Live racing returns to Belmont Park on April 26 for spring/summer meet

NYRA RELEASE —- Belmont Stakes Racing Festival set for June 6-8; Twilight racing moves to Thursdays beginning May 9 ELMONT, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred racing will return to Belmont Park on Friday, April 26 for its 48-day spring/summer meet, featuring 59 stakes races...
Posted On 23 Apr 2019
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Keeneland Barn Notes – Tuesday, April 23

By Amy Owens —- TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Racing resumes Wednesday with eight races that begin at 1:05 p.m. The 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday. First post is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** • TEN LONG-DISTANCE TURF RUNNERS ENTERED IN CLOSING-DAY BEWITCH • KEENELAND REPRESENTED BY...
Posted On 23 Apr 2019
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Kentucky Derby Update: Tuesday, April 23, 2019

By Darren Rogers —- ANOTHERTWISTAFATE TO WAIT FOR PREAKNESS; SERENGETI EMPRESS WORKS TOWARD KENTUCKY OAKS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, April 23, 2019) – Trainer Blaine Wright said via text Tuesday morning that Peter Redekop’s Anothertwistafate would be flying back to his home...
Posted On 23 Apr 2019
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Leading Rider Title Could Come Down to the Wire

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Leading Rider Title Could Come Down to the Wire Ricardo Santana Jr. normally has the Oaklawn riding title sewn up by Arkansas Derby Day. But, this is not a normal year at Oaklawn since the meeting has been extended three weeks to May 4 (Kentucky Derby...
Posted On 19 Apr 2019
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DR. DORR & KANTHAKA HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 KONA GOLD STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS

By Mike Willman —- DR. DORR & KANTHAKA HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 KONA GOLD STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS SHAH’S HOMEBRED ALL OUT BLITZ RETURNS HOME & WILL BE RIDDEN BY BAZE ARCADIA, Calif. (April 17, 2019)—Bob Baffert’s Dr. Dorr and Jerry Hollendorfer’s Kanthaka...
Posted On 19 Apr 2019
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Keeneland Barn Notes

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 18 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1:05 p.m. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April 21. ********** • ORTIZ ALL SMILES WHEN DISCUSSING KENTUCKY DERBY HOPEFUL TACITUS • MORAVIA (GB) RETURNS TO...
Posted On 19 Apr 2019
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Spring training now underway at historic Oklahoma Training Track

Pat McKenna/Mark Bardack —- Spring training now underway at historic Oklahoma Training Track SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – In the surest sign that the annual meet at Saratoga Race Course is fast approaching, the famed Oklahoma Training Track is now officially open for...
Posted On 18 Apr 2019
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Mike Smith Makes His Pick

By Gissel Torres —- Photo Credit: Coady Photography Mike Smith Makes His Pick Moments after Omaha Beach won the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn, his owner, Rick Porter, said he was confident Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith would choose to ride the colt...
Posted On 18 Apr 2019
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Keeneland Barn Notes – Wednesday, April 17

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 26. First post is 1:05 p.m. Keeneland is closed Easter Sunday, April 21. ********** • ZULU ALPHA HEADLINES FIELD OF 10 FOR DIXIANA ELKHORN • JALA JALA (MEX) TRIES TO MAKE THE GRADE...
Posted On 18 Apr 2019
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MONMOUTH PARK TAPS JASON BEEM AS FILL-IN ANNOUNCER UNTIL FRANK MIRAHMADI RETURNS AT THE END OF JUNE

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Jason Beem, a veteran race caller with more than a decade of experience, will handle Monmouth Park’s announcing duties until the return of Frank Mirahmadi following the conclusion of the Santa Anita meet on June 23, general manager Bill...
Posted On 17 Apr 2019
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