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NYRA RELEASE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes O’Brien trainees Mendelssohn, Seahenge gallop over Saratoga main track for first time since arriving from Ireland Jim Dandy winner Tenfold takes ‘home track advantage’ into G1 Travers Catholic Boy looks to make...

NYRA —- Fact Sheet: 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million RUNHAPPY Travers AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE ON Saturday, August 25, 2018 ADMISSION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Admission gates open at 7 a.m. on Travers Day, with a special first post time of 11:35 a.m. Parking gates...

By Brian Bohl —- Francesca Le Donne Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Mark Casse will be looking to make history on Travers Day, but even as Wonder Gadot attempts to become the first filly in 103 years to win the Mid-Summer Derby, another of his contenders looks...

By Richard Rosenblatt —- Abel Tasman (outside); Coglianese/Chelsea Durand Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The “Bill and Bob Show” is set for Saturday’s Grade 1 $700,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga Race Course on a star-studded racing program on...

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $82,177 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot at Gulfstream Park grew to $82,177 for Thursday’s twilight program (2 p.m. first-race post time) when the popular multi-race wager went...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sadler’s Joy; Coglianese/Chelsea Durand Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Woodslane Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Sadler’s Joy, beaten less than a length in each of his last three starts, will be after some...

By Tom Luicci —- NATIONS SET TO DEBUT PROMISING FILLY PROUD MANDATE IN THURSDAY’S TURF SPRINT FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS OCEANPORT, N.J. – As trainer Keith Nations continues with a major overhaul of his barn, moving to better quality, less quantity and with a focus on younger horses,...

By Jon Forbes —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A Raving Beauty heads a trio of three entrants for trainer Chad Brown in the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. The Ballston Spa is for fillies and mares and will be contested...

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 26 BATTLE OF MIDWAY ENTRY MAKES O’BRIEN A BATTLE OF THE STARS Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer opted to make Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes the first race in the unexpected comeback of 2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner...