at Churchill Downs, it looked as if six of the seven older horses could win, but it was Chris Wilkins’...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Standard Deviation took to the turf the way so many Chad Brown-trained runners do – impressively. Content to sit off a fast early pace, jockey Antonio Gallardo moved Standard Deviation outside entering the far turn and the 3-year-old colt...

By Grant LaGrange —- Calumet Farm’s Coachwhip drew clear in the final 1/16th- of a mile to win the GIII Arlington Matron impressively. A field of ten was scratched down to six older fillies who were sent 1 1/8th- miles over the Arlington synthetic main track. Jockey Tyler...

By Grant LaGrange —- Oakview Stable’s Lanier cruised home with an easy open length win in the 2019 version of the $100,000 GIII Hanshin Cup at Arlington. This was the 25th year that Arlington ran an exchange race with the Japan Racing Association. A field of 10 older horses...

By Gary Yunt —- Notes Team Captain Churchill Downs Photo SERENGETI EMPRESS WINS 145TH LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS BEFORE CROWD OF 105,719 LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, May 3, 2019) – Joel Politi’s Serengeti Empress grabbed the advantage out of the gate and repelled a stretch bid from...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Nitrous; Keeneland Photo NITROUS TURNS UP THE GAS IN BACHELOR SCORE HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 27, 2019) – A gray horse won, just not the one everyone was expecting as Winchell Thoroughbred LLC and Stonestreet Stables LLC’s Nitrous used a powerful...