Saratoga Race Course Notes – 07/18

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Althiqa matches career-best 101 BSF with carbon copy G1 Diana score Wit targets G1 Hopeful following G3 Sanford score; Pletcher looks ahead with star pupils Channel Maker eyes comeback in G2 Bowling Green Caravel works in...
Posted On 19 Jul 2021
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Del Mar Stable Notes July 18, 2021

DMTC News —- SAN DIEGO TO TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC LOOKS LIKELY FOR TOP FINISHERS The top three finishers in Saturday’s Grade II, $251,500 San Diego Handicap all came out the race in good shape, their trainers reported, with all indications pointing to a rematch in the $750,000...
Posted On 19 Jul 2021
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Arklow looks to add another Grade 1 to resume in United Nations on Haskell Stakes card

By Tom Luicci —- ARKLOW HOPING TO CONTINUE TO SHOW AGE IS JUST A NUMBER HEADING INTO SATURDAY’S GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – If ever the timeworn cliché about not getting older but getting better could be applied to a horse, it would be Arklow. The son of...
Posted On 16 Jul 2021
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Saratoga Race Course Notes – 07/15

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Ever-improving Vigilantes Way dives into deeper water for G1 Diana Hard-trying La Signare hoping to have her day in G1 Diana Tobys Heart beating along as she preps for G3 Lake George; Gift List to skip Saratoga Oaks...
Posted On 16 Jul 2021
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Brown saddles Lemista, Pocket Square in attempt to extend G1 Diana record

By Keith McCalmont —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out Lemista and Pocket Square in Saturday’s 83rd renewal of the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana as he looks to secure his sixth consecutive win in the nine-furlong inner-turf...
Posted On 15 Jul 2021
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Del Mar Stable Notes July 14, 2021

DMTC News – From the Wire —- DREAM SHAKE GETS CLASS BREAK FOR FIRST TURF TRY IN OCEANSIDE Since breaking his maiden in February, Dream Shake has had monthly assignments in Grade I or Grade II stakes on dirt against some of best 3-year-olds in the country. And after...
Posted On 15 Jul 2021
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 07/14

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Casse looks for early Spa success by sending out G3 Schuylerville contender Pretty Birdie Hebert ships Rebel Posse by way of Texas for G3 Quick Call Rookie Report: Echo Zulu, half to G1 winner Echo Town, to debut on Opening...
Posted On 15 Jul 2021
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Hot Rod Charlie installed as 6-5 favorite for Saturday’s Haskell Stakes

By Lynne Snierson Monmouth Park publicity staff —- HOT ROD CHARLIE INSTALLED AS 6-5 MORNING LINE FAVORITE FOR SATURDAY’S $1 MILLION TVG.COM HASKELL STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – For the first time in the storied history of the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, the runners-up in...
Posted On 15 Jul 2021
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NYRA announces stakes schedule for 2021 Aqueduct fall meet

By Brian Bohl —- Cigar Mile Day on December 4 to feature four graded stakes $500K NYSSS Great White Way and Fifth Avenue tops December 18 card at Big A winter meet OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the...
Posted On 13 Jul 2021
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Brown tallies sixth consecutive Belmont spring/summer meet training title

By Brian Bohl —- Jose Ortiz paces all jockeys; Klaravich Stables earns top owner status ELMONT, N.Y. – Chad Brown registered 32 victories to finish as the leading trainer at the Belmont spring/summer meet for the sixth consecutive year, while Jose Ortiz won the riding the...
Posted On 13 Jul 2021
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