by Mary Eddy/NYRA|09.28.202209.28.2022|4:17pm4:18pm Be Your Best Headlines ‘Win And You’re In’ Miss Grillo Michael J. Ryan’s Irish homebred Be Your Best will vie for her second stakes score and first at the graded level for trainer Horacio De Paz in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Miss Grillo, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for juvenile fillies, at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. The Miss Grillo is […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|09.25.2022|6:57pm Kimari Shakes Off Pacesetter Lady Rocket In Deep Stretch To Win Gallant Bloom In Prep For Breeders’ Cup Jockey Joel Rosario had to do no more than give a shake of the reins for Kimari to take the lead in deep stretch and score her second graded coup of the year in Sunday’s $250,000 Gallant Bloom (G2) for fillies and mares at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet. Trained by Wesley […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|09.25.2022|5:41pm ‘Into Mischiefs Can Do Anything’: Make Mischief Set For First Turf Test In John Hettinger Gary Barber’s Grade 1-placed Make Mischief will make her first outing over the grass in Friday’s $125,000 John Hettinger, a nine-furlong inner turf test for New York-bred fillies and mares 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 […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|09.05.2022|8:03pm Irad Ortiz Earns Fourth Saratoga Riding Title, Brown Leads Trainers For Fifth Time Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. earned the Angel Cordero, Jr. Award as the leading rider at Saratoga Race Course for the fourth time, finishing with 55 wins to top Luis Saez and Flavien Prat, who tied for second with 40 wins each. Joel Rosario finished fourth with 39 wins. Ortiz has now earned 20 riding titles […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|09.02.2022|5:08pm Sanford Winner Mo Strike Returns For Monday’s Hopeful Nasser Bin Omairah’s undefeated Mo Strike will vie for his second graded stakes win of the meet in Monday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful for juveniles sprinting seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox, Mo Strike was last seen defeating a 12-horse field in the Grade 3 Sanford on […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|08.28.2022|8:51pm ‘She’s Not That Big, But She’s Got A lot Of Heart’: Hot Peppers To Try For Second Graded Stakes Win In Prioress Trainer Rudy Rodriguez will hope to see the talented Hot Peppers pick up her second graded score Friday in the $250,000 Prioress (G2) for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on the main track at Saratoga Race Course. Owned by Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso, Hot Peppers enters from a game runner-up effort in the […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|08.27.202208.27.2022|6:43pm8:24pm Epicenter Dominates Fellow 3YOs With Open-Lengths Travers Win, Proves Place Atop Division Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, who came up just shy of Grade 1 glory twice this spring in the Triple Crown series, secured both his first top-level victory and a place at the top of the sophomore division with an emphatic 5 1/4-length victory under Joel Rosario in the 153rd renewal of the $1.25-million Runhappy Travers (G1) […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|08.24.2022|4:57pm Jack Christopher Back To Sprint Distance In Saturday’s Allen Jerkens Jim Bakke, Gerald Isbister, Coolmore Stud and Peter Brant’s Jack Christopher, who suffered his first loss last out in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational on July 23 at Monmouth Park, will return to the sprint distance in search of a third Grade 1 triumph in Saturday’s $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial, a seven-furlong sprint for […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|08.24.2022|4:55pm Clairiere Streaks Into Personal Ensign For Another Matchup With Malathaat This spring, Stonestreet Stables’ multiple Grade 1-winner Clairiere was an underdog when facing reigning Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Malathaat, never having finished ahead of her in four matchups last year. But this year, Clairiere has gotten the better of her familiar rival twice and will look to do so once again in Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|08.20.2022|8:44pm Game To The Wire: Caravel Repels All Challengers To Land Smart N Fancy At Saratoga A good break and a clean trip made the difference on Saturday for multiple graded stakes-winner Caravel, who pounced from off the pace to win the $150,000 Smart N Fancy, a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by two-time Eclipse Award-winner Brad Cox, Caravel improved from […]