#Inner Turf

Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

It is sometimes called the most important turf meeting in the U.S. this side of the Breeders' Cup. But is the Arlington Million card really all that? The ingredients are certainly there. Impressive purses for three Grade 1 races that have endured for more than three decades. Horses from around the world representing the sport's biggest powerhouse…

Just one live day - the New Year's Eve card at Aqueduct Racetrack - remains in 2020 to complete a remarkable year of racing action on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit. The NYRA Press Office checked in with a selection of New York-based racing personalities to get their reflections on the memorable year. As a third-generation…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Turf racing for 2-year-old fillies and a stakes race for horses that are novices over the jumps headline the Saratoga card on Thursday. The $150000 P.G. Johnson has drawn eight entries to run 1 1/16 miles on the Mellon Turf Course, plus one who will run only if the race is moved from the turf to the main track. Be Your Best, who…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Wit, who races for the Repole, St. Elias and Gainsway Stables, followed his usual racing pattern of coming from off the pace when he took the trophy in the Spa's $135000 Better Talk Now Sunday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course. With Jose Ortiz in the saddle for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the colt by Practical Joke…

The Breeders' Cup is over, but it's not really over. The breakdown of Mongolian Groom during the stretch run of the $6 million Classic sucked the air out of the vast Santa Anita grandstand on Saturday. Fans slumped toward their cars or buses, as what had been two days of sensational - and safe - racing was instantly overwhelmed by yet another death…

Today is Day 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m. RECENT STORIES FROM THE DAILY GAZETTE AT THE TRACK Trainer Chad Brown is so dominant in the Grade I Diana that he even gets horses who didn't look like they were meant for races like this into the Diana. And not just into the field, but into the role of favorite. That's the…

Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca (#4 outside) under Jose Ortiz on her way to winning the Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico May 20, 2022, and earning Black Type. (Maryland Jockey Club photo) By Maribeth Kalinich There's a phenomenon happening in North America. Turf races are booming. That is in part thanks to more European horses coming across the pond to…

The Saratoga Race Course meet has a deeply ingrained reputation as one of North America's major proving grounds for the mettle of a freshman sire, offering some of the deepest 2-year-old competition for both maidens and graded stakes horses. As one of the meets on the calendar that has the full attention of breeders and stallion operations alike,…

Jockey John Velazquez, riding Authentic, celebrates winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday. Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Breeders' Cup World Championships, just as they were designed to do, nicely wrapped up some issues for the 2020 racing season, including the "Horse of the…

When handling a top thoroughbred racehorse in excess of 1000 pounds, Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens often remained acutely aware of a mechanical issue in the starting gate that could imperil the safety of the riders. Now, working as an analyst with Saratoga Live for the famed Saratoga Race Course summer meet, Stevens reacted with incredulity on…

The 2022 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga offers a purse of $600000. It is the premier local prep for the Travers Stakes (G1), The Spa's flagship race for three-year-old dirt routers. Though the 2022 Jim Dandy only drew a field of five horses, the group is long on talent. The second- and third-place finishers in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Epicenter…

Yo Cuz wins the Maddie May Feb. 21 at Aqueduct (Chelsea Durand) By Ryan Martin - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- New York-bred sophomore stakes winners Yo Cuz and Galaxina will attempt to regain winning form against elders in Sunday's 16th running of the $125000 Staten Island division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series for eligible New…

Poulin in O T wins the Frost King Oct. 14 at Woodbine (Michael Burns) By Chris Lomon - Woodbine Communications TORONTO- A pair of $150000 2-year-old stakes, the Clarendon and Shady Well, share the spotlight on Saturday's 11-race card at Woodbine. Each set for 6 furlongs over the Tapeta, the Shady Well (2-year-old fillies) and Clarendon…

The 153rd running of the Travers headlines the biggest day of the summer at Saratoga. Six graded stakes including five Grade 1 races highlight the 13 race card. The $1.25 million Travers drew a very competitive field of eight runners for the'Midsummer Derby', and post time for the 1 1/4 mile Travers is 5:44 p.m. ET and Race 11 on the card. The…

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…

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…

Temple City Terror storms to victory in G3 Dowager (Coady Photography) By Keith McCalmont - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Town and Country Racing's Temple City Terror will look to double up on graded scores in Friday's Grade 3, $300000 Long Island, an 11-furlong inner-turf test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct…

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…

Friday's Race Recap from Aqueduct: (All odds US) Race replays for yesterday's races from Aqueduct can be found here: Aqueduct: Race 4: 3rd@ 14.60/1 Race 5: 4th@ 6.20/1 Race 9: 8th@ 30.20/1 Our day kicked off with Gaslight stalking the expected quick pace from the outside. He was rolling late, unfortunately the favorite - Khafre got a ground saving…

1pt win Sacred in Breeders' Cup Mile at 25/1 (Sky Bet, Unibet) There have been 11 three-year-old winners of the Breeders' Cup Mile since its inaugural running in 1984, nine of which were trained in Europe. Four of those nine were fillies - namely Miesque, Ridgewood Pearl, Six Perfections and Goldikova - and in total (US and Euro-trained) the race…

Big money and Breeders' Cup berths will be on the line on both turf and dirt this weekend all over North America. We'll start at beautiful Belmont Park where a pair of rich turf races for 3-year-olds will lead the way. The $1 million Jockey Club Derby offers a "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Turf, while the $700000 Jockey Club Oaks closes…

Repole Stable's Chocolate Gelato backed up a highly impressive maiden victory, utilizing a ground-saving trip under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. to capture a breakthrough win in Sunday's Grade 1, $400000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Chocolate Gelato came into the Frizette off an 8 1/2-length maiden victory at…

By Mary Eddy - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Wertheimer and Frere's Pao Alto looks to earn his first stateside victory for conditioner Graham Motion in Sunday's $135000 Artie Schiller, a one-mile inner turf test for 3-year-olds and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Pao Alto, a 5-year-old French-bred son of Intello, will cut back one furlong from his…

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…

Notes & Quotes From G2 Miss Grillo Stakes: Pleasant Passage From the NYRA Media Team: Emory Hamilton's homebred Pleasant Passage overcame rainy conditions and a yielding turf course to live up to her name in Saturday's Grade 2, $200000 Miss Grillo at Aqueduct Racetrack with a gate-to-wire three-quarter-length victory that could catapult her to the…

Barese captures the Gander Feb. 12, 2022 at Aqueduct (Chelsea Durand) OZONE PARK, N.Y.- A total of 99 New York-breds are entered for a special 10-race card on Closing Day Sunday at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet to celebrate the best of New York for the annual Empire Showcase Day, featuring eight stakes races worth $1.6 million, topped by the…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Maram LLC's Kentucky homebred Dandy Handyman will make his stakes debut in Saturday's $120000 Awad at 1 1/16-miles over the inner turf for juveniles, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. The Awad is part of a stacked card that includes the Grade 2, $300000 Kelso, a one-turn mile for 3-year-olds and upward offering the top-four…

Belmont at "Big A" News: Smokie Eyes Returns in Friday's Chelsey Flower Stakes From the NYRA Media Team: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Darlene Bilinski and Steven Rocco's New York-bred Smokie Eyes will return to the scene of her last-out maiden victory and look to notch her first stakes win in Friday's $120000 Chelsey Flower, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca will make her anticipated return following an international endeavor at Royal Ascot in Saturday's 28th running of the Grade 2, $200000 Sands Point for 3-year-old fillies going nine furlongs on the inner turf at Belmont at the Big A. Pizza Bianca has not raced since finishing eighth…

Did you know active subscribers receive our Inside Track wagering guides absolutely FREE? Subscribe today and be the first to receive our upcoming MONSTER wagering guide to the 2022 Breeders' Cup! 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…

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…

George Krikorian's War Like Goddess took on a new task of facing males and handled it with flying colors, defeating a field that included three other Grade 1 winners by 2 3/4 lengths in Saturday's Grade 1, $500000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont at the Big A. The 46th running of the 12-furlong test over the inner turf marked its first running at…

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will saddle Public Sector, L'Imperator and Lonesome Fugitive as he looks for his third consecutive score in Sunday's Grade 3, $150000 Knickerbocker, a nine-furlong inner turf test for 3-year-olds and upward, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. The Knickerbocker is slated as…

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…

1ST RACE - 5 1/2 furlongs, Turf, 2YO, State-bred, Maiden Special Weight. Purse: $88000. No.

OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Gary Barber's Grade 1-placed Make Mischief will make her first outing over the grass in Friday's $125000 John Hettinger, a nine-furlong inner turf test for New York-bred fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse, Make Mischief was set to make her turf bow last…

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…

A total of nine Grade 1 races highlight this weekend's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, N.Y., with one Friday and eight on Saturday's blockbuster card. Though the field sizes may leave something to be desired, there is no shortage of stars lined up to show off for horse racing fans. Among the top matchups is that of the Met Mile, featuring…

Readers of Bettors Insider are getting a one-race preview of my day's selections. To sign up for daily emails with the day's FULL selections and weekly Saturday videos, click here Saturday's Race Recap from Belmont at Aqueduct: (All odds US) Replays for yesterday's races from Belmont at Aqueduct can be found here: Belmont at Aqueduct: Race 3: 5th@…

Nations Pride and Classic Causeway will face off once again in Saturday's Caesars Jockey Club Derby (G3) at Aqueduct closing out the Caesars Turf Triple. Classic Causeway got away easy in the Belmont Derby, but Nations Pride evened the score by winning the G1 Saratoga Derby. While the Jockey Club Derby's longer, mile-and-a-half distance could…

1ST RACE - 6 1/2 furlongs, 2YO fillies, State-bred, Seeking The Ante Stakes. Purse: $200000. No. Horse;Jockey;Trainer;Odds 1 Song Parody;Manuel Franco;Christophe Clement;7-2 2 Les Bon Temps;Tyler Gaffalione;Norm Casse;8-1 3 Maple Leaf Mel;Joel Rosario;Jeremiah Englehart;4-5 4 Lady Mine;Jose Antonio Gomez;James Chapman;15-1 5 Miracle;Flavien…

Fans will be back for the first time innearly two years. The newly laid main track is a year old. And the Pick 6 has anew $1 minimum. Those may be the easy-to-spot talking pointsfor Thursday's opening of the Saratoga summer. Eventually it gets back to basics- handicapping angles for the 40 days of racing at the Spa. Horse Racing Nation surveyed…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Chad Brown clinched his fifth H. Allen Jerkens Award for leading trainer at Saratoga Race Course and secured his 12th stakes triumph of the summer meet when saddling Emaraaty to his first graded win in Closing Day Monday's 64th running of the Grade 3, $200000 Bernard Baruch Handicap for 3-year-olds and upward going…

1ST RACE - 2 3/8 miles, Steeplechase, 4YO and up, Allowance. Purse: $70000. No. Horse;Jockey;Trainer;Odds 1 Bandua;Jamie Bargary;Neil Morris;2-1 1A Project Two (IRE);Thomas Garner;Leslie Young;2-1 2 Ancient Times;Ross Geraghty;Archibald Kingsley;8-1 3 Who's Counting;Sean McDermott;Sean McDermott;6-1 4 Fightinirishtabit;Harrison Beswick;Richard…

Monday's fourth race from Colonial Downs is the $125000 Brookmeade Stakes for Virginia-bred or sired fillies and mares traveling 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf course (Post time 3:09 p.m. EDT). No. 1 Mo Clare's (7-2) might be loose on the lead from the inside post. Chris Block excels with new additions to his barn and this mare almost went all the…

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The obvious next big step for Americanrevolution, in the natural progression of stakes for which he's eligible, is the Empire Classic. Trainer Todd Pletcher may try to go even bigger than that. Ever upward, as they say in New York. On New York Showcase Day at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, WinStar Farm's chestnut son of…

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares picks and plays for Tuesday, Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs and Presque Isle Downs, along with thoughts on Colonial's $82227 Pick 5 carryover. Today's special offers from TwinSpires include: Trifecta Tuesday: Receive a 15% bonus on trifecta winnings (excluding stake amount; up to $25 per day) on every Tuesday from…