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NTRA PRESS RELEASE —- Magnitude and Jose Ortiz defeat Baeza and Flavien Prat by 1 ¼ lengths in the $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old Not This Time colt, also winner of the Dubai World Cup (G1) in March, has accumulated $9,782,365 in...

NTRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Magnitude, pictured winning the Razorback Handicap (G3) in his 2026 debut with Jose Ortiz aboard, is entered in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, June 27. The son of Not This Time followed his Razorback victory with a win...

By Pat McKenna —- Forever Young to take New York route to Breeders’ Cup in G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of globetrotting superstar Forever Young today announced that the Japanese and American champion will be coming to New York to compete in the...

NTRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Reigning Eclipse Award Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Nitrogen vaulted into the Top 10 after a dominant win in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) presented by Ford at Saratoga Race Course on June 5. The 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly and jockey Jose Ortiz...

Farewell, old friend: Aqueduct Racetrack will pass into history on June 28  By Brien Bouyea OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Richard Migliore made 2,238 trips to the winner’s circle at Aqueduct Racetrack during his 31-year career as a jockey, more than any rider in the track’s storied...

Golden Tempo and jockey Jose Ortiz win the Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets by working out a familiar last-to-first trip. The duo trailed the Belmont Stakes field through the first 6 furlongs of the 1 ¼ mile race, just as they had done in the Kentucky Derby (G1)...