#Great White Way

Winning connections celebrate after the inaugural running of the Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club's $150000 Pitons Cup on Friday. Photo courtesy of Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club Dec. 16 (UPI) -- On a horse racing weekend when "new" was the watchword from Japan all the way to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, Instilled Regard and War Story provided a hint of…

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Practical Move upset three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the weekend's feature race, the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity, adding his name into the mix of candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Things went a bit more to expectations among the Japanese 2-year-olds as the three favorites reported 1-2-3 in Sunday's Grade 1…

Derma Sotogake (4) wins the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun on Wednesday -- the second leg of the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby." Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Candidates for next year's Kentucky Derby take center stage again in a weekend horse racing schedule that also includes the first "Win and You're In" race for the 2023…

Vacation Dance victorious in the Atlantic Beach (NYRA/Coglianese) By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Sleeping Giant Stables, America's Pastime Stables and KimDon Racing's graded stakes-placed Vacation Dance will vie for his second consecutive stakes score for trainer John Kimmel in Saturday's $500000 NYSSS Great White Way, a…

Les Bon Temps upsets the Maid of the Mist (NYRA/Coglianese) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- A field of 11 will assemble with aspirations to give their bankroll a massive boost in Saturday's $500000 NYSSS Fifth Avenue for eligible New York-sired 2-year-old fillies going seven furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack. Leading the charge is…

Dr. Blute wins the Empire Classic Oct. 30 (Janet Garaguso) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Flanagan Racing's Dr. Blute will try to wrap up the year by doubling up on stakes scores in Saturday's $100000 Alex M. Robb for New York-breds 3-year-old and upward going a one-turn mile at Aqueduct Racetrack. Dr. Blute, a 4-year-old…

Venti Valentine wins the Busher Invitational March 5, 2022 (Chelsea Durand) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and Parkland Thoroughbreds' multiple graded-stakes placed Venti Valentine will seek her third career stakes score in Saturday's $100000 Bay Ridge, a one-turn mile for New York-bred…

Vacation Dance makes his debut a winning one at Saratoga (NYRA/Coglianese) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Sleeping Giant Stables, America's Pastime Stables and KimDon Racing's graded-stakes placed New York-bred Vacation Dance leads a compact field of five in Saturday's $120000 Atlantic Beach, a six-furlong outer turf…