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NYRA RELEASE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Bolstered by a longshot in the opening leg, the Pick 6 went unsolved for a second straight day, resulting in a $128,746 carryover into Sunday’s card at Belmont Park. Saturday’s Pick 6 started when 28-1 longshot Monaghan won a...

By Darren Rogers —- ASMUSSEN ONLY THIRD TRAINER TO WIN 700 RACES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Mia Mischief, winner of the $500,000 Humana Distaff (Grade I) on Kentucky Derby Day, ran shoulder-to-shoulder with swift pace-setter Covfefe and...

By Tom Luicci —- HUNTER O’RILEY SCORES UPSET IN GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS; SERVIS-TRAINED MONONGAHELA WINS GRADE 3 ISELIN STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – A pair of horses that had been strangers to the winner’s circle the past two years dominated the two biggest stakes races on...

By Diantha Brazzell —- TWO TURF COURSE TRACK RECORDS ECLIPSED TODAY GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Saturday, June 22, 2019) – Lone Star Park’s turf course saw two of its track record times eclipsed today. In the fifth race, a $15,000 claiming, Timothy C. Guidry’s Bam Bam Bryan ran...

By Jim Gluckson —- ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (June 19, 2019) – Crystal Ocean (GB), a late withdrawal from last year’s Breeders’ Cup, secured an elusive first victory at Group 1 level with a battling triumph under Frankie Dettori in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1),...

By Jim Gluckson —- ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (June 18, 2019) – Geoff and Sandra Turnbull’s 6-year-old gelding Lord Glitters (FR) rebounded from a narrow defeat in the 2018 Queen Anne Stakes (G1) to snatch his first Group 1 victory in the race 12 months later and...

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...