Cody’s Wish pursues seventh straight win while facing five graded-stakes winners in G1 Whitney

By Ryan Martin —- Cody’s Wish; NYRA Photos SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin’s multiple Grade 1-winner Cody’s Wish brings a six-race win streak into Saturday’s 96th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney for older horses going nine furlongs at Saratoga Race...
Posted On 02 Aug 2023
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TAMPA BAY: OVERNIGHT PURSES SET TO RISE IN 2023-2024 BY $5.5-MILLION

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Beginning next fall, horsemen will have more reason than ever to “Live It Up at the Downs.” Tampa Bay Downs will allocate $5.5-million from the state of Florida for overnight Thoroughbred purses during the 2023-2024 meet, track Vice...
Posted On 02 Aug 2023
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Brown to saddle a trio of top contenders in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame

By Keith McCalmont —- Sunday, July 30, 2023 Brown to saddle a trio of top contenders in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out three top contenders in Appraise, Mischievous Angel...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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War Like Goddess pursues third straight G2 Glens Falls victory

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – George Krikorian’s dual Grade 1-winning multimillionaire War Like Goddess will strive for a threepeat in Thursday’s 28th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls for older fillies and mares going 1 1/2 miles over the inner...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 07/30

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, July 30, 2023 Saratoga Race Course Notes Forte garners career-best 105 BSF for G2 Jim Dandy triumph Cody’s Wish ‘smooth as silk’ in final breeze for G1 Whitney; Elite Power registers career-high 108 BSF in G1 A. G. Vanderbilt conquest G1-winner...
Posted On 30 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes: West Will Power breezes for potential G1 Whitney

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes West Will Power breezes for potential G1 Whitney start; Verifying works for G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Charge It ‘excellent’ in final breeze for G1 Whitney; Tapit Trice points to G1 Travers More Than Looks and Northern...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 07/28

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Smile Happy on target for G1 Whitney; Rattle N Roll rerouted G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf-winner Rebel’s Romance works for G2 Bowling Green Behind Enemy Lines breezes in company for G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Cowans...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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Rebel’s Romance makes stateside return in G2 Bowling Green

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin’s reigning Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Rebel’s Romance will take his world tour back to North America in Sunday’s 65th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green going 1 3/8 miles over the Saratoga Race Course...
Posted On 29 Jul 2023
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Elite Power and Gunite square off in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap

By Keith McCalmont —- Elite Power and Gunite square off in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Reigning Champion Male Sprinter Elite Power bested dual graded stakes-winner Gunite when they last faced off in the Group 3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in February in...
Posted On 28 Jul 2023
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Saratoga Race Course Notes 07/27

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Thursday, July 27, 2023 Saratoga Race Course Notes Echo Zulu registers 112BSF in G2 Honorable Miss H. triumph Vergara on verge of graded breakthrough in G2 Glens Falls Dean Delivers hoping to supply an upset in G1 A.G. Vanderbilt H. Rookie Report:...
Posted On 28 Jul 2023
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