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By Keith McCalmont —- Kilwin rallies stoutly to win G1 Test presented by Ticketmaster SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – BBN Racing’s Kilwin rallied from well off the pace to overtake fellow closer Ragtime and capture Saturday’s 100th running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Test presented...

By Mary Eddy —- Ewing nets first stakes win in G2 Saratoga Special SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – D.J. Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and Kenneth Freirich’s Ewing earned his first stakes score when overcoming a slow start in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special, a 6...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- NYRA Communications Photo Deterministic extends win streak to three in G1 FanDuel Fourstardave St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable’s Deterministic pressed longshot pacesetter My Boy Prince into the stretch before...

By Tom Luicci —- HEY NAY NAY STAYS ON TRACK FOR BREEDERS’ CUP WITH 7-LENGTH ROMP IN SATURDAY’S TYRO STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer John Sadler has had so few hiccups along the way with Hey Nay Nay after two career starts that he’s already targeting the Breeders’ Cup for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- NYRA PRESS OFFICE PHOTO Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook Smith’s Sierra Leone, the Champion 3-Year-Old Colt of 2024 that had gone winless in three previous tries at Saratoga Race Course, broke through in...

Story by Lynne Snierson Monmouth Park Publicity Staff—- NYRA BETS HASKELL WINNER JOURNALISM HEADED BACK WEST; BAFFET WILL POINT GOAL ORIENTED TO TRAVERS STAKES NEXT OCEANPORT, N.J. – While trainer Michael McCarthy has yet to decide what’s next for Journalism following the...

By Mary Eddy —- Photo Provided by NYRA; Coglianese Excellent Truth denies She Feels Pretty in G1 Dunkin’ Diana Resolute Racing’s Excellent Truth came out on the winning end of a thrilling stretch duel with post-time favorite She Feels Pretty to land her first top-level...

By Christian Abdo —- NYRA Provided Photo; Coglianese.Dom Napolitano Far Bridge much-the-best in G2 Bowling Green SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – LSU Stables’ multiple Grade 1-winner Far Bridge validated his 1-2 favoritism with a commanding victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000...

By Tom Luicci —- SPALIDAY DAZZLES WITH LAST-TO-FIRST STRETCH RUN TO WIN SUNDAY’S MISS LIBERTY STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – It’s no surprise when a Chad Brown-trained turf runner rallies furiously from off the pace to win. It’s been a key part of the formula for...

By Tom Luicci —- SPEAKING SCORES THREE-PEAT IN JOHN J. REILLY HANDICAP WITH TWO-LENGTH VICTORY ON SUNDAY AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – With Speaking’s three-peat in the John J. Reilly Handicap complete, trainer Eddie Owens had a suggestion for the Monmouth Park racing...