Bob Hill – Handicapping

By Tom Luicci —- FAVORED NO NAY METS CRUISES TO 5½-LENGTH VICTORY IN SUNDAY’S TYRO STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – No Nay Mets further stamped himself as a 2-year-old turf sprinter with Breeders’ Cup potential, returning from a disappointing showing at Ascot by...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes West Will Power breezes for potential G1 Whitney start; Verifying works for G1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Charge It ‘excellent’ in final breeze for G1 Whitney; Tapit Trice points to G1 Travers More Than Looks and Northern...

By Tom Luicci —- OCCULT ROMPS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 MONMOUTH OAKS AS JOCKEY LYNCH WINS BOTH STAKES ON MONMOUTH’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – If any other New York-based trainers call Feargal Lynch about riding in a stakes race at Monmouth Park in the near future there probably...

NYRA PHOTO By Keith McCalmont SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Juddmonte’s Elite Power took another step toward defending his title as Champion Male Sprinter with a dramatic head score over Gunite in Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Smile Happy on target for G1 Whitney; Rattle N Roll rerouted G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf-winner Rebel’s Romance works for G2 Bowling Green Behind Enemy Lines breezes in company for G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Cowans...

By Ryan Martin —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Godolphin’s reigning Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Rebel’s Romance will take his world tour back to North America in Sunday’s 65th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green going 1 3/8 miles over the Saratoga Race Course...

By Rick Francis —- Week three of the Saratoga meet has always been about the Grade 2 Jim Dandy showcasing some of the best 3-year-olds in racing, however “some” is optimum word as a few as four sophomores will load into the starting gate and as such we’ll...

By Keith McCalmont —- Elite Power and Gunite square off in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Reigning Champion Male Sprinter Elite Power bested dual graded stakes-winner Gunite when they last faced off in the Group 3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in February in...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Thursday, July 27, 2023 Saratoga Race Course Notes Echo Zulu registers 112BSF in G2 Honorable Miss H. triumph Vergara on verge of graded breakthrough in G2 Glens Falls Dean Delivers hoping to supply an upset in G1 A.G. Vanderbilt H. Rookie Report:...