Aqueduct Racetrack Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • Mendelssohn stretches his legs at Aqueduct ahead of Saturday’s Cigar Mile • Lightly raced Copper Town just keeps getting better • Brown holds strong hand on Cigar Mile card • Sunny Ridge, Bonita Bianca give Servis chance to end year on a high note •...
Posted On 01 Dec 2018
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Matriarch Stakes Climaxes Del Mar’s 2018 Fall Racing Season

DMTC News – From the Wire Vasilika © Benoit Photo Del Mar ends its 16-day 2018 Fall racing season Sunday featuring older fillies and mares in the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes at one mile over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. Post time for the first of nine races...
Posted On 01 Dec 2018
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AMOSS DISCUSSES PLANS FOR GRADED STAKES WINNERS LONE SAILOR, SERENGETI EMPRESS

By Ryan Martin —- Serengeti Empress; Photo Courtesy of Coady Photography Barn Notes: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Trainer Tom Amoss sent graded stakes winners and Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships contenders Serengeti Empress and Lone Sailor to GoldMark Farm in...
Posted On 30 Nov 2018
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PAY ANY PRICE, SMILING CAUSEWAY SEEK REPEATS; FESTIVUS SET TO BEGIN

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – World record-holder Pay Any Price is set to defend his 2017 Turf Dash title Saturday as Tampa Bay Downs launches its 2018-2019 stakes schedule with a pair of $100,000, 5-furlong events on the grass. The 15th edition of the Turf Dash, which is...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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Gulfstream: Championship Meet to Embrace Innovation and Tradition

By David Joseph —- Championship Meet to Embrace Innovation and Tradition 80th Anniversary Meet Offers Record 105 Stakes Worth $29 Million $16 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Series Jan. 26 $1 million Florida Derby (G1) to be Renewed March 30 Turf Course Undergoes $1...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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Marley’s Freedom makes East Coast return in G3 Go For Wand

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on November 3 at Churchill Downs, Cicero Farms’ multiple graded stakes winner Marley’s Freedom will...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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Friday’s Stronach 5 Carryover $88,189

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Stronach 5 Carryover $88,189 Races from Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields Past Performances Post Time 3:21 LAUREL, MD –Friday’s Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will have a carryover of $88,189.41 and feature three races from...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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Del Mar Stables Notes November 29, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire Instilled Regard; Benoit Photo CHAD BROWN QUINTET SET FOR GRADE I WEEKEND STAKES Jose Hernandez, assistant to the nation’s leading trainer, Chad Brown, was on the end of a lead chain attached to Instilled Regard, who had an exercise rider in full...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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EXCESSIVESPENDING MADE 4-1 MORNING LINE FAVORITE IN WIDE OPEN RICHIE SCHERER MEMORIAL STAKES

By Ryan Martin —- NEW ORLEANS (November 28, 2018) – A highly well-matched field of 14 fillies and mares have been assembled for Saturday’s $75,000 Richie Scherer Memorial, a 5½-furlong event over the Stall-Wilson Turf Course. Joey Keith Davis’ Excessivespending drew the...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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Gulfstream: Servis Holding Strong Hand with Claiming Crown Turf Quartet

By David Joseph —- Blue Bahia; Lauren King Photo Servis Holding Strong Hand with Claiming Crown Turf Quartet Blue Bahia Ends Layoff with Title Defense in $110,000 Distaff Dash Dowse’s Beach Steps Up for Stablemate in $110,000 Canterbury Montclair Takes Four-Race Win Streak...
Posted On 29 Nov 2018
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