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NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Rice kicks off Big A spring meet in style; El Grande O chasing Derby points in G2 Wood Memorial Mott holds strong hand with Resilience, Elysian Meadows for G2 Wood Memorial Deposition relishes nine-furlong G2 Wood Memorial...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release The luck of the Irish came a bit late for owner/trainer John Haran. Haran, 13 days after St. Patrick’s Day, pulled maybe the biggest stakes upset of the 2023-2024 Oaklawn meeting when American Band captured Saturday’s six-furlong...

By Mary Eddy —- Deterministic leads 13-horse field for competitive renewal of G2 Wood Memorial OZONE PARK, N.Y. – St. Elias Stables, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable’s Grade 3 Gotham-winner Deterministic vies to lock in his spot in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby...

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays and Tuesdays. *************************...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024 Tapalo; Benoit GI SANTA ANITA DERBY: TAPALO RETURNS TO DIRT FOR SADLER COMPETITIVE CARDS KICK OFF 4-DAY DERBY WEEK DERBY DAY: 5 STAKES, INFIELD CARNIVAL, BEER FESTIVAL AND MORE GI SANTA ANITA DERBY: TAPALO RETURNS TO DIRT FOR...

By David Joseph —- Drifaros-Imonra Clash in Royal Palm Meet Opening Day Feature Saffie Joseph Jr. Seeks 10th Consecutive Gulfstream Park Title HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 2024 Royal Palm Meet at Gulfstream Park will get underway Thursday with a graded-stakes quality optional...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday and runs through Friday, April 26. First post is at 1 p.m. ET except April 26, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. Keeneland is closed for racing Mondays and Tuesdays. Click here for Keeneland’s...

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release Will he get his Preak on? Yes, he will. Zedan Racing Stables’ Muth will target the Preakness, the second leg of Triple Crown, May 18 at Pimlico following his victory in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1)...

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – April 1, 2024 Eclipse Award champion Fierceness and John Velazquez dominate the Florida Derby (G1) field with a 13 ½ length win. Photo credit: Coglianese Photo Week 10 of the 2024 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred...

By Amy Owens —- Saturday’s 100th Running of the $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass has Sierra Leone as 2-1 Morning Line Favorite LEXINGTON, KY (April 2, 2024) – Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook Smith’s Sierra Leone is the 2-1...