Abel Tasman goes for fifth Grade 1 win in Saturday’s Ogden Phipps

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Four-time Grade 1 winner Abel Tasman will look to make a triumphant return to Belmont Park – and post her first victory of the year – in headlining an accomplished field of eight in the Grade 1, $750,000 Ogden Phipps for...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Mind Your Biscuits tops star-studded field in G1 Runhappy Met Mile

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – An accomplished group of 11 graded-stakes winners, topped by $3.7 million earner and multiple Grade or Group 1 champion Mind Your Biscuits, will line up in an all-star edition of the Grade 1, $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Kentucky Oaks winner, reigning juvenile filly champion face off in G1 Acorn

By Anthony Affrunti —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks winner Monomoy Girl will try to maintain her perfect 3-year-old season in the one mile, Grade 1, $700,000 Acorn presented by Nassau County IDA, as part of a field of seven in Race 4 on Belmont Stakes Day at...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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It’s Triple Crown hopeful Justify vs. nine in G1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets

By Jenny Kellner —- Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner draws post 1, is 4-5 to win Saturday’s “Test of the Champion” ELMONT, N. Y. – Can he do it? Can Justify join Seattle Slew as the only undefeated Triple Crown winner, and become the 13th...
Posted On 05 Jun 2018
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Arkansas Horse of the Year Heavenly Score steps up in G3 Intercontinental

NYRA Preview —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Curragh Stable’s Heavenly Score will make her graded stakes debut at Belmont Park as part of a field of 10 set to go postward in the Grade 3, $200,000 Intercontinental for fillies and mares on Thursday, the first day of the...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Ward saddles formidable duo in Astoria

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y . – Trainer Wesley Ward, a name to be feared in the entry box for juvenile races across the globe, will send out a potent one-two punch in Thursday’s 107th running of the $150,000, 5 ½-furlong Astoria for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont...
Posted On 04 Jun 2018
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Rocketry looks to make the grade in G2 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Centennial Farms’ Rocketry, a popular and decisive allowance winner last out,will get a test of both class and endurance as he makes his return to graded-stakes competition in the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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No kidding! Joking returns to the races in G2 True North after long absence

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – It’s been a while, about 20 months, since Joking was seen in the winner’s circle after the Grade 1 Vosburgh, which punched his ticket to the 2016 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint for owner-trainer Charlton Baker. Joking...
Posted On 03 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Brown looks for repeat win in G3 Wonder Again

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Stephanie Seymour Brant’s Significant Form will look to make a triumphant return to Belmont Park when she headlines a field of 10 in the fifth running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Wonder Again for 3-year-old fillies on the inner turf...
Posted On 02 Jun 2018
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HEAVY HITTERS UNIQUE BELLA, VALE DORI & PARADISE WOODS HEADLINE SATURDAY’S GI BEHOLDER MILE

By Mike Willman —- Unique Bella; Benoit Photo ARCADIA, Calif. (May 30, 2018)—With 13 group or graded stakes victories among them, Unique Bella, Vale Dori and Paradise Woods need little in the way of introduction as they headline Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Beholder Mile at...
Posted On 31 May 2018
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