A Dozen on the Pimlico Turf Kicks off Stronach 5

By David Joseph —- Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Golden Gate LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5 will include competitive fields at four tracks and will begin with a dozen 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the turf at Pimlico Race Course. The Stronach 5,...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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Espresso Shot seeks another class-building effort in $100K Dancin Renee

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Espresso Shot seeks a fifth stakes triumph in Saturday’s eighth running of the $100,000 Dancin Renee for older New York-bred fillies and mares going six furlongs over the Belmont Park main track. The sprint is named in honor of Sandford...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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COX ALTERS COURSE WITH JULIET FOXTROT (GB) TO OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, June 10, 2021) – Juddmonte and trainer Brad Cox were not originally planning to run Grade I winner Juliet Foxtrot (GB) in Saturday night’s $150,000 Old Forester Mint Julep (GIII) at Churchill Downs but the team altered her...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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Mandaloun heads field of five for Sunday’s TVG.com Pegasus Stakes

By Tom Luicci —- KY. DERBY RUNNER-UP MANDALOUN HEADS FIELD OF FIVE IN SUNDAY’S TVG.COM PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun will face four other 3-year-olds, including two graded stakes winners, when he marks his return to racing...
Posted On 11 Jun 2021
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Belmont Stakes Day: Grade 1 Undercard Selections

By Rick Francis —- Belmont Park (NOTE) Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr is off all mounts due to injury Race3) 7 Furlongs. Woody Stephens S. Presented by Nassau County Industrial Development Agency Grade I. Purse $400,000 FOR THREE YEAR OLDS. 3) Jackie’s Warrior – winner...
Posted On 04 Jun 2021
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153rd Belmont Stakes Selections

By Rick Francis —- BELMONT PARK Race 11) 1½ Mile. Belmont S. Presented by NYRA Bets PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS. Grade I. Purse $1,500,000 FOR THREE YEAR OLDS Post Time: ( 6:49)/ 5:49/ 4:49/ 3:49 1) Bourbonic (Pletcher/Carmouche); got the bloodlines don’t know if...
Posted On 04 Jun 2021
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Belmont Park Notes 06/03

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- New Yorker Repole seeking elusive G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets victory with Overtook G1 Belmont Stakes contenders school at the gate Dream Shake hopes to turn the tables on Jackie’s Warrior in G1 Woody Stephens Tizamagician looks to pull...
Posted On 03 Jun 2021
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CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED SUSPENDS BOB BAFFERT FOR TWO YEARS

Darren Rogers —- CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED SUSPENDS BOB BAFFERT FOR TWO YEARS Suspension Follows Medina Spirit’s Confirmed Positive for Prohibited Race-Day Substance LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 2, 2021) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) announced today the...
Posted On 03 Jun 2021
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France Go de Ina posts final work for G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont Stakes contenders gearing up for the “Test of the Champion” ELMONT, N.Y. – In his final piece of preparation for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, France Go de Ina breezed five furlongs over a fast main track at Belmont...
Posted On 03 Jun 2021
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Brown looks to take G1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan by storm

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown will be loaded for bear in the Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Manhattan, with four of the 10 horses entered running under his banner in the 1 1/4-mile inner turf test for 4-year-olds and up on Saturday, Belmont...
Posted On 02 Jun 2021
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