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NYRA RELEASE —- For the full interview with the Ortiz brothers, please visit http://bit.ly/2NPQEEj Sitting down earlier this week, top New York jockeys Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Jose Ortiz discuss their meet so far this summer at Saratoga. Irad, 25, was the top rider in the 2015...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- NTRA STATEMENT: UNDEFEATED TRIPLE CROWN WINNER JUSTIFY RETIRED FROM RACING “Justify’s extraordinary racing career – from maiden to Triple Crown winner in less than four months – was as brilliant as any our sport has seen. We can’t wait to have his...

By Marina Bui —- FORMER NYTHA PRESIDENT RICK VIOLETTE, TRAINER RAY HANDAL AND JOCKEY DYLAN DAVIS JOIN ANDY SERLING ON AT THE POST LIVE Thursday, July 26 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: Acclaimed radio program, At The Post Live, returns...

By Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, July 23, 2018) – Three-year-old superfilly Monomoy Girl moved up to third in this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll following her fourth straight Grade 1 victory in Sunday’s Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race...

NYRA RELEASE —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will invite racing fans to continue a summer tradition during Breakfast at Saratoga, presented by the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA). Breakfast at Saratoga welcomes...

NYRA RELEASE —- New York Racing Association introduces The Stretch, Saratoga’s newest hospitality area SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Opening Day of the 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $20,247,319, the second consecutive season that...