Aqueduct: Takaful headlines field of seven for G3 Jerome

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A field of seven newly minted 3-year-olds will look to start 2017 off right on Monday’s special holiday card at Aqueduct Racetrack as New York’s road to the Kentucky Derby makes its first stop of the year in the Grade 3,...
Posted On 02 Jan 2017
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TRACK’S TOP HANDICAPPERS FIND PICKING TURF DASH A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs rings out 2016 with a handicapper’s delight: the 13th edition of the $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes for horses 3-years-old-and-upward going five furlongs on the lawn. A field of 12 is expected to start. The Turf Dash is the ninth...
Posted On 31 Dec 2016
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Aqueduct: Send It In looks to deliver big in Saturday’s Alex M. Robb

By Brian Bohl —- Send It In looks to deliver big in Saturday’s Alex M. Robb; Quintet of 3-year-olds make stakes debut in Sunday’s Lost in the Fog OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Send It In will look to make his stakes debut a successful endeavor in headlining a field...
Posted On 30 Dec 2016
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CLASSIC CHAMP ARROGATE TO RUN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II SAN PASQUAL STAKES

By Mike Willman —- ARROGATE (schooling this afternoon) (Photos provided by Zoe Metz Photography) BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC CHAMP ARROGATE ENTERED TO RUN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES BAFFERT SUPERSTAR TO PREP FOR REMATCH WITH CALIFORNIA...
Posted On 30 Dec 2016
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FAIR GROUNDS STAKES ADVANCES: Pago Hop and Pan Zareta

By Michael Adolphson —- SEVEN STAKES WINNERS CLASH IN WIDE-OPEN PAGO HOP; KATHBALLU SEEKS BACK-TO-BACK STAKES IN PAN ZARETA NEW ORLEANS – A full field of 14 sophomore fillies, plus one also eligible, have packed Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ $75,000 Pago Hop Stakes...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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QUEEN’S PLATE CHAMP SIR DUDLEY DIGGES TOPS WOODCHOPPER

By Michael Adolphson —- LOUISIANA FUTURITIES ADD TO SIX-STAKES NEW YEAR’S EVE CARD NEW ORLEANS (December 26, 2016) – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Canadian classic winner Sir Dudley Digges will attempt to return to the winner’s circle for the first time since annexing the $1...
Posted On 28 Dec 2016
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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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