Horse Racing News is the source of thoroughbred racing information with horse racing odds, betting tips, racing picks, race results, and handicapping. Latest news and articles on top horse racing contenders, jockeys, trainers, three-year-olds, race tracks, and major stakes races such as the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes as well as the Breeders' Cup horse races.Horse Racing Results: Blame Wins the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Blame overtook heavily favored Quality Road at the wire to win the 83rd running of the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (G1) Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course.
Ridden by jockey Garrett Gomez, the 4-year-old Arch colt sat comfortably in fourth through the early going, no more than five lengths off Quality Road’s surprisingly moderate opening fractions of 24.42, 48.06 and 1:11.92. Edging closer on the turn, Blame took dead aim on the front-runner as the Whitney Handicap field of six turned for home, closing steadily under a hand-ride and finally sticking his head in front for his fifth straight victory.
Blam raced the 1 1/8-mile Whitney Handicap in 1:48.88 making him the first horse to earn a guaranteed berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic as part of the “Win and You’re In” series.
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NYRA Anti-Slaughter Policy Introduces Harsh Penalties
Posted on Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced an anti-slaughter policy that introduces harsh penalties to offending horsemen while encouraging them to support horse rescue and adoption initiatives.
The newly created policy is as follows:
Any owner or trainer stabled at a New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) track found to have directly or indirectly sold a horse for slaughter will have his or her stalls permanently revoked from all NYRA tracks: Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.
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Filly Rachel Alexandra Works at Saratoga Race Course
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009
The Preakness and multiple Grade 1 stakes winner filly Rachel Alexandra was back on the Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga Race Course Monday for a more serious workout.
Race horse trainer Steve Asmussen and assistant Scott Blasi watched as the 3-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro breezed 5 furlongs in 1:01.38, the fastest work of 12 at the distance. Filly Rachel Alexandra took the first 3 fractions in :12 3/5, :25 and :37 1/5 before galloping out 6 furlongs in 1:14 4/5. This was the first time that Asmussen has been at his Saratoga stable since Rachel Alexandra arrived there on June 28.
“She’s tremendous; she’s a beautiful animal; she’s doing great,” race horse trainer Steve Asmussen said.
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Filly Rachel Alexandra In Saratoga For The Summer
Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009
The Preakness winner filly Rachel Alexandra arrived by van to Saratoga Race Course, which will be the base for her summer horse racing campaign.
Filly Rachel Alexandra, who extended her record to 9-2-0 from 12 starts with earnings of $1,798,354, arrived at Saratoga mid-morning and took up residence in Curlin‘s former stall in race horse trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn.
Several possibilities exist for Rachel Alexandra’s next start, including the $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1), also for 3-year-olds, at Monmouth Park on August 2 and the $1-million Travers Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 1/4 miles on Saturday, August 29 at Saratoga.
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Summer Bird Could Race In The Travers Stakes at Saratoga; Mine That Bird Eyeing The Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita
Posted on Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird could return this summer to New York to run at Saratoga Race Course in the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) on August 1 and the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1) on August 29.
“We’ve discussed the Jim Dandy and the Travers with the owners (Drs. Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayaraman),” said Belmont Stakes winning trainer Tim Ice. “If we go, like we did for the Belmont, we’ll go ahead of time, ship up a month before the (August 1) Jim Dandy.”
Race horse trainer Chip Woolley hopes to get two good races into the gelding Mine That Bird before the Breeders’ Cup in November at Santa Anita Park.
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NYRA Now To Debut on Gotham Stakes Day March 7 on Sirius Radio
Posted on Friday, March 6th, 2009
NYRA Now, a half-hour Sirius Radio show dedicated exclusively to horse racing at the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course, will debut on Gotham Stakes day Saturday, March 7 from 12:30 pm – 1 pm Eastern.
Hosted by Dave Johnson and Bill Finley, NYRA Now will air on Sirius Channel 122 and XM Channel 143 and will be available to 20 million Sirius XM subscribers. It will offer horse racing handicapping, interviews with race horse owners, trainers and jockeys and feature segments.
There will also be a number of live races aired during the afternoon, beginning with New York’s final major prep for the 2009 Kentucky Derby, the 9-furlong $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) for 3-year-olds on Saturday, April 4.
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NYRA: Aqueduct, Belmont Park & Saratoga 2009 Schedule
Posted on Friday, December 5th, 2008
Meet-by-meet 2009 schedule for Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga in New York.
Aqueduct Winter/Spring Meet Schedule
- 82 days, January 1-April 26
- Dark Mondays and Tuesday, except:
- Open: Mondays, January 19 and February 16
- Dark: Wednesdays, January 21 and February 18; Sundays, April 5 and April 12.
- Post times:
- 12:30 a.m. daily (January 1 ? March 8)
- 1 p.m. daily (March 11 ? April 26)
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