Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Bob Baffert in the paddock before the 2015 Travers Stakes – Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney NYRA Press Release: Following their final workouts at Del Mar Sunday and Monday, Bob Baffert’s pair of late-blooming 3-year-olds, American Freedom and Arrogate, are set … Continued
Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Shadwell Stables’ Mohaymen, looking to rebound from his fourth-place finish as the favorite in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy on July 30, zipped a bullet half-mile on the main track this morning in his final … Continued
© Benoit Photo NYRA Press Release: Songbird’s Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has arrived at Saratoga Race Course to put the final touches on his star 3-year-old filly ahead of Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama. Stabled at Saratoga since … Continued
Forever d’Oro (right) breezing at Churchill Downs in April – Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Breeder-owner Charles Fipke will be represented by at least one horse in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers August 27, and possibly two. Trainer Dallas Stewart … Continued
Frosted has long been a talented colt, flashing significant ability ever since he finished second in the Remsen Stakes (gr. II) as a two-year-old in 2014. He was even good enough to finish second behind American Pharoah in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, … Continued
Coady Photography NYRA Press Release: Showing a new dimension to earn his first stakes win in yesterday’s Sanford Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga, Bitumen for owner Joseph W. Sutton returned from the race in fine shape, according to trainer Eddie Kenneally. … Continued
Governor Mailbu (left) finishing second in the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) – Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand NYRA Press Release: Coming off a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes in his most recent start, trainer Christophe Clement was hoping … Continued
Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: A Group 1 winner overseas and multiple graded stakes winner in the United States, Wes Welker and Sheep Pond Partners’ Undrafted is set to make his debut over the Saratoga turf in Monday’s $100,000 Lucky Coin. … Continued
Recepta (inside) finishing second in the Matriarch Stakes (gr. I) at Del Mar – © Benoit Photo NYRA Press Release: Grade 3 winner Recepta goes after her first Grade 1 victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana, a race her trainer, Jimmy Toner, … Continued
Keeneland Photo NYRA Press Release: Mark Casse worked several of his Grade 1 stakes stars Friday morning, as Tepin and World Approval worked on the Oklahoma turf course within minutes of each other, shortly after Noble Bird went a sharp half-mile … Continued