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By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Mark Casse waited more than 30 years to earn his first victory in an American Classic. After Gary Barber’s War of Will won the Preakness, the veteran trainer will have a chance to notch his second in three weeks as the War Front...

NYRA RELEASE —- Arklow seeks third graded stakes win in G2 Belmont Gold Cup ELMONT, N.Y. – Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger and Peter Coneway’s two-time graded stakes winner Arklow has capably run long distances in his past starts, but will stretch out even further...

NYRA RELEASE —- Whitmore and Catalina Cruiser square off in contentious G2 True North ELMONT, N..Y. – Grade 1-winner Whitmore and the returning Catalina Cruiser headline Friday’s Grade 2, $250,000 True North, a 6 ½-furlong sprint for 4-year-olds and upward at...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Newspaperofrecord will look to get back to her winning ways when she headlines a six-horse field for the sixth running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Wonder Again on Thursday, opening day of the...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Curragh Stables’ Broadway Run will look to build on her success in taking a step up in class as she makes her graded stakes debut in the Grade 3, $200,000 Intercontinental for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up on Thursday at...

By Grant LaGrange —- The 82nd running of the GIII Arlington Matron will be run at Arlington International Racecourse on Saturday June 1. With the anticipated scratch of Patrick Gallagher’s La Force; a field of now nine fillies and mares will run 1 1/8th- miles on the...

By Mike Willman —- REVITALIZED PARADISE WOODS LOOMS COMPLETE STANDOUT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2019)—Trainer John Shirreffs’ Paradise Woods, fresh off a dominating 10 ½ length win, looms a complete standout...

By Mike Willman —- CONSISTENT MAXIM RATE HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $150,000 HONEYMOON STAKES AS EIGHT SOPHOMORE FILLIES GO 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2019)—A nose shy of being undefeated in three starts, trainer Simon Callaghan’s Maxim Rate bids for her...

Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y – Trainer Chad Brown will saddle a pair of talented stakes debuters in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Pennine Ridge – a 1 1/8-mile event for 3-year-olds over the inner turf at Belmont Park. Breaking from post 3, Peter Brant’s...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Michael Stidham has no qualms about shipping Synchrony wherever there’s a graded turf stakes race that fits the horse’s schedule, which explains why six of his past eight starts have been at different racetracks and on both coasts....