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NYRA Press Office —- • G3 Pennine Ridge winner Catholic Boy turns in ‘maintenance half’ at Saratoga for G1 Belmont Derby • Motion has contingent ready for busy Stars & Stripes slate • ‘Speedy’ New York-bred Diversify fires bullet ahead of G2...

By Mike Henry —- RAIN CAN’T DAMPEN FESTIVE COMPETITION; ALVAREZ LEADS CHALLENGE OLDSMAR, FL. – Morning rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of participants and spectators during the opening day of the sixth annual Summer Festival of Racing and Music at Tampa Bay Downs....

By Darren Rogers —- Brian Hernandez, Jr; Churchill Downs Photo HERNANDEZ BITTERSWEET AFTER CLINCHING FIRST CHURCHILL DOWNS RIDING TITLE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 30, 2018) – Nine days ago the race was on between close friends Brian Hernandez Jr. and Corey Lanerie with...

By Darren Rogers —- WARRIOR’S CLUB HOPES TO REBOUND AT HIS HOME TRACK IN SATURDAY’S $75,000-ADDED KELLY’S LANDING OVERNIGHT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 29, 2018) – Churchill Downs Racing Club’s Warrior’s Club has raced on the grandest of stages throughout his...

By Tom Luicci —- ONE GO ALL GO LOOKING TO REGAIN WINNING WAYS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Charles “Scooter” Dickey has not been bashful about testing One Go All Go against the best turf competition available since he took over...

By Ryan Martin —- STIDHAM AIMS SYNCHRONY AT GRADE III ARLINGTON HANDICAP Trainer Mike Stidham said Thursday afternoon that he will point two-time graded stakes winner Synchrony toward the Grade III $100,000 Arlington Handicap, which is run on the Arlington International...

By Tom Luicci —- MAKER HOPING FOR REPEAT FROM BIGGER PICTURE IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 1 UNITED NATIONS STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – Almost a full year later, trainer Michael Maker still has his doubts when he watches the replay of the 2017 United Nations Stakes that Bigger Picture...

By Darren Rogers —- FORMER RODEO STARS TEAM WITH CHIEF CICATRIZ IN SATURDAY’S $75,000-ADDED KELLY’S LANDING LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 28, 2018) – Locally-based trainer Mike Johnson grew up as a child in Arkansas knowing the name Shawn Davis, a former three-time world...

By Ryan Martin —- CAPTIVATING MOON COULD RACE BACK IN GRADE III AMERICAN DERBY Although Captivating Moon ran a game third in Saturday’s Mystic Lake Derby, don’t rule him out of consideration for the Grade III $100,000 American Derby at Arlington International Racecourse,...