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By John Heims —- O’CONNELL BRINGS TRIO INTO SATURDAY’S CRANK IT UP Trainer Kathleen O’Connell will send three to the starting gate for Saturday’s $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes, going five furlongs on the Monmouth Park turf: Lu Lu Laura, Stormy Embrace and Who’s the Lady....

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 7, 2017) – Six alumni of Keeneland’s 2015 September Yearling Sale, including Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) runner-up Lookin At Lee, are among the 12 horses entered today in the 149th running of the $1.5 million Belmont (G1)...

NYRA UPDATE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry, the 7-2 program favorite for Saturday’s 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, joined his rivals on the Belmont Park backstretch early...

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE HEADLINES GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, June 7, 2017) – Klein Racing’s homebred Believe in Bertie, first or second in 10 of her 12 starts and game runner-up in the $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf...

NYRA Release —- Mor Spirit one to catch in G1 Mohegan Sun Metropolitan ELMONT, N.Y. – Led by Michael Lund Petersen’s Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit, nine graded-stakes winners are among a dozen older horses set to contest a competitive edition of the Grade 1, $1.2...

By David Joseph —- Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $734,018 Favored R Angel Katelyn Ekes Out Win in Liza Jane Handicap HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 28th consecutive racing card at Gulfstream Park Wednesday, producing a...

NYRA UPDATE —- The following is a transcript from the post position draw for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets held Wednesday at Rock Center Café at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan: LARRY COLLMUS: Now it is to time to find out where...

By Najja Thompson —- ELMONT, N.Y. – With a field of 11 talented 3-year-olds, the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens going seven furlongs, one of 10 stakes races on Belmont Stakes Day, is set to be one of the most competitive races on the card. Shipping in from...

NYRA —- Belmont Widener Turf Course; NYRA Photo Dickinson, Celestine square off in G1 Longines Just a Game ELMONT, N.Y. – Grade 1 winners Dickinson and Celestine, two of the top older turf mares in training and each riding a three-race win streak, are set to meet for...