by Mary Eddy/NYRA|01.12.2023|4:41pm Pick 6 Carryover Of $16,850 Into Friday’s Card At Aqueduct Friday’s eight-race program at Aqueduct Racetrack will feature a Pick 6 carryover of $16,850 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s eight-race card. The $1 Pick 6 returned $374 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 horses correctly. The sequence kicked off in Race 3 with the Peter Walder-trained Casalsa [No. 3, $7.10] taking an $8,000 […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|01.07.202301.08.2023|5:30pm1:09pm Road To The Kentucky Derby: Front-Running Lugan Knight Hangs On To Win Jerome Thriller BG Stables’ Kentucky homebred Lugan Knight came out on the winning end of a thrilling stretch duel with New York-bred Arctic Arrogance in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Michael McCarthy, Lugan Knight earned 10 qualifying points towards the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May 6 at Churchill Downs, […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|01.04.2023|3:58pm Law Professor ‘Can Sit A Little Closer’ In Rescheduled Queens County Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ graded stakes-winning homebred Law Professor headlines the re-scheduled $150,000 Queens County, a nine-furlong route for 4-year-olds and up at Aqueduct on Saturday. Originally carded with 11 horses on a Dec. 31 card which was canceled due to heavy fog, the Queens County, which again boasts an 11-horse field, is brought back […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|01.04.2023|3:56pm Road To The Kentucky Derby: NY-Bred Arctic Arrogance Takes Aim On Saturday’s Jerome Chester and Mary Broman’s New York homebred Arctic Arrogance will vie for his first open company stakes score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Jerome, a prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby that will award 10-4-3-2-1 qualifying points to the top-five finishers, is slated as […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|01.01.202301.01.2023|3:20pm3:23pm ‘She Was There The Whole Way’: Falconet Cruises To First Stakes Victory In Ladies At Aqueduct WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.’s Falconet notched her first stakes victory, pouncing from off the pace in Sunday’s $150,000 Ladies, a 1 1/8-mile race for fillies and mares that is the first stakes of the 2023 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher and ridden by Jose Lezcano, Falconet improved from […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|12.31.202212.31.2022|4:41pm5:07pm Brown Lands Eighth Consecutive NYRA Year-End Training Title, Davis Earns First Year-End Riding Title Four-time Eclipse Award winner Chad Brown secured his eighth consecutive year-end training title on the New York Racing Association Inc. circuit with 159 wins from 587 starters, good for a win percentage of 27.09 with an in-the-money rate of 59.28 percent through 196 racing days. The native of Mechanicville, N.Y. enjoyed his best season on […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|12.29.2022|11:35am Multiple Stakes-Winning Digger Still Teaching Life Lessons A Decade After His Final Race When a graded stakes-placed dark bay gelding named Digger crossed the finish line third in the 2011 Mister Diz at Pimlico Race Course, his connections knew it was time for the veteran of 39 starts to turn the page and look to a new life beyond the racetrack. It was then that he was sent […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|12.28.2022|4:39pm ‘When He Settles Into That Rhythm, He’s Very Tough To Beat’: Ridin With Biden Heads Queens County Cash is King and LC Racing’s graded stakes-winner Ridin With Biden will look to double up on stakes scores as he wraps up his 4-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Queens County, a nine-furlong main track route for 3-year-olds and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Butch Reid, Jr., Ridin With Biden has enjoyed a breakout […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|12.15.2022|4:44pm Friday’s Card At Aqueduct To Feature $24,322 Pick 6 Carryover Friday’s nine-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $24,322 after the sequence went unsolved on Thursday’s eight-race program. The $1 Pick 6 returned $1,158 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. The sequence kicked off in Race 3 with the Randi Persaud-trained Breadman [No. 5, $7.60] taking a $25,000 claiming […]
by Mary Eddy/NYRA|12.10.2022|5:12pm ‘When They Turned For Home She Found Another Gear’: Betsy Blue Goes Last To First For Garland Of Roses Win Cloud Nine Stable’s Betsy Blue needed just one week’s rest to score the second stakes victory of her career in Saturday’s $120,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Linda Rice and piloted to victory by Jose Lezcano, Betsy Blue cut back to six furlongs from the […]