STUDENT BODY GOING FOR HER FIRST GRADED STAKES VICTORY IN THE GIII CHICAGO HANDICAP

By Grant LaGrange —- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 26, 2019) – The 30th running of the GIII Chicago Handicap will be run Saturday June 29 at Arlington International Racecourse. A solid group of nine fillies and mares will go to post for the seven-furlong contest. The horse...
Posted On 29 Jun 2019
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Scherer Gets Ultimate Surprise

By Kevin Kerstein —– SCHERER GETS ULTIMATE SURPRISE AS FAMILY, FRIENDS TRAVEL FROM ACROSS COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE 80TH BIRTHDAY LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 28, 2019) – When trainer Merrill Scherer attended Friday’s races at Churchill Downs, one of the biggest surprises...
Posted On 29 Jun 2019
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Gulfstream: Rainbow 6 Solved for $3.151 Million Jackpot Payoff

By David Joseph —- Rainbow 6 Solved for $3.151 Million Jackpot Payoff Friday’s Stronach 5 All Star Ticket Link Trainer D’Angelo, Jockey Martinez Notch Milestone Victories O’Connell Trainees Top Field for Friday’s Golden Isles Stakes Leading Rider Edgard Zayas Featured on...
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Los Alamitos Barn Notes

By Bob Mieszerski —- SUMMER THOROUGHBRED FESTIVAL BEGINS SATURDAY; THREE STAKES TO BE OFFERED DURING 10-DAY SEASON; SOI PHET TO MAKE LAST START IN OPENING DAY BERTRANDO CYPRESS, Calif. —-The first thoroughbred meet of 2019 at Los Alamitos will begin Saturday, June 29....
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Churchill Downs Barn Notes

By Kevin Kerstein —- CALIFORNIA SHIPPER PHANTOM BOSS HOPES TO GIVE PERIBAN HIS FIRST CHURCHILL DOWNS VICTORY IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $125,000 BASHFORD MANOR LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 27, 2019) – Trainer Jorge Periban has never started a horse beneath the historic...
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Belmont Park Notes 6/27

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Diversify to join Old Friends; Catholic Boy and Rock my Love pointed for graded stakes action • Varenka remains possible for G1 Belmont Oaks; English Bee and He’s No Lemon hoping for G1 Belmont Derby invites • Olendon set for North American...
Posted On 28 Jun 2019
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Summit of Speed Stakes Previews

By David Joseph —- G3 Winner Well Defined Makes Return in $75,000 Carry Back Among Five Stakes Worth $750,000 on Summit of Speed Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Stonehedge LLC’s homebred sophomore Well Defined, a Grade 3 winner around two turns over the winter, will make his...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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Belmont: Wings of Dawn to try dirt in stakes debut in G2 Mother Goose

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – John Oxley’s Wings of Dawn will be making her stakes debut in her first career start on dirt as part of a six-horse field of 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s 63rd running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Mother Goose at Belmont...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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52 horses extended invitations to Grade 1 Haskell on July 20 at Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —- 52 HORSES INVITED TO TVG.COM HASKELL INVITATIONAL; MONMOUTH’S SHOWCASE RACE SET FOR SATURDAY, JULY 20 OCEANPORT, N.J. – The second half of a wide-open 3-year-old season will begin in earnest with the 52nd edition of TVG.com Haskell Invitational on Saturday,...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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Gulfstream Summit of Speed: Stormy Embrace ‘Doing Awesome’ for Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2)

By David Joseph —- Stormy Embrace; Lauren King Photo Stormy Embrace ‘Doing Awesome’ for Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Rooney (G2) Set for Title Defense in Grade 2 ‘Win & You’re In’ Summit of Speed Race HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC’s Stormy Embrace...
Posted On 27 Jun 2019
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