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NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- • Albertrani, Godolphin send two for Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational • Apprentice rider Declan Carroll to winter in New York • Maker primed with upset potential on Joe Hirsch Classic Festival Saturday • Tagg hoping to toast Champagne success • Stidham...

By Ed Golden –=– • SADLER BEGINS BUSY WEEKEND TODAY AT SANTA ANITA • MIDNIGHT BISOU STIRS THE MIX FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR • GINOBILI TRIES TURF IN ‘WIN AND YOU’RE IN’ SPEAKEASY SADLER HAS THE NUMBERS, 19 ENTERED IN THREE DAYS John Sadler, who has run eight horses the...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – A talented seven-horse field of juveniles will look to add their names to the impressive list of past winners of the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne on Saturday at Belmont Park. One of five stakes on the packed 11-race Joe Hirsch Turf...

By Amy Owens —- Defending Champion Blue Prize (ARG) Faces Four Rivals in Sunday’s $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 3, 2019) – Merriebelle Stable’s Blue Prize (ARG), who scored her biggest US. victory here last fall in the Juddmonte Spinster (G1), will face...

By Don Stevens —- THORNTON, BROBERG AND END ZONE ATHLETICS RETURN AFTER RECORD SEASON – VINTON, LA. – Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel will kick off its 2019-20 Thoroughbred season next week with live cards scheduled for Tuesday through Saturday night,...

By Brian Bohl —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Quality Response will look to extend her winning West Coast ways into her first graded stakes contest, shipping her 2-for-2 record to New York as part of a seven-horse field in the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for juvenile fillies on...

By Amy Owens —- OPENING DAY/FALL STARS WEEKEND – FRIDAY, OCT. 4 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet starts today and concludes Saturday, Oct. 26, with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. ********** • LIFELONG HORSEMAN SCOTT...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Multiple graded stakes winner Hawkish, who missed his summer campaign due to throat surgery, is set to make his return to the races on Saturday facing a field of seven in the $150,000 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational at Belmont...

By David Joseph —- Four on the Turf in Friday’s Stronach 5 Races from Laurel, Gulfstream and Santa Anita $100,000 Guaranteed Pool LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, which continues to offer a strong return on investment, will feature four turf races Friday as well as a $100,000...