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NYRA RELEASE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Manny Franco capped a three-win day on the penultimate card for the Belmont Park spring/summer meet with a sweep of both stakes for owner Barry K. Schwartz on Saturday, winning the $150,000 Forbidden Apple with Voodoo Song and the...

By Bailey Gallison —- Catcho En Die; Arlington Photos ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 7, 2018) – Catcho En Die (ARG) scored his first North American graded stakes victory in walk-the-dog fashion in the 87th running of the Grade III $100,000 Stars and Stripes at Arlington...

By Bailey Gallison —- Divisidero; Arlington Photos ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 7, 2018) – Gunpowder Farms’ patience and determination to win at the Chicagoland oval paid off when Divisidero captured the 83rd running of the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Handicap at...

By Bailey Gallison —- Real Story; Arlington Photos ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 7, 2018) – In dominating fashion it was Jeffrey S. Amling and Merriebelle Stable’s Real Story who captured the 104th running of the Grade III $100,000 American Derby for trainer Ignacio...

By Michael Chamberlain —- Big Changes; Coady Photography GELDING SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS TITLE AT EVANGELINE DOWNS AFTER WINNING 2017 EDITION AT LOUISIANA DOWNS OPELOUSAS, LA – Big Changes didn’t change a thing in the $50,000 John Henry Stakes from 2017 to 2018. The gelding...

By Bailey Gallison —- Daddy’s Lil Darling; Arlington Photos ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (July 7, 2018) – In her first graded stakes win of the year, Normandy Farm’s homebred Daddys Lil Darling backed up her class and favoritism in the 62nd running of the Grade III...

By Tom Luicci —- VALEDICTORIAN SURGES TO VICTORY IN $75,000 JERSEY GIRL TO GIVE 20-YEAR-OLD JOCKEY HERNANDEZ FIRST STAKES WIN OCEANPORT, N.J. – Valedictorian provided 20-year-old jockey Carlos Hernandez with his first stakes victory, grinding down frontrunner Heading Home...

By Tom Luicci —- 23-1 FUNTASTIC GOES GATE TO WIRE UNDER GALLARDO TO WIN GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – It’s hardly a surprise when trainer Chad Brown wins a major grass race. But it is shocking when he does so at 23-1. That’s what happened in...

By Brian Bohl and Heather Pettinger —- Midnight Bisou; NYRA Photos ELMONT, N.Y. – The ultra-consistent Midnight Bisou continued her stellar sophomore campaign, stalking the pace before overtaking Road to Victory out of the turn and cruising to a six-length win in the...

By Bailey Gallison —- Hotshot Anna; Arlington Park Photo ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 31, 2018) – Hotshot Anna brought the heat in Saturday’s Grade III $100,000 Chicago Handicap when the 4-year-old daughter of Trappe Shot broke the seven-furlong track record over the...