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Clairiere, Secret Oath Meet Up Again In Saturday’s Ogden Phipps

Three-time Grade 1 winner Clairiere will face last year’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath for the third time this season when seeking a repeat conquest of the Grade 1, $500,000 Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park. The 55th running of the nine-furlong test for older fillies and mares is a Breeders’ Cup “Win And […]

Arcangelo Denies Bishops Bay By Head Bob In Peter Pan Thriller

Blue Rose Farm’s Arcangelo, with Hall of Famer Javier Castellano aboard, outdueled 9-5 favorite Bishops Bay in deep stretch to capture his stakes debut in Saturday’s 69th running of the $200,000 Peter Pan (G3) at Belmont Park. The nine-furlong test for sophomores is the traditional local prep for the $1.5-million Belmont Stakes (G1), which is […]

Blazing Sevens ‘Super’ In Final Preakness Breeze

Rodeo Creek Racing’s Grade 1 winner Blazing Sevens breezed five furlongs over the Belmont Park main track in his final serious move for the $1.5-million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 20 at Pimlico Race Course. Under mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 70s, Blazing Sevens visited the track following the renovation break around 9:00 […]

Les Bon Temps Elevated To Victory In NYSS Park Avenue Division

There were some anxious moments in the stretch run, but the formful Les Bon Temps was able to let the good times roll to a third career stakes triumph in Sunday’s $200,000 Park Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a 6 1/2-furlong test for eligible New York-sired sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack. […]

Friday’s Card At Aqueduct Features $31,585 Pick 6 Carryover

Friday’s card at the Aqueduct Racetrack spring meet will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $31,585 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s eight-race card. The $1 Pick 6 returned $3,509.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. The sequence kicked off in Race 3, a seven-furlong $40,000 claimer for older fillies […]

Cox, Pletcher Bring Loaded Arsenals For Wood Memorial

A field of 13 sophomores have entered for their final shot to earn Kentucky Derby qualifying points in Saturday’s 98th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack. The nine-furlong test is the final local qualifier for the Grade 1, $3 million Kentucky Derby on May 6 […]

Funny How Looks To Extend Five-Race Win Streak In Aqueduct’s Distaff

Adelphi Racing Club and Cutair Racing’s New York-bred Funny How rides a five-race win streak into her graded stakes debut in Friday’s 69th running of the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (G3) for older fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack. Funny How, a 4-year-old Overanalyze bay, enters the seven-furlong test off a triumphant stakes debut in the […]

Saturday’s Card At Aqueduct Features $25,000 Pick 6 Carryover

Saturday’s card at Aqueduct Racetrack will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $25,000.86 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Friday’s eight-race card. The $1 Pick 6 returned $1,471.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners correctly. The sequence kicked off in Race 3 as Manny Franco piloted Curbstone [No. 6, $3.50*] to a […]