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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...

By David Joseph —- Rainbow 6 Jackpot Hit Thursday for $436,076 Payoff Sweet Khaleesi in Sharp Form for Added Elegance Handicap HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot was hit for a $436,076.38 payoff Thursday at Gulfstream Park. The popular multi-race wager...

By Dan Smith —- Stellar Wind (outside); Benoit Photo STELLAR WIND, VALE DORI RESUME RIVALRY IN CLEMENT L. HIRSCH It’ll be Stellar Wind vs. Vale Dori, Round III – plus four others being sent out to steal the spotlight – when the 47th running of the $300,000 Grade I Clement...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas saddles triple-digit longshot winner • Fayeq, half to HOY Rachel Alexandra, ‘under discussion’ for G1 Travers • Miss Ella finds a rhythm at the Spa; Untamed Domain targeting G3 With Anticipation • Mott looking...