by NYRA Press Office|11.27.202211.28.2022|3:51pm10:17am ‘He’s A Little Bit Of A Folk Hero’: Baby Yoda Will Try For Elusive First Stakes Win In Cigar Mile Seven-time winner and multiple graded stakes placed Baby Yoda will pursue his first stakes triumph in Saturday’s $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack, owner Adam Wachtel said. Owned by Wachtel Stable in partnership with Pantofel Stable, Gary Barber and Jerry Zaro and trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Baby Yoda was most […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.27.202211.27.2022|3:11pm5:48pm ‘I’m Certain I Made Quite A Scene’: Trainer Faith Wilson Relishing First Graded Stakes Win With Greeley And Ben Trainer Faith Wilson, who started her first horse in February 2021, celebrated her first graded stakes victory with her 41st starter when veteran gelding Greeley and Ben notched a neck triumph in Saturday’s Fall Highweight (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack. “He’s doing great and has had so many treats,” said Wilson over the phone with Greeley and Ben […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.27.2022|1:56pm ‘The Horse Looks Unbelievable’: Former Champion Channel Maker To Stay In Training In 2023 Adam Wachtel, part-owner of the Bill Mott-trained 2020 Champion Turf Male Channel Maker, said the 8-year-old English Channel gelding will remain in training in 2023. The earner of over $3.7 million was seventh in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf on November 5 at Keeneland last out to cap off a season that included victories […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.23.2022|5:00pm Consistent Runninsonofagun Headlines Aqueduct’s Fall Highweight Graded stakes-winner Runninsonofagun has been a consistent competitor throughout his entire career. After breaking through against stakes competition last out, the son of 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner will look to notch a second consecutive graded stakes score when he competes in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Fall Highweight for 3-year-olds and up sprinting […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.23.2022|11:26am NYRA Tracks Planning For 202 Live Race Dates During 2023 The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced its 2023 NYRA racing calendar which includes 202 live race days at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course. Live racing is currently being conducted at Aqueduct, where the 2022 fall meet runs through Saturday, December 31. For the complete 2022 Aqueduct fall meet stakes […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.17.2022|4:46pm Friday At Aqueduct: Pick 6 Carryover Of $25,125, Late Pick 5 Carries Over $172,117 Friday’s 10-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $25,215 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s program. Friday will also feature a Late Pick 5 carryover of $172,117. The $1 Pick 6 returned $646.50 to bettors who selected 4-of-6 winners correctly. The sequence started in Race 4 […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.16.2022|3:34pm Todd Pletcher, Danny Gargan Will Each Saddle Formidable Pair In Saturday’s Gio Ponti Trainer Danny Gargan will saddle a pair of formidable contenders as Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Dakota Gold and Arnmore Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky homebred Riot House take on Saturday’s $135,000 Gio Ponti, a 1 1/16-mile outer turf route for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Dakota Gold, a New York-bred son of Freud, was last seen taking the restricted NYSSS […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.15.202211.15.2022|12:54pm12:54pm Overwhelming Submissions Received For NYRA’s Inaugural Big Data Derby A total of 106 submissions were received for the inaugural Big Data Derby, a competition requiring entrants to provide a machine-learning model to analyze all manner of data regarding horseracing tactics, strategies and path efficiencies. Sponsored by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA) in partnership with […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.11.2022|3:07pm ‘I’m Just Really Grateful’: Apprentice Rider Olver Ready For First Race At Aqueduct When apprentice jockey Madison Olver watched her first Thoroughbred in motion over a racetrack, it was from atop another. Though Olver had never seen a horse race before getting a leg up on one for trainer Gina Rarick in France, she knew her calling was to compete in the sport that captured her heart. “I […]
by NYRA Press Office|11.11.2022|2:53pm Albertrani Sends Half-Siblings To Post Sunday In Hopes Of Stakes Sweep Trainer Tom Albertrani will look to pull off a Sunday stakes sweep at the Big A when he saddles half-siblings Wolfie’s Dynaghost in the $135,000 Artie Schiller and Hail To in the $135,000 Winter Memories for owner-breeder Woodslane Farm. The Kentucky homebreds are out of the prolific Dyanformer mare Dynaire, who produced the Albertrani-trained Sadler’s Joy – a multiple […]