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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Mike Willman —- ITSINTHEPOST (Inside) Zoe Metz Photography ITSINTHEPOST STANDS TALL AS HE HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 CHARLES WHITTINGHAM STAKES AT 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF; WHAT A VIEW, KENJISSTORM & SYNTAX ALL LEND DEPTH TO STRONG OVERALL CAST RACE NAMED IN HONOR...

By Mike Willman —- Beau Recall; Zoe Metz Photo EASTERN INVADERS HAWKSMOOR & UNI, ALONG WITH SHARP LOCAL WINNER BEAU RECALL, HEAD WIDE OPEN GRADE I, $300,000 GAMELY STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF THIS SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (May 23, 2018)—Sharp Eastern invaders...

By Mike Willman —- CITY OF LIGHT, ACCELERATE & DR. DORR HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 GOLD CUP AT SANTA ANITA; WON BY SEABISCUIT IN 1938, ICONIC GOLD CUP TO BE CONTESTED FOR THE 79TH TIME AT 1 ¼ MILES THIS SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (May 23, 2018)—With three...

By Mike Willman —- MOONLESS SKY & CHEEKABOO HEAD SATURDAY’S $100,000 FRAN’S VALENTINE STAKES; SOLID FIELD OF 11 FILLIES & MARES SET TO GO ONE MILE ON TURF RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CALIFORNIA-BRED OR SIRED FILLIES & MARES ARCADIA,...