Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney to headline Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing at Saratoga Race Course

NYRA RELEASE —- Enhanced screening protocols to be in place on Whitney Day; Breakfast and tram tour hours slightly modified SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The 91st running of the prestigious Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney, one of North America’s premier races, will...
Posted On 02 Aug 2018
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Haskell undercard Preview/Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —- REMEMBERING RITA READY TO TAKE ON NEXT TEST IN SUNDAY’S $150,000 GRADE 3 MONMOUTH CUP OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Doug Anderson said he was simply looking for a young horse with some potential when he claimed Remembering Rita for owner Jeral Keith Adams for...
Posted On 28 Jul 2018
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Blewitt, Courtney Chase Gulfstream’s $318,000 Pot o’ Gold Thursday

By David Joseph —- 20-cent Rainbow 6 Could Reach $500,000 HALLANDALE BEACH – There’s going to be approximately a half million reasons to play Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 Thursday afternoon. Unsolved for 10 consecutive racing days, the 20-cent wager has a carryover...
Posted On 18 Jul 2018
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Live racing returns to Saratoga Race Course on July 20

NYRA RELEASE —- 40-day summer meet features 69 stakes races with nearly $19 million in purses SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Live thoroughbred racing will return to historic Saratoga Race Course on Friday, July 20 for its premier 40-day summer meet. The 2018 meet includes...
Posted On 16 Jul 2018
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Good Magic heads lis of 44 horses invited to Haskell Invitational

By Tom Luicci —- JUVENILE CHAMPION GOOD MAGIC HEADS LIST OF 44 HORSES INVITED TO HASKELL INVITATIONAL ON JULY 29 AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Forty-four 3-year-olds were extended invitations Friday to the $1 million betfair.com Haskell Invitational on Sunday, July 29, at...
Posted On 13 Jul 2018
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Belmont: NYSS Spectacular Bid, Cupecoy’s Joy headline Sunday’s card

By Brian Bohl /Najja Thompson —- NYSS Spectacular Bid, Cupecoy’s Joy headline Sunday’s card ELMONT, N.Y. – Sunday’s 10-race card will feature two competitive New York Stallion Series contests, including the 12th running of the $100,000...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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Churchill Downs Saturday Stakes Advances

By Darren Rogers —- BACKYARD HEAVEN, IRISH WAR CRY CLASH IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S GRADE I, $500,000 STEPHEN FOSTER HANDICAP AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Triple Crown Winner Justify to Parade Before and After Race 3 from 6:45-7:15 p.m. East Coast invaders and recent graded stakes winners...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018
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Arlington: Sophmore State-breds Highlight Saturday Card in Springfield, Purple Violet Stakes

By Bailey Gallison —- SOPHOMORE STATE-BREDS HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY CARD IN SPRINGFIELD, PURPLE VIOLET STAKES ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 14, 2018) – Three-year-old Illinois-breds take the spotlight this Saturday in pair of stakes events at Arlington International Racecourse –...
Posted On 14 Jun 2018
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Triple Crown hopeful Justify ‘floats’ over track in first visit to Belmont Park for 150th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Triple Crown hopeful Justify took his first tour around spacious Belmont Park on Thursday morning with a strong 1 3/8-mile gallop in preparation for Saturday’s 150th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, presented by...
Posted On 07 Jun 2018
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Belmont: Friday Stakes Previews

NYRA —- Talented field of nine set for G2 New York ELMONT, N.Y. – Already a stakes winner in France, the British-bred Esquisse looks to notch her first such stateside victory in Friday’s Grade 2, $600,000 New York presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park, one of...
Posted On 05 Jun 2018
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