#Carlos Olivero

Drafted (outside) holds off Little Vic to win the $135K Gravesend (Chelsea Durand) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Veteran gelding Drafted needed every inch of the Aqueduct Racetrack stretch to win a dramatic photo finish, but did so under a well-timed ride from Luis Rodriguez Castro to score a nose victory in Friday's $135000…

Morello drawing away to a win in the $62000 Feature Allowance at Laurel Park, Oct. 8, 2022. (Jim McCue/MJC) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Iapetus Racing and Diamond T Racing's graded-stakes winner returns from a two-month absence in Friday's $135000 Gravesend, a six-furlong sprint for 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

When trainer Damon Dilodovico dropped a $16000 claim slip on Armando R on behalf of owner Ronald Cuneo last November, it appeared to have been a misstep. Armando R won the day they claimed him, burning up the last of his conditions, and then ran poorly in his first start in the new barn, finishing eighth of nine in a first-level allowance. "Ron had…

Ronald Cuneo's Armando R, scratched from a Thanksgiving Day allowance, came with a steady run on the far outside down the center of the track to upset favored Ournationonparade by a half-length in Saturday's $100000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park. The 22nd running of the 1 1/8-mile Richard Small for 3-year-olds and up anchored three stakes on the…

Fans of non-jackpot carryovers will be happy to hear the Sunday card at Monmouth Park boasts a hefty $31446 Pick 5 prize pool. The 50-cent wager gets underway right off the bat in Race 1 (post time 12:15 p.m. ET). The sequence contains only 36 entries and 18816 possible outcomes, so constructing a solid ticket on a reasonable budget should be…