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NYRA RELEASE —- Cigar Mile Day centerpiece of Aqueduct fall ELMONT, N.Y. – The 38-day fall championship meet at Belmont Park will feature six Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifiers held over two weekends. In all, 42 stakes worth more than...

Elmont, NY. —- Claire Novak and Jeremy Balan for BloodHorse.com are reporting Epicharis has been scratched from 149th running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. Cover Photo: Epicharis; Coglianese/Susie Raisher Photo

NYRA UPDATE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Isabelle de Tomaso’s New Jersey homebred Irish War Cry, whose multiple Grade 2 wins include the April 8 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Racetrack, will make his next start in the 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes,...

By Darren Rogers —- Steve Asmussen (r), Asst trainer Scott Blasi (l); Coady Photography ASMUSSEN BECOMES ONLY THIRD TRAINER TO WIN 600 RACES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 26, 2017) – Steve Asmussen became only the third trainer in Churchill Downs history...

By Pat McKenna —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The 2017 meet at historic Saratoga Race Course will again be highlighted by the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney and the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, the centerpieces of two of the biggest days in North American racing. The...

By John Heims —- OCEANPORT, NJ. – Hope Haskell Jones’s Mello Groove closed with a wide run around the turn before opening up in the lane to post a 3 ¼-length victory in the $40,000 allowance optional claiming feature at Monmouth Park on Sunday. With a Mother’s Day crowd of...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, May 9, 2017) – Always Dreaming, hero of last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), departed Churchill Downs at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday morning for the short ride to Louisville International...

By Amy Gregory —- Click here for Keeneland Spring Meet Wrap Video Keeneland successfully concluded its 2017 Spring Meet on Friday as exceptional racing, enhanced food and hospitality offerings, one-of-a-kind special events and warm, sunny weather yielded robust attendance...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Over the last 15 years, Tampa Bay Downs has focused its charitable giving on organizations that benefit citizens living in the track’s immediate footprint. So when Vice President of Marketing and Publicity Margo Flynn learned of plans by...

By Pat McKenna —- Belmont Stakes Racing Festival June 8-10 ELMONT, N.Y. – Featuring the third annual Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, itself anchored by the 149th renewal of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 10, live thoroughbred racing returns...