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By John Heims —- TRAINER DEREK RYAN HOPING VITAL GETS ANOTHER GRASS CHANCE IN SATURDAY’S $60,000 TALE OF THE CAT STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – With a barn full of turf runners and little cooperation from Mother Nature since the Monmouth Park meeting started nearly...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** • Justify gets walk day on quiet morning at Churchill for Belmont horses • G2 Woody Stephens-bound Strike Power...

By Mike Willman —- Unique Bella; Benoit Photo ARCADIA, Calif. (May 30, 2018)—With 13 group or graded stakes victories among them, Unique Bella, Vale Dori and Paradise Woods need little in the way of introduction as they headline Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Beholder Mile at...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 29, 2018) – Undefeated Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Preakness Stakes (GI) winner Justify tuned up his preparation for the June 9 Belmont Stakes (GI) with a rapid half-mile breeze in :46.80 Tuesday...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI • Baffert at Churchill Downs to see undefeated Triple Crown hopeful Justify breeze a half mile in 46 4/5 seconds...

By Darren Rogers —- SPRINT ONE OF TWO STAKES ON SATURDAY’S ‘DOWNS AFTER DARK’ CARD LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Chris Wilkins’ multiple stakes winner Wilbo heads a competitive field of seven older sprinters that were entered in Saturday night’s 30th running of the $100,000 Aristides...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** • Triple Crown hopeful Justify could have ‘a little breeze’ Tuesday • Bolt d’Oro puts in...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 28, 2018) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert arrived in Louisville on Sunday to watch his undefeated Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Preakness (GI) winner Justify gallop 1 ½ miles Monday morning at...

By Bailey Gallison —- CARLOS MARQUEZ, JR. ONE PHOTO AWAY FROM MILESTONE WIN When jockey Carlos Marquez, Jr. first got into the game back in 1984 his father Carlos Marquez, Sr. – also a jockey – told him that if he maintained a strong work ethic and devoted himself to the...

By Ed Golden —- • O’NEILL HOPES NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR PAVEL • TALAMO, DR. DORR PERFECT FOR RICH GOLD CUP • MOPOTISM MAKES TURF DEBUT IN GRADE I GAMELY • GALLAGHER IS COUNTING ON FRENCH CONNECTION • EVIN ROMAN COULD RESUME RIDING AGAIN JUNE 7 PAVEL GOOD AS GOLD (CUP) AFTER...