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NYRA Preview —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Curragh Stable’s Heavenly Score will make her graded stakes debut at Belmont Park as part of a field of 10 set to go postward in the Grade 3, $200,000 Intercontinental for fillies and mares on Thursday, the first day of the...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y . – Trainer Wesley Ward, a name to be feared in the entry box for juvenile races across the globe, will send out a potent one-two punch in Thursday’s 107th running of the $150,000, 5 ½-furlong Astoria for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont...

By Ed Golden —- • FREY SEEKS TO REMAIN PERFECT AT BELMONT • MISS SIENNA MAKES U.S. DEBUT IN HONEYMOON • PEREIRA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN MISHAP • GEROUX TO RIDE BOLT D’ORO IN THE MET MILE FREY OUT TO MAKE HIS MARK IN BELMONT STAKES Kyle Frey has a chance to make his mark...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Centennial Farms’ Rocketry, a popular and decisive allowance winner last out,will get a test of both class and endurance as he makes his return to graded-stakes competition in the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational...

NYRA Release —- ELMONT, N.Y. – It’s been a while, about 20 months, since Joking was seen in the winner’s circle after the Grade 1 Vosburgh, which punched his ticket to the 2016 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint for owner-trainer Charlton Baker. Joking...

NYRA Release —- *** For 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival workout videos and interviews, please visit NYRA’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2L4Y8lI *** Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Notes • Mott feeling ‘very pleased’ following Hofburg’s breeze...

By Darren Rogers —- Justify; Coady Photography JUSTIFY SET FOR FINAL BELMONT BREEZE MONDAY MORNING; FREE DROP BILLY WORKS FIVE FURLONGS IN :59.20 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 3, 2018) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s...

By Darren Rogers —- JUSTIFY GALLOPS 1 ½ MILES; TENFOLD BREEZES FIVE FURLONGS IN 1:01.60 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 2, 2018) – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s undefeated Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Preakness Stakes (GI)...

By John Heims —- Mike Stidham TRAINER MICHAEL STIDHAM ENJOYING FIRST MONMOUTH MEETING; EAGER TO GET MORE TURF RUNNERS AND 2-YEAR-OLDS GOING SOON OCEANPORT, N.J. – With the exception of persistent rainy weather, trainer Michael Stidham said his move to Monmouth Park has been...