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By Mike Henry —- FRESH FACES IN TRAINER, JOCKEY RANKS HEIGHTEN OPENING DAY ANTICIPATION OLDSMAR, FL. – You can feel it on the backside at the break of dawn as the first horses hit the track for workouts, and during simulcast action in the Grandstand in the afternoon. For...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Barn Tour: Handal Readies Turf Talent for His First Fair Grounds Meet New Orleans, La (Nov. 14, 2023) – Three NYRA-based trainers will be sending a string to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for the winter. Raymond Handal, Robert Falcone Jr., and Rob...

By David Joseph —- Jockey Edgar Perez Notches Win No. 1000 at Gulfstream Park HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Veteran jockey Edgar Perez reached the 1000-win milestone Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where he guided Desert Ruler ($8.40) to a 2 ½-length victory in Race 7. “I’m a very,...

By Jim Charvat —- Larry Collmus © Benoit Photo LARRY COLLMUS: BACK IN THE BOOTH FOR ANOTHER FALL MEET Time flies when you’re having fun and Larry Collmus is definitely enjoying himself at Del Mar. With the pressures of the Breeders’ Cup behind him, Collmus is settling into...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Master Piece earns 99BSF from G2 Red Smith score Integration to put his undefeated record on the line in G2 Hill Prince Stewart Manor victress Toupie could see dirt in her future G2-winner Evvie Jets to return for 2024 campaign Aqueduct Racetrack fall...

By Jim Charvat —- KATHRYN CROSBY: STERN TURF TEST FOR FILLY AND MARES SATURDAY It’s the track. Not the weather, or the beach or the restaurants (though they come in close behind) but the track that attracts horsemen and women to Del Mar in the fall. Many of the trainers who...

By Dvid Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $125,000 Juvenile Sprint, Awesome Banner Co-Feature Sequence HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $125,000 for Saturday’s program at Gulfstream Park....

By Kevin Kilroy —- The 152nd racing season sees stakes purses rise to $9.7 million, the richest in Louisiana’s history Trainer Larry Rivelli and jockey Ben Curtis are just the tip of the intriguing iceberg of new connections ready to compete for the 2023 – 2024 titles...

By Ryan Martin —- Sacred Wish pursues graded glory in G3 Pebbles OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Black Type Thoroughbreds, Swinbank Stables, Steve Adkisson, Christopher T. Dunn, and Anthony Spinazzola’s Sacred Wish will strive for her first graded victory against a field of nine in...

By Jim Charvat —- BREEDERS’ CUP TO RETURN TO DEL MAR IN 2025 In the words of the immortal Ernie Banks. “Let’s play two.” Breeders’ Cup has announced its site for 2025 and it’s the same as 2024….Del Mar. “Our return to Del Mar in back-to-back years marks the continuation of...