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By David Joseph —- Friday’s Stronach 5 Returns to Main Track at Laurel, Gulfstream & Golden Gate $100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout LAUREL, MD – A week after featuring five turf races, Friday’s Stronach 5 will take to the main tracks at Laurel...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Blue Devil Racing Stable’s multiple graded stakes winning homebred Come Dancing headlines a field of five in Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Gallant Bloom for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at 6 ½ furlongs at Belmont...

By Amy Owens —- Robust Trade Spurs Sale of $300,000 Maclean’s Music Colt on Thursday at Keeneland September Yearling Sale LEXINGTON, KY (Sept. 19, 2019) – Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale continued to produce healthy results on Thursday as Cromwell Bloodstock became the...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- All live racing to feature 1 p.m. first post starting September 25 ELMONT, N.Y. – Following consultation with horsemen and the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA), and the approval of the New York State Gaming Commission...

By Tom Luicci —- DUARTE HOPING MERU CAN FOLLOW UP “EYE-POPPING” DEBUT IN SATURDAY’S SMOKE GLACKEN STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – After a debut performance that trainer Jorge Duarte, Jr., described as “eye-popping,” 2-year-old colt Meru will test stakes company in...

By Darren Rogers —- WILKES HOPING CUTBACK IN DISTANCE SUITS CHAMPAGNE ANYONE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019) – Trainer Ian Wilkes is hoping a cutback in distance in Saturday’s seven-furlong $125,000 Dogwood Stakes (Listed) will help build the confidence of Grade...

By Tom Law —- Thursday’s Pennsylvania Derby & Cotillion News Casse hopes for reboot with War of Will Cotillion could boost Guarana’s title hopes Derby favorite Improbable trains after break Mr. Money energetic in first Parx gallop Champion Jaywalk good to go for...

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – A 16-1 winner in his debut last month, Dapper will seek a repeat in the inaugural $75,000 Capote Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Scheduled for 6 ½ furlongs and restricted to 2-year-olds, the Capote is the eighth of 10 races. Post time...

By Ryan Martin —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Calumet Farm’s True Timber will attempt his first stakes victory when facing a wide-open field of 7 assembled for Saturday’s 39th running of the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap over the main track at Belmont Park. The...