View from the Grandstand

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 20, 2018) – Coming off his third Grade 1 win of the year in Saturday’s Pacific Classic at Del Mar, the nation’s top older horse, Accelerate, knocked Triple Crown hero Justify out of the lead spot in this week’s NTRA Top...

Old Friends – Thoroughbred Retirement Genuine Reward © Laura Battles GEORGETOWN, KY – AUGUST 18, 2018 – Genuine Reward, one of the only living offspring of Kentucky Derby winning-filly Genuine Risk, was euthanized today at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred...

By Tom Pedulla SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way – with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel. Dubb and a friend ventured a couple of...

Jim Mulvihill/NTRA —- SISTERCHARLIE HIGHEST-RANKED TURF HORSE IN NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL OFF THIRD G1 WIN OF 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, August 13, 2018) – Four-year-old filly Sistercharlie moved to eighth on this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after her third Grade...

By Bob Hill TSV Staff Writer —- Race 9 – Grade 1 Secretariat The Secretariat looks to be a battle between Analyze It (9) and Hunting Horn (13) for which one get his first Grade 1 victory. Trained by Chad Brown, Analyze It has been in the exacta in all five life-time starts....

By Marina Bui —- AT THE POST LIVE HOSTS OLD FRIENDS FOUNDER MICHAEL BLOWEN, TRAINER JONATHAN THOMAS, AND NYTB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF CANNIZZO Thursday, August 9 at the Parting Glass Pub from 8-9 p.m. ET Presented by NYRA Bets What: Acclaimed radio program, At The Post...