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Looms Boldly Sprints Wire To Wire To Land Damon Runyon

Ten Strike Racing homebred Looms Boldly made every pole a winning one to secure his first career stakes victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Damon Runyon, a six-furlong sprint for New York-bred sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Brad Cox and piloted by the Big A winter meet’s leading rider Manny Franco, bay colt by Spendthrift Farm […]

All Stakes Cross Country Pick 5 From Aqueduct, Oaklawn, Tampa Bay Downs

The New York Racing Association will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, March 11, featuring an all-stakes sequence from Aqueduct Racetrack, Oaklawn Park and Tampa Bay Downs. The Cross Country Pick 5 requires bettors to pick the winner of five select races from tracks across the country. The minimum bet for the multi-track, […]

Little Vic Flatters Repo Rocks With Tom Fool Handicap Triumph

Little Vic and jockey Carlos Olivero each enjoyed graded stakes glory for the first time by posting an impressive stalking score in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Tom Fool Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, N.Y. Trained by Juan Carlos Avila for Victoria’s Ranch, the 4-year-old Practical Joke […]

Repo Rocks Rolls To Fourth Successive Stakes Win With Stymie Score

Double B Racing Stables’ Repo Rocks launched a powerful stretch run to capture his fourth straight stakes race in as many starts in Saturday’s $125,000 Stymie, a one-turn mile for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 5-year-old Tapiture gelding is undefeated since joining the barn of trainer Jamie Ness. He captured the Let’s Give Thanks […]

‘Getting Closer To Where He Needs To Be’: Repo Rocks Brings Three-Race Win Streak Into Stymie

Double B Racing Stables’ Repo Rocks brings a three-race win streak into Saturday’s $125,000 Stymie, a one-turn mile for older horses at Aqueduct Racetrack. Repo Rocks is undefeated in three starts since joining the barn of trainer Jamie Ness, posting increasing Beyer Speed Figures for scores at Parx Racing in the Let’s Give Thanks [96] […]

‘It Was Pretty Easy’: Regally Bred Frost Point Scores Convincing Stakes Breakthrough In Heavenly Prize

Godolphin’s Kentucky homebred Frost Point secured her first career stakes win with a prominent effort in Saturday’s $125,000 Heavenly Prize Invitational, a one-turn mile for older fillies and mares, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and expertly handled by Jorge A. Vargas Jr., the regally bred daughter of Frosted out of […]

Carryovers Of $285,092 In Early Pick 5, $40,771 In Pick 6 Await Aqueduct Horseplayers On Friday

Friday’s eight-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, N.Y., will feature an Early Pick 5 carryover of $285,092 and a $1 Pick 6 carryover of $40,771 after the multi-race wagers went unsolved on Sunday’s nine-race program. Sunday’s $1 Pick 6 returned $13,590 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 correctly. Zeebear [No. 1, $9.20] made […]

Funny How Powers Last To First In Broadway, Earns First Stakes Victory

Adelphi Racing Club and Cutair Racing’s Funny How, expertly piloted by Katie Davis, made her stakes debut a winning one in Sunday’s $100,000 Broadway, a seven-furlong sprint for New York-bred fillies and mares 4-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Ray Handal, the 4-year-old Overanalyze bay won for the fifth consecutive start, rallying from […]

Repo Rocks Scores Dominating Toboggan Triumph

Double B Racing Stables’ Repo Rocks, expertly handled by Andrew Wolfsont, drew off to an 8 1/2-length score to make the grade in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 5-year-old Tapiture gelding is now a perfect 3-for-3 for trainer Jamie Ness, entering from a pair of […]

‘She Was The Best Filly In The Race’: Betsy Blue Tops Interborough Exacta For Rice

Cloud Nine Stable’s graded-stakes placed New York-bred Betsy Blue picked up her second straight open-company stakes score in Saturday’s $100,000 Interborough, a seven-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Linda Rice and piloted by Jose Lezcano, the 5-year-old Tonalist mare rallied stoutly to overtake her stablemate Piece of My Heart […]