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By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – With a limited budget to work with at the April sale at Keeneland for horses of racing age, Louis Linder, Jr. knew he had to be selective. The veteran trainer had sights set on one horse – a 3-year-old named War Treaty – but wasn’t sure if...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Tax posts bullet breeze in preparation for G1 Runhappy Travers Endorsed breezes Friday, likely for G1 Runhappy Travers Mind Control returns to scene of first G1 win for G1 H. Allen Jerkens Pletcher impressed with Mystic Lancelot; Keeps Spinoff a...

DMTC – News from the Wire —- By Hank Wesch In the mid-1980s when trainer D. Wayne Lukas and owner Gene Klein were making Del Mar history, and using it as home base for a run of national success, Lukas assistant Dallas Stewart never set foot at the place. “I worked for...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – John Mazza knows exactly what he’s up against in sending out his nice Jersey-bred filly Horologist against the likes of 2018 Juvenile filly champion Jaywalk in Saturday’s Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park. But with a horse that’s...

DMTC NEWS RELEASE —- A power-laden line-up 14 three-year-old fillies, including four highly-regarded invaders from the East Coast, will tangle Saturday in the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Oaks at nine furlongs over Del Mar’s infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. On the afternoon...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – After Point of Honor won a thrilling stretch-drive duel against Ulele in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan in May at Pimlico, the two talented foes will rematch as part of an accomplished nine-horse field of 3-year-old fillies in...

By Najja Thompson —- Fire Key looks to unlock victory in Smart N Fancy SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Backwards Stable’s Fire Key will look to capture her second stakes win of the year in New York, headlining a field of nine in the $100,000 Smart N Fancy going 5 ½...

By Don Stevens —- 84-DAY MEETING GETS UNDERWAY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel today announced its 2019-20 Thoroughbred stakes schedule. The track will offer 26 stakes races during an 84-day season that runs from October 8,...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Rather than trying to re-invent the wheel with his training regimen in an effort to get Jaywalk back on track this year, John Servis simply went back to what worked during the filly’s 2018 championship season. The early results are...

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Leonard Green, Aron Yagoda and Empire Racing Club’s Proven Strategies will look to capitalize on a distance cutback in his stakes debut in the fifth running of Friday’s $100,000 Skidmore for juveniles going 5 ½...