Damon Runyon, East View on tap this week as live racing returns to Aqueduct

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred action will return to Aqueduct Racetrack Thursday, December 29 for a five-day race week over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Along with a Pick 6 carryover of $30,987 beginning in Race 4, Thursday’s card...
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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FIELD OF 10 SOPHOMORES SET TO GO IN GRADE I, $300 MALIBU STAKES

By Mike Willman —- MIND YOUR BISCUITS, MOR SPIRIT & TEN BLESSINGS ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE I, $300 MALIBU STAKES ON OPENING DAY, MONDAY; FIELD OF 10 SOPHOMORES SET TO GO SEVEN FURLONGS GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEADLINE FOUR GRADED STAKES ON NINE-RACE PROGRAM...
Posted On 22 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream: Zulu returns in Sunday’s Feature, the $60,000 Tamarac Stakes

By David Joseph —- Zulu returns in Sunday’s Feature, the $60,000 Tamarac Stakes Defending Champ X Y Jet among 14 nominees for Mr. Prospector (G3) Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot at $61,500 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Zulu, whose racing career got off to a brilliant start at...
Posted On 18 Dec 2016
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Bay of Plenty headlines Queens County; Gold for the King returns in Great White Way

NYRA Release —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Entering off a pair of respectable second-place finishes on the turf, Godolphin Racing’s Bay of Plenty will look to best a field of 6 on the inner track at Aqueduct Racetrack in the $125,000 Queens County for 3-year-olds and at...
Posted On 16 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds: Santa Super Saturday Dirt Stakes Race Previews

By Michael Adolphson —- COX TRIO TOPS TOUGH TENACIOUS RENEWAL; RUNNING MATE LOOKS TO SWEETEN CAMPAIGN IN SUGAR BOWL; GOLDEN MISCHIEF LOOKS TO MAKE AMENDS IN LETELLIER NEW ORLEANS (December 13, 2016) – Trainer Brad Cox entered three of the 12 horses in Saturday’s $75,000...
Posted On 14 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream: Stonetastic takes another crack at G3 Sugar Swirl; G3 Harlan’s Holiday Preview

By David Joseph —- Stonetastic takes another crack at Sugar Swirl Grade 3 might be swan song for 5-year-old HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Trainer Kelly Breen has mixed emotions about running multiple graded stakes winner Stonetastic in Saturday’s $100,000 Sugar Swirl (G3) at...
Posted On 14 Dec 2016
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SATURDAY’S $100,000 LIGHTNING CITY LOOMS AS WIDE-OPEN AFFAIR

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Optimism abounds among trainers of the leading candidates for Saturday’s 13th running of the $100,000 Lightning City Stakes, a 5-furlong contest for fillies and mares on the Tampa Bay Downs turf course. Conditioners Larry Rivelli, Malcolm...
Posted On 14 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds: Santa Super Saturday Turf Stakes

By Michael Adolphson —- FAIR GROUNDS ROYALTY CHOCOLATE RIDE RETURNS IN DILIBERTO; CASH CONTROL TOPS FULL FIELD IN BLUSHING K.D.; GREEN MASK BRINGS BACK CLASS TO BONAPAW NEW ORLEANS (December 12, 2016) – GenStar Thoroughbreds’ Chocolate Ride has won every turf stakes for...
Posted On 14 Dec 2016
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New York-bred fillies and mares compete in Sunday’s Bay Ridge

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Repole Stable’s Super Surprise will take aim at her fourth win in five starts as part of a field of eight in Sunday’s $100,000 Bay Ridge for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at 1 1/16 miles on the inner...
Posted On 09 Dec 2016
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UNDEFEATED MASTERY STRETCHES OUT IN GRADE I CASHCALL FUTURITY

By Robert Mieszerski —- AMERICAN GAL, UNION STRIKE HEAD FIELD OF NINE IN GRADE I STARLET CYPRESS, Calif. – Mastery, who is undefeated in two starts for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, will stretch out and step up in the $300,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity...
Posted On 08 Dec 2016
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