Battle Bling Goes All The Way In Turnback The Alarm

Raging Sea fended off the late bid of graded stakes-winner Julia Shining to notch her first graded victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Comely, a nine-furlong test for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by four-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown, Raging Sea doubled up on victories after a last-out 3 1/4-length allowance score on…

Living Magic captures the Chelsey Flower Oct. 28 at Aqueduct (Chelsea Durand) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Following their respective successful two-turn stakes debuts, Living Magic and Brocknardini will look to double up on their recent endeavors in Friday's sixth running of the $120000 Tepin for juvenile fillies going one…

Interstatedaydream went eye-to-eye with Tizzy in the Sky in deep stretch before edging her rival from the outside by a neck to win the Turnback the Alarm. (Adam Coglianese) By Brian Bohl OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Flurry Racing Stables' graded stakes-winner Interstatedaydream went eye-to-eye with Tizzy in the Sky in deep stretch before edging her rival…

Battle Bling after her win in the 2022 Ladies (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Michael Dubb and Gandharvi's graded-stakes winner Battle Bling will look to defend her title in Sunday's $150000 Ladies, a nine-furlong test for fillies and mares 4 years old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Rob Atras, the soon-to-be…

Hot Peppers after her win in the Jersey Girl June 12 (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Michael Dubb and Michael J. Caruso's graded-stakes winner Hot Peppers returns from a three-month layoff in Saturday's $120000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. secured a record 77th stakes win in a single season in North America when he guided Dr B to an easy victory in the Grade 3, $200000 Go for Wand for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. The win, which surpassed the record of 76 set in 2007 by the late Hall of Famer Garrett Gomez, was never…

Battle Bling victorious in the G3 Turnback the Alarm (Joe Labozzetta) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Michael Dubb and Gandharvi's graded-stakes winner Battle Bling will look to add to her spoils when she headlines a talented field of 11 in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Go for Wand, a one-turn mile for fillies and mares…

General Jim takes command in an allowance at Keeneland Oct. 29 (Coady Photography) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Courtlandt Farms' talented juvenile General Jim will test his abilities against stakes company for the first time in Saturday's $120000 Central Park for 2-year-olds traveling one mile over Aqueduct Racetrack's outer…

Graded stakes-winner Runninsonofagun has been a consistent competitor throughout his entire career. After breaking through against stakes competition last out, the son of 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner will look to notch a second consecutive graded stakes score when he competes in Saturday's Grade 3, $175000 Fall Highweight for 3-year-olds and…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Winngate Stables' dual graded stakes winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks alumna Kathleen O. resumes serious business against a field of seven other sophomore fillies in Friday's 73rd running of the Grade 3, $175000 Comely going nine furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by…

Aqueduct Barn Notes: Kathleen O Returns in G3 Comely Stakes (Kathleen O / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the NYRA Media Team: Winngate Stables' dual graded stakes winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks alumna Kathleen O. resumes serious business against a field of seven other sophomore fillies in Friday's 73rd running of the Grade 3, $175000 Comely going…

Kathleen O. gallops in preparation for the Kentucky Oaks, in which she finished fifth (Coady Photography) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Winngate Stables' dual graded stakes winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks alumna Kathleen O. resumes serious business against a field of seven other sophomore fillies in Friday's 73rd running of…

Thin White Duke after a win in the Lucky Coin at Saratoga (Susie Raisher) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Conditioner David Donk will have two chances to capture his first $150000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship with Thin White Duke and Yes and Yes in Friday's six-furlong outer turf sprint for 3-year-olds and up at Aqueduct…

Winngate Stables' dual graded stakes winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks alumna Kathleen O. resumes serious business against a field of seven other sophomore fillies in Friday's 73rd running of the Grade 3, $175000 Comely going nine furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Hall of Famer and three-time Comely winner Shug McGaughey, Kathleen O. has…

Candy Light wins an allowance at Keeneland Oct. 13 (Coady Photography) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y- Trainer Graham Motion will saddle Fortune Racing's multiple stakes-placed Candy Light in Sunday's $135000 Winter Memories, a 1 1/16-mile outer turf test for sophomore fillies at Aqueduct Racetrack. Motion, who sends out Pao…

By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Team D's graded stakes-placed Redifined will strive for her first stakes victory in Saturday's $120000 Stewart Manor, a six-furlong outer turf test for juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Tony Dutrow, the daughter of More Than Ready was a narrow runner-up last out in the Grade 3…

Glass Ceiling wins the G3 Distaff Handicap (Janet Garaguso) OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Dual graded-stakes winner Glass Ceiling returns from a nearly four-month layoff in Saturday's $120000 Pumpkin Pie, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward at Belmont at the Big A. The Pumpkin Pie, slated as Race 8, is one of four stakes on a…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Arnmore Thoroughbreds' Poppy Flower will vie for her third career stakes victory for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in Friday's second running of the $120000 Glen Cove, a six-furlong outer turf sprint for sophomore fillies, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. A daughter of Lea, Poppy Flower enters from a close fifth-place…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- For the past two seasons, George Krikorian's War Like Goddess has displayed superiority amongst her staying female counterparts at graded stakes level on grass. In Saturday's Grade 1, $500000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, the talented bay mare will target a new task when facing males for the first time for Hall of Famer Bill Mott. The…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Lightning finally struck for John D. Gunther and Tanya Gunther's Love And Thunder, who captured her first graded stakes win with a last-to-first move, storming down the stretch to collar pacesetter Evvie Jets in Saturday's Grade 3, $175000 Athenia for fillies and mares 3-years-old and upward going nine furlongs on the inner turf…

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will saddle a pair of top contenders in Kalifornia Queen and Love And Thunder in Saturday's Grade 3, $175000 Athena, a nine-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb and First Row Partners' Kalifornia…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Klaravich Stables' McKulick will strive for victory in two-thirds of the filly division of the Caesars Turf Triple when taking on five others in the third running of Saturday's Grade 3, $700000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies traveling 11 furlongs over the inner turf at the Belmont at the Big A fall…

Klaravich Stables' McKulick will strive for victory in two-thirds of the filly division of the Caesars Turf Triple when taking on five others in the third running of Saturday's Grade 3, $700000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies traveling 11 furlongs over the inner turf at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Trained by Chad Brown,…

ELMONT, N.Y. - Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso's Hot Peppers captured her first stakes victory for trainer Rudy Rodriguez in Sunday's $150000 Jersey Girl for sophomore fillies sprinting six furlongs at Belmont Park. A bay daughter of Khozan, Hot Peppers entered the Jersey Girl from a seventh-place finish in the Sophomore Fillies at Tampa Bay Downs…

The Delaware Handicap is known for bringing some of the nation's top horses, trainers and jockeys to the First State, and this year will be no exception. Brad Cox, who ranks first nationally among trainers in earnings this year, and Todd Pletcher - who has won the DelCap a record-tying four times - will have two of the six horses in the starting…