New York Gov. George Pataki has named Cheryl Buley as new chairman of the State Racing and Wagering Board.

The recent Stuyvesant Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Race Course ended a nine-race and over a year’s worth of losing streak for Evening Attire. The Kentucky-bred seven-year-old’s previous victory happened way back in 2004 at the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2), his second win in that thoroughbred race.
With trainer Pat Kelly and jockey Jose Santos, Evening [...]

Todd Pletcher broke the single-season record for earnings by a trainer Friday when he sent Spin Factory out to victory in the second race at Aqueduct. Pletcher broke the North American record of $19,147,129 set by Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel in 2003.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Balance won the $100,000 Sharp Cat Stakes on Sunday at Hollywood Park, beating Sweet Fourty by 1 3/4 lengths.
Balance, ridden by Victor Espinoza, ran 1 1-16 miles in 1:42.58 and paid $5.80, $3.60 and $3 for her second victory in three starts. The 2-year-old daughter of 1995 Kentucky Derby winner [...]

IT COULD BE ALL PLETCHER ON HILL ‘N’ DALE CIGAR MILEDAY
By Jason Blewitt
Before he had a Breeders’ Cup win, a Travers victory and a shiny EclipseAward as 2004’s champion trainer, Todd Pletcher enjoyed the best day of histhen four-year-old training career on November 24th, 2001 at Aqueduct. Pletcher swept two-thirds of the day’s stakes, winning [...]

Stellar Jayne will make her last start and will race as the filly to beat in Friday’s $150,000 Top Flight Handicap (gr. II) at one mile before being retired. The three-time grade I winner has banked more than $1.4 million career earnings.

A runnerup finish in the 2004 Preakness Stakes (G1) is one of several triumphs in the impressive career of Rock Hard Ten. Lauded by Hall of Famer jockey Gary Stevens as “the best horse I ever sat on,” the Grade 1 multi-awardee has recently been retired.
Stevens, a horse racing great in his own right, would [...]