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NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Eight maiden races worth $100,000 each will be offered this spring as part of the New York Racing Association’s ongoing program for 2-year-olds leading up to the Astoria and Tremont, run on June 8 and 9 as the first two...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Geroux Asserts in Jockey Standings • Yockey’s Warrior Has Options for Stall • Work Tab Hodges Photography GEROUX ASSERTS IN JOCKEY STANDINGS Jockey Florent Geroux has quickly asserted himself in the jockey colony at Fair Grounds Race Course &...

By Bob Ehalt —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A cold, early January afternoon is hardly the place anyone might expect to find a race with the second-oldest history in New York racing. Yet for the Jerome Stakes, change has been a way of life. First contested in the post-Civil War...

By Ed Golden —- • D’AMATO SEES A ‘BIG PERFORMANCE’ VS. ARROGATE • MOKAT ON OUTSIDE LOOKING IN FOR AMERICAN OAKS • SHIRREFFS: BOBBY FRANKEL ‘CARED FOR HIS HORSES’ • JIMMY BOUNCER DRAWS WELL FOR THE MIDNIGHT LUTE • DOMINGUEZ TO TAKE TRAINING BREAK AFTER 39 YEARS • MASSIVE...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs rings out 2016 with a handicapper’s delight: the 13th edition of the $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes for horses 3-years-old-and-upward going five furlongs on the lawn. A field of 12 is expected to start. The Turf Dash is the ninth...

By David Joseph —- Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, a private racing stable owned by Dean and Patti Reeves of Atlanta, GA., is one of a dozen stakeholders in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the world’s richest horse race to be run Saturday, Jan. 28 at Gulfstream...

By Brian Spencer —- Photos Provided by Hodges Photography NEW ORLEANS (December 29, 2016) – Trainer Paul McGee earned his 1,000th career victory on Thursday afternoon at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots by saddling well-regarded sophomore December Seven to an...

**Jim Mulvihill —- ECLIPSE AWARDS FINALISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED LIVE ON JANUARY 5 LEXINGTON, Ky. (December 29, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers And Broadcasters and Daily Racing Form announced today that finalists for the 2016...

By Ed Golden —- • ARROGATE SET FOR SAN PASQUAL NEW YEAR’S DAY • QUEEN BLOSSOM MAKES U.S. DEBUT IN GRADE I OAKS • FRENZIFIED LIKELY TO STALK IN THE FRANKEL STAKES • PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $115,062 ON THURSDAY CARD Arrogate; Zoe Metz/Clockers Corner Photo HORSE OF THE YEAR...