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By Tom Luicci —- TRAINER DIANE MORICI LOOKING FOR BIG EFFORT FROM SHRUG IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 OCEANPORT STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Diane Morici’s 34-horse barn at Monmouth Park mostly consists of allowance horse, claimers and 2-year-olds. But when she...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, August 7, 2025 After winning the country’s biggest race for 3-year-olds in 2024, Oaklawn stakes winner Mystik Dan eyes a major turf prize Saturday at Colonial Downs when he makes his grass debut in the prestigious G1-Arlington...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, August 3, 2025 Saratoga Race Course Notes Sierra Leone’s G1 Whitney win a satisfying one for Chad Brown Riley Mott savoring first graded win with World Beater in G1 Saratoga Derby Inv. Deterministic stakes claim as divisional leader Ewing to...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Appleby raiders Nations Pride, El Cordobes arrive for G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Post Time among eight millionaires in G1 Whitney Highland Falls returns to the Spa in G1 Whitney Think Big swings for the fences in G1...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, July 31, 2025 The accomplished Skippylongstocking is one of three Oaklawn-raced horses entered in the prestigious $1 million G1-Whitney Stakes for older horses at 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Saratoga. Probable post time for the...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, July 29, 2025 One of Oaklawn’s major Kentucky Derby prep races received another boost when Louisiana-bred standout Smoken Wicked rolled to a 5 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 G2-Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Friday at...

Eight millionaires among star-studded cast for G1 Whitney Fierceness; Chelsea Durand By NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A star-studded cast featuring Champions Fierceness and Sierra Leone and a sextet of fellow millionaires led by four-time Grade 1 winner White Abarrio...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Sovereignty sets sights on G1 DraftKings Travers after G2 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun score Smoken Wicked earns 101 BSF for G2 Amsterdam pres. by Albany Med Health System Hotazhell, Juwelier and Tiberius Thunder ship in...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Multiple Grade 1-winners Fierceness, Mindframe work on Spa main track Sierra Leone and Contrary Thinking work for G1 Whitney Highland Falls drills for G1 Whitney; Good Cheer and Margie’s Intention tune up for G1 Alabama...

By Tom Luicci —- SPECTACULAR GREY, A RECENT $625,000 PURCHASE, FACES NEXT TEST IN SUNDAY’S COLLEEN STAKES FOR FORMER UBER DRIVER DELGADO OCEANPORT, N.J. – As recently as last year, Alexis Delgado was driving an Uber in Florida. On Sunday, he sends out a recent $625,000...