Category

By the NYRA Press Office Bee Jersey (inside); NYRA PHOTOS ELMONT, N.Y. – Charles Fipke homebred Bee Jersey was sharp early and determined late, holding off a furious final charge from Mind Your Biscuits by a diminishing nose to run his win streak to four in an all-star...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Spring Quality staged a sensational stretch run and won a four-horse blanket finish to post an upset Saturday in the Grade 1, $1 million Woodford Reserve Manhattan on Belmont Stakes Day. Given a perfectly timed ride by Hall of Famer...

By Jenny Kellner —- Justify; High Deucey Photos Gives Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert second Triple Crown win Elmont, N.Y. With a breathtaking, wire-to-wire tour de force under Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, undefeated Justify became racing’s 13th Triple Crown...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Bonita Bianca took advantage of the class relief for her 2018 debut by running down leader Starship Reina at the sixteenth pole and going on to a 2¼-length victory in Sunday’s $40,000 featured allowance at Monmouth Park. After running only...

By Mike Willman —- TAKE THE ONE O ONE Benoit Photo TAKE THE ONE O ONE RALLIES TO WIN $200,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES UNDER TALAMO; TRAINED BY KORINER, HE GETS 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:49.37 RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED HORSES...

By Bailey Gallison —- S. D. BRILIE SWEEP STATE-BRED STAKES WITH DEVILEYE IN ADDISON CAMMACK MEMORIAL, PUNTSVILLE IN ISAAC MURPHY ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 2, 2018) – It was a banner day at Arlington International Racecourse for the local stable of S. D. Brilie as they...

By John Heims —- GUNNISON RALLIES IN DEEP STRETCH TO BEAT STRIKE ME DOWN IN MONMOUTH PARK’S FEATURED $60,000 TALE OF THE CAT STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Gunnison surged in the final 100 yards to reel in favored Strike Me Down and went on to score a 1¼-length victory in the...

By Anthony Affrunti —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Saturday’s running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Pennine Ridge at Belmont Park came down to a thrilling stretch duel in which it appeared the strong-closing Analyze It was on his way to perfection through four starts, but...

By Mike Willman —- Unique Bella; Zoe Metz Photos HEAVILY FAVORED UNIQUE BELLA SPEEDS TO 2 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $400,000 BEHOLDER MILE; SMITH & HOLLENDORFER TEAM FOR MILE SCORE IN 1:35.60 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 2, 2018)—Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Beholder Mile...

Golden Gate Release —- THE LIEUTENANT, HALF BROTHER TO JUSTIFY, WINS THE ALL AMERICAN Berkeley, Calif. (May 28, 2018) – Under the guidance of Southern California jockey Tyler Connor, 5-year-old The Lieutenant stalked the pace before surging in the final sixteenth of a...