Nothing Better Wires Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship

1 of 2 | National Treasure wins the Grade I Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park. Photo by Nicole Thomas/courtesy of Gulfstream Park Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A powerhouse slate of weekend races in Florida and California provided some hints about what's in store in the next few months in the $20 million Saudi Cup, the $12 million Dubai World…

1 of 3 | Catching Freedom wins Monday's Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, earning 10 Kentucky Derby Points. Photo by Renee Torbit/Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Catching Freedom put a hoof on the Kentucky Derby trail with a victory in the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on New Year's Day, one of two potential weekend…

Inveigled breaking his maiden at second asking at Laurel Park. (Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Mark B. Grier's Inveigled, an eye-catching maiden winner over the track last month, returns to face seven rivals including stakes winners Copper Tax, Catahoula Moon and Sweet Soddy J in Saturday's $100000…

Interstatedaydream's career is just about over. Air Recruit's is only beginning. And both of them logged stakes wins on an intermittently sunny Saturday at Laurel Park. For Interstatedaydream, a four-year-old Classic Empire filly whose signature victory came in the 2022 edition of the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan, her rallying triumph in the $100000…

Willow Lane Stables homebred Highestdistinction, better than ever at age 6, ran his winning streak to three with a second consecutive stakes triumph and first in graded company in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup for 3-year-olds and up at Pimlico. Ridden by Jairo Rendon for Monmouth Park-based trainer Lindsay…

Highestdistinction ups his win streak and makes the grade (Jim McCue/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE- Willow Lane Stables, Inc. homebred Highestdistinction, better than ever at the age of 6, ran his win streak to three races with a second consecutive stakes triumph and first in graded company in Saturday's $200000…

Blazing Sevens, second in the 2023 Preakness, walking the legendary Pimlico track. (Jim McCue/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club/Edited BALTIMORE, Md. - Historic Pimlico Race Course's fall meet is scheduled to open Friday, Sept. 8 and run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 24. On Saturday, September 16 is an offering of six stakes…

Caravel was much the victor in the Jaipur. (Jetta Vaughns) NYRA Press Office SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel and Madaket Stables' marvelous mare Caravel will take on males for the eighth time in Friday's Grade 3, $300000 Troy, a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Brad Cox, the…

With #7 Beren on the lead, #8 Wondrwherecraigis just behind would pass him and reach the wire first by 2-3/4 lengths only to be DQ'd to second in the 2022 edition of the De Francis Dash. (Jeffrey Snyder/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Wondrwherecraigis, second as the favorite in each of the previous two runnings, figures to…

G1 Jaipur Stakes Preview: Caravel Is Back (Caravel / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the NYRA Media Team: Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel and Madaket Stables' reigning Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Caravel will again face males as part of an overflow field in Saturday's Grade 1, $400000 Jaipur, a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for…

The Kentucky Derby winner faces six new faces Saturday in pursuit of the 2023 Triple Crown's middle jewel. Mage is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $1.65 million Preakness Stakes. Post time from Pimlico is scheduled for 7:01 p.m. EDT, with NBC broadcasting from Baltimore. Seven 3-year-olds were entered to face Derby hero Mage, whose…

Bankit winning the Campbell at Laurel Park. (Jim McCue/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md.- Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing's well-traveled millionaire Bankit will seek his first win of the year and eighth career stakes victory when he returns to Maryland for the first time in two years for Saturday's $100000 Frank Y.…

Hayes Strike pulls clear to win the Private Terms at 8-1 (Maryland Jockey Club) Maryland Jockey Club Press Release LAUREL, Md.- Dixiana Farms' Grade 2-placed homebred Hayes Strike, back on dirt after a failed attempt on the synthetic, cruised up to front-running Coffeewithchris at the top of the stretch and outran the multiple stakes winner to the…

Forewarned wins last year's edition of the Queens County (NYRA/Coglianese) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y.- Trainer Uriah St. Lewis' graded stakes-placed Forewarned will attempt to defend his title in the $150000 Queens County, a nine-furlong main track test for 3-year-olds and upward, on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. "He's doing fantastic and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Jay Em Ess Stable's Kentucky homebred Full Moon Madness will look to make the grade in Sunday's Grade 3, $150000 Nashua, a one-turn mile over the main track for juveniles at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Michelle Nevin, the Into Mischief bay is out of the multiple graded-stakes winner By the Moon, who was campaigned by these connections to Grade 1…

Trainer Michelle Nevin poses in the Aqueduct winner's circle after Dancing Buck and jockey Manuel Franco won the Belmont Turf Sprint. SUSIE RAISHER All of a sudden Michelle Nevin is sitting on a Breeders' Cup contender. Dancing Buck, which Nevin trains for J & N Stables (the 4-year-old gelding's breeder) and Diamond M Stable, scored a convincing…

Dancing Buck broke sharp and took a lead he never relinquished, with the New York-bred leading at every point of call and storming home to a five-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $200000 Belmont Turf Sprint for 3-year-olds and up during the Belmont at the Big A fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack. Dancing Buck, who trainer Michelle Nevin elevated…

Life Is Good, seen winning the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, warms up for the Breeders' Cup Classic in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races, from New York through Kentucky and on to California highlight the weekend U.S.…

BALTIMORE, Md.- William Branch's Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in Saturday's $100000 Laurel Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 24 running of the Laurel Dash for 3-year-olds and up sprinting five furlongs on the…

A wide post and trip down the backside couldn't stop Scaramouche from clinching his first graded win Saturday in the $300000 Gallant Bob S. (G2) at Parx. Breaking from post 13 in the six-furlong dash for three-year-olds, Scaramouche was off well and was within close range of the leaders in fourth after a quarter-mile and around the far turn. Aided…