Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand NYRA Press Release: Trainer Mark Hennig said Strike Charmer has been looking good as she prepares for the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana on July 23 at Saratoga Race Course. The 6-year-old bay mare won the Grade 3 Beaugay … Continued
Camelot Kitten (inside) working at Keeneland in October 2015 – Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: Trainer Chad Brown is getting his stable ready for the Stars & Stripes Festival on July 9. Both of his expected entries for the Grade … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: The fields are coming together for the third annual Stars & Stripes Festival at Belmont Park, which features six graded stakes worth nearly $4 million, anchored by the Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos NYRA Press Release: Stronach Stable’s Shaman Ghost has trained well following his Grade 2 Brooklyn Invitational win on June 11, trainer Jimmy Jerkens said on Saturday morning, and is on target for a possible start in the … Continued
Noble Bird (right) finishing second in the Ben Ali Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland – Keeneland Photo Churchill Downs Press Release: John C. Oxley’s Noble Bird, sixth in the June 11 Metropolitan Handicap (GI) at Belmont Park, will return to the New … Continued
Coady Photography As a big fan of long-distance races, I eagerly anticipated the two-mile Belmont Gold Cup Invitational every year, and the 2016 renewal has not disappointed–it’s drawn a wide-open field of thirteen starters, and looks like a very challenging race to … Continued
Coady Photography You wouldn’t think that a six-horse race would be all that hard to handicap, but the $250,000 True North Stakes (gr. II) on Friday at Belmont Park has drawn such a quality field that finding the winner could be … Continued
Although it’s only a listed stakes race, the $150,000 Jersey Girl Stakes on Friday at Belmont Park has drawn a strong field of seven three-year-old fillies, and it wouldn’t be at all surprising in runners from this race wide up … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand I have always been a fan of races at 1 1/2 miles or longer, so I’m very excited about the inaugural renewal of the $150,000 Rags to Riches Invitational, a 1 1/2-mile dirt race for fillies and … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos On Friday at Belmont Park, seven fillies and mares will head to post for the $500,000 New York Stakes (gr. II), a ten-furlong race on the inner turf course that has drawn several talented runners in recent years, … Continued