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By Bailey Gallison —- THE TABULATOR TAKES IOWA STAKES IN SECOND START Carolyn Wilson’s The Tabulator, a debut winner by nine lengths at Arlington International Racecourse on July 2, showed no weaknesses when trying dirt for the first time in the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes...

By Dna Smith —- CROSBY PRINCIPALS SHOW CLASS AND STUDIOUSLY MOVE ON Thirty yards out of the gate, Saturday’s $300,000 Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes went from high expectations to high anxiety. When 2016 Eclipse Award sprinter Drefong suddenly shot to the left at the gap where...

By Bailey Gallison —- POSTULATION POINTING TOWARD AMERICAN ST. LEGER Runnymede Racing LLC’s Postulation, the six-length winner of the Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware Park on July 8, will target the Grade III American St. Leger at Arlington International Racecourse for his...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Maragh back in Saratoga winner’s circle for first time since 2014 • Tagg wins two in a row at the Spa; Tale of Silence likely for G1 Jerkens • Keen Ice turns in final breeze for G1 Whitney • Contessa pondering next stakes assignment for Tu Brutus...

By Dna Smith —- Bob Baffert saddles Vale Dori in running of Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch; Benoit Photo VALE DORI OUT TO BRING AN END TO BAFFERT’S DEARTH IN THE HIRSCH There are 44 different names of stakes Bob Baffert has won in compiling a Del Mar training record 121 over the...

By Dan Smith —- BAFFERT ON CROSBY: ‘IT’S A WIN AND LAY DOWN FOR A WEEK’ Saturday’s Grade I $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes is a “Win And You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge series qualifier for the $1.5 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint here on November 4. Considering the...

By Bailey Gallison —- • The Pizza Man Ready For Third Million Run • Sonic Boom Targets Grade I Secretariat THE PIZZA MAN READY FOR THIRD MILLION RUN Midwest Thoroughbreds’ The Pizza Man is on track to contest his third Grade I Arlington Million on Aug. 12 at Arlington...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Tom’s d’Etat could be G1 Woodward-bound off impressive allowance win • Finley’sluckycharm likely to show off moves in G1 Ballerina • Red-hot Gargan eyeing G1 stakes for Phi Beta Express, Divine Miss Grey • Queen’s Plate heroine Holy...

By John Heims —- $1 MILLION, GRADE 1 EVENT GOES AS RACE 12 OF 14 With just hours until the 50th renewal of the betfair.com Haskell Invitational, the seven contenders set to line up in the gate Sunday continue to get ready for their run in the mile and an eighth test for the...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Hot Springs, Ark. (Friday, July 28, 2017) – Oaklawn will offer fans the chance to experience the thrills of Thoroughbred ownership in a low-risk, low-cost fashion with the debut of the Oaklawn Racing Club just in time for the 2018 live racing season. The...