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By Brian Bohl —- European winners give G1 Sword Dancer international flair SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Niarchos Family’s Irish-bred Erupt will be looking for his second Grade 1 win in as many starts as he headlines a diverse field of seven in the Grade 1, $1...

By Heather Pettinger —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Attracting all three winners of the year’s Triple Crown races for the first time since 1982, and only the second time in the Mid-Summer Derby’s storied tradition, Kentucky Derby victor Always Dreaming,...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- ELEVEN ENTERED IN SATURDAY’S PAT O’BRIEN STAKES A field of eleven was entered Wednesday in Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, the last of five Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series events of the summer meeting....

By Lynne Snierson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The formidable contingent of California horses, which include dual champion and nine-time Grade 1 winner Songbird and 2016 champion Sprinter Drefong, rolled into the Saratoga Race Course backside late Tuesday afternoon...

By Najja Thompson —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown confirmed Monday morning that Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Grade 1 Preakness winner Cloud Computing will enter the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, on...

NYRA RELEASE —- Pletcher says Outplay’s Travers status to be determined Tuesday Lookin At Lee wraps up major G1 Travers preparations, Gun Runner turns in bullet work for G1 Woodward Fayeq looking to make a name for himself in Travers McCraken tentatively slated for...

SANTA ANITA’S 2017 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE STARTS WITH GRADE III EDDIE D STAKES SEPT. 29 & WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY FIVE GRADE I BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ STAKES ON SEPT. 30 19-DAY STAND TO OFFER 21 STAKES, 11 OF THEM GRADED, WITH A TOTAL OF SIX GRADE I EVENTS...

NYRA —- Good Samaritan impresses Mott in final breeze before G1 Travers Unchained Melody ‘seems sound’ after being pulled up in G1 Alabama; Meantime comes back strong off Belmont Stakes freshening Brown’s turf contingent put in final works for Travers Day...

By John Heims —- Frisky Magician saved all the ground on the far turn and found a narrow opening on the rail to get up in time to take Sunday’s $41,000 allowance optional claiming feature by a neck at Monmouth Park. Trained by Jane Cibelli, Frisky Magician covered the five...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- BAFFERT IS CHIPPER-ISH ON THE MORNING AFTER CLASSIC SWEEP Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was jovial Sunday morning, as might be expected following the 1-2 finish by his Collected and Arrogate in Saturday’s $1 million Grade I TVG Pacific...