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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 ...

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...

NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jimmy Riccio’s 8-year-old gelding Sandy’z Slew scored a frontrunning victory for jockey Jose Ortiz and trainer Jeremiah Englehart and earned his first graded stakes victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Troy on Sunday at...

By Tom Luicci —- MOOJI MOO JR. SCORES UPSET IN TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH; 1-2 MAE NEVER NO ROMPS BY 7 LENGTHS IN COLLEEN STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Mooji Moo Jr took full advantage of an awkward break by 7-10 favorite Tybalt, racing to the front from the outset and never...

By David Joseph —- Cajun Firecracker Upsets Fully Loaded in $100,000 Dr. Fager Sire Cajun Breeze Beats Odds Florida Sire Stakes Opener HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Shadybrook Farm’s Cajun Firecracker upset heavily favored Fully Loaded in Saturday’s $100,000 Dr. Fager Division of...