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By Najja Thompson —- Highway Star makes return in G3 Go For Wand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since finishing 11th in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Chester & Mary Broman’s homebred and multiple graded stakes...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Aqueduct Racetrack’s 2018 Winter and Spring meets will feature 51 stakes worth more than $7 million in purses, highlighted by the Big A’s traditional spring showcase, the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial on April 7. The...

By Jim Miller —- STICKNEY, IL – Saturday marks the 80th running of the most historic race on Hawthorne’s calendar as the $150,000, Grade 3 Hawthorne Gold Cup returns. To be contested at 1 ¼ miles over the Hawthorne main track, a field of eight has assembled with...

By Heather Pettinger —- Miss Sky Warrior back at the Big A for G3 Comely on Black Friday OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Arlene’s Sun Star Stable’s Miss Sky Warrior will get back to the site of some of her biggest victories in the Grade 3, $250,000 Comely for...

By John Heims —- Oceanport, N.J. – Monmouth Park Racetrack will conduct 52 live race days in 2018 with an additional six all-turf cards to follow at the Meadowlands. With approval from the New Jersey Racing Commission granted on Wednesday, Monmouth Park has been given the...

By Brian W. Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (November 13, 2017) – Saturday’s Opening Day card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots includes four overnight stakes restricted to Louisiana-breds that will serve as preps for Louisiana Champions Day presented by Acadian Ambulance...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Stakes action at Aqueduct Racetrack kicks off for the fall meet when live racing returns to the Big A on Friday, November 3rd when six juvenile fillies compete in the Grade 3, $150,000 Tempted at one mile. Set to make her third...

By Darren Rogers —- CHURCHILL DOWNS’ ‘STARS OF TOMORROW I’ PROGRAM HEADLINED BY $80,000-ADDED STREET SENSE OVERNIGHT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017) – Calumet Farm’s Bravazo and G M B Racing’s Lone Sailor, the second and third place finishers, respectively,...

By Don Stevens —- – 84-DAY MEETING RUNS THROUGH MARCH 10 – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will kick off its 2017-18 Thoroughbred season on Wednesday, October 18. The 84-day stand will feature live racing Wednesdays through Saturdays with...

By Heather Pettinger —- El Deal looks to seal Breeders’ Cup bid in G1 Vosburgh ELMONT, N.Y. – Albert and Michelle Crawford’s El Deal will look to back up his impressive eight-length victory in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt as he heads a field of seven...