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By Pat McKenna & Mark Bardack —- NYRA announces adjustments to 2019 Belmont Park spring/summer and Saratoga Race Course schedules to accommodate potential arena construction at Belmont Park Belmont Park spring/summer meet to run 48 days beginning Friday, April 26...

By Darren Rogers —- Pool 2 Opens Friday and Concludes Sunday at 6 p.m. EDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s Grade I-winning duo of Game Winner and Improbable are the individual morning line favorites in Pool 2 of the Kentucky...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 4, 2019) – An open-length victory over sealed, sloppy going in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes February 2 was enough to earn Mucho Gusto a place in the top 10 in this week’s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA)...

Alicia Hughes/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (January 28, 2019) – A rousing victory in Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational allowed City of Light to officially end his career on top by earning first place in the initial National Thoroughbred Racing Association...

By David Joseph —- Meg Griffin Photo HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Despite a sloppy track, rainy conditions and three races being taken off the turf, Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Day was a huge success at Gulfstream Park. On-track handle for the 12 races was $4.123 million, flat...

By Jim Gluckson/NTRA —- Justify; Anne M. Eberhardt HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Thursday, January 24, 2019) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced this evening that Justify who...