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By Mike Willman —- ALEXANDER’S HOMEBRED S Y SKY ASSIGNED HIGH WEIGHT OF 126 LBS. & HEADS SATURDAY’S $100,000 CALIFORNIA DISTAFF AT 5 ½ FURLONGS ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2019)—Never worse than third in 15 starts, Nick Alexander’s brilliant homebred S Y Sky heads...

By Jim Gluckson —- SUPER MARE ENABLE GOES FOR THIRD QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE SUNDAY HEADLINING FIVE BREEDERS’ CUP CHALLENGE RACES AT PARIS LONGCHAMP Paris Longchamp, Paris, France (October 4, 2019) – On Sunday, October 6, Paris Longchamp racecourse will host five...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented seven-horse field of juveniles will look to add their names to the impressive list of past winners of the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of five stakes on the packed 11-race Joe Hirsch Turf...

By Amy Owens —- Defending Champion Blue Prize (ARG) Faces Four Rivals in Sunday’s $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 3, 2019) – Merriebelle Stable’s Blue Prize (ARG), who scored her biggest US. victory here last fall in the Juddmonte Spinster (G1), will face...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Quality Response will look to extend her winning West Coast ways into her first graded stakes contest, shipping her 2-for-2 record to New York as part of a seven-horse field in the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for juvenile fillies on...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Multiple graded stakes winner Hawkish, who missed his summer campaign due to throat surgery, is set to make his return to the races on Saturday facing a field of seven in the $150,000 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational at Belmont...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sistercharlie; Coady Photography ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown’s Sistercharlie will look to add another Grade 1 victory to her robust resume on Sunday at Belmont Park when she contests the $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies...

By Ryan Martin —- Channel Maker; Elsa Lorieul Photo ELMONT, N.Y. – Wachtel Stables, R. A. Hill Stables, Gary Barber and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Channel Maker will attempt to repeat his 2018 victory when taking on a field of seven assembled for...

By Mike Willman —- BOLO, CATAPULT & RIVER BOYNE HEAD WIDE-OPEN GRADE II, $200,000 CITY OF HOPE MILE (TURF) ON SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2019)—In what promises to be the best betting race of the weekend, trainer Carla Gaines’ Bolo, John Sadler’s Catapult and the...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented seven-horse field of juveniles will look to add their names to the impressive list of past winners of the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of five stakes on the packed 11-race Joe Hirsch Turf...