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A compilation of some of the most memorable quotes from Breeders’ Cup weekend Junior Alvarado and Sovereignty after their win in the Breeders' Cup ClassicLillian Davis photo Get Paulick Report in your Google feed Sovereignty wins the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic Lillian Davis Photo The Breeders’ Cup concluded with the Classic for the first time since 2022, and Sovereignty’s victory was a perfect swansong for the horse who delivered Godolphin its first Derby roses.
Thoroughbred Championship Series Expands With Oaks Division Original
The winner of the four-race series for 3-year-old fillies will be invited to the TCS Championship, the final leg of the six-race series for 3-year-olds The 2026 Kentucky Oaks Coady Media Get Paulick Report in your Google feed Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) and The New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”) announced today the expansion of the Thoroughbred Championship Series (“TCS”) in 2027 to include two distinct divisions – the Derby Division and the Oaks Division.
Breeders’ Cup Notes: Embarrassment of Riches In Distaff Original
Get Paulick Report in your Google feed Forever Young – Defending Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) champion Forever Young may not have delivered his most impressive performance in winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, but trainer Yoshito Yahagi and jockey Ryusei Sakai believe the Japanese superstar is ready to produce his best effort when he attempts to make history Saturday at Keeneland.
‘Remarkably Tough’: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Winner Gstaad Retired To Coolmore Stud Original
Gstaad, a son of Starspangledbanner, was named Cartier champion 2-year-old of 2025 and won the Irish 2,000 Guineas Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Gstaad (GB) Nellie Carlson/Paulick Report Get Paulick Report in your Google feed Coolmore has announced that Cartier champion 2-year-old and the record-breaking Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Gstaad has been retired to stand at their headquarters in Fethard, Co. Tipperary for the 2027 season.
NBC Sports To Present 10.5 Hours Of Live Breeders’ Cup Coverage Original
Live coverage of the 43rd Breeders’ Cup World Championships begins this Friday at 1 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock Renee Torbit/Coady Media Get Paulick Report in your Google feed NBC Sports presents 10.5 hours of live coverage of the 43rd Breeders’ Cup World Championships this weekend – the richest two days in horse racing in the United States – with more than $30 million in prize money at stake in 14 races.
Maryland Stadium Authority Board Approves Facilities Operations Agreement With The Maryland Jockey Club Original
The agreement establishes clear responsibilities between MSA, as owner of the facilities, and TMJC, as the exclusive operator. The new Pimlico design is inspired in part by the track’s original clubhouse building Maryland Stadium Authority Get Paulick Report in your Google feed The Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) Board of Directors today approved a Facilities Operations Agreement with The Maryland Jockey Club, Inc.
FTBOA, Gilligan Racing Secure Florida Racetrack Site In Ocala Original
300 acres in Marion County have been secured to bring a premier racing and entertainment destination to Ocala John Morgan with Lonny Powell Judit Seipert photo Get Paulick Report in your Google feed The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association and Gilligan Racing LLC, its exclusive racetrack development partner, announced Oct. 28 that they have secured control of more than 300 acres in Marion County for a new Thoroughbred racetrack.
Breeders’ Cup Classic Contender Forever Young Has ‘Perfect’ Final Work Original
Get Paulick Report in your Google feed Defending Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) champion Forever Young put the finishing touches on his preparation for Saturday’s $7 million race Wednesday morning at Keeneland, breezing an easy half-mile in :50 1/5 under the watchful eye of trainer Yoshito Yahagi.
Saratoga Freebies: NYRA Announces Summer Giveaway Days For Saratoga Race Course
There is a lot to love about Saratoga Race Course! The excitement of a winning bet, the people watching, and of course, the great giveaways all summer long! Read More: Pint-Sized Bar In Saratoga Springs Moving To New Location This year, the racing comes our way a little early with the 4th of July Racing Festival getting things galloping for the 2025 season.
Big-Race Showdown: Expert Selections for the Jaipur and Belmont Stakes
For the eighth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2024 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.” The players’ picks will be posted here and a running bankroll will be kept to track their success all year long.
What is the Biggest Belmont Longshot? Selling a Ticket for $68,000
The biggest longshot tied to the 2024 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets has nothing to do with any of the horses. If you are looking for a million-to-one shot, then that’s the likely odds on someone actually getting the $53,888 they want on StubHub.com for a seat at the historic first-ever Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. With all seating sold out for the blockbuster June 8 card at the Spa, the secondary market stands as one of the best options for someone to purchase a ticket.
Five Weekend Takeaways You Need to Know Ahead of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes
Tom Pedulla offers five takeaways from the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes, the prep race for the highly-anticipated June 8 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets at Saratoga Race Course; the Grade 2 Man o’ War Stakes and other major developments this weekend. GETTING IT RIGHT: There were high hopes for Centennial Farms’ Antiquarian in the March 23 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, but those were short-lived.
Trainer Jena Antonucci Wins Big Sport of Turfdom Award
The Turf Publicists of America announced Nov. 20 that the 2023 Big Sport of Turfdom award, which recognizes a person or group of people who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists, will be presented to trainer Jena Antonucci. Born in Hollywood, Fla., Antonucci was introduced to the hunter, jumper, and equitation disciplines as a child. She was exposed to Thoroughbred racing by her grandparents who were racehorse owners in New York.
Saratoga Race Course: Handicapper picks for July 20, 2023
Saratoga Springs By Matt Donato, Gene Kershner, Jeff Carle and NYRA Bets | 80 SHARES Selections for July 20, 2023 at Saratoga Race Course from handicappers Matt Donato, Gene Kershner and Jeff Carle, along with the NYRA Bets Picks of the Day.
Saratoga Race Course: Handicapper picks for July 19, 2023
By Matt Donato, Gene Kershner, Jeff Carle and NYRA Bets | 80 SHARES Selections for July 19, 2023 at Saratoga Race Course from handicappers Matt Donato, Gene Kershner and Jeff Carle, along with the NYRA Bets Picks of the Day.
Saratoga Race Course: Handicapper picks for July 16, 2023
By Matt Donato, Gene Kershner, Jeff Carle and NYRA Bets | 80 SHARES Selections for July 16, 2023 at Saratoga Race Course from handicappers Matt Donato, Gene Kershner and Jeff Carle, along with the NYRA Bets Picks of the Day.
Saratoga Race Course: Handicapper picks for July 15, 2023
By Matt Donato, Gene Kershner, Jeff Carle and NYRA Bets | 80 SHARES Selections for July 15, 2023 at Saratoga Race Course from handicappers Matt Donato, Gene Kershner and Jeff Carle, along with the NYRA Bets Picks of the Day.
Saratoga Race Course: Handicapper picks for July 14, 2023
By Matt Donato, Gene Kershner, Jeff Carle and NYRA Bets | 80 SHARES Selections for July 14, 2023 at Saratoga Race Course from handicappers Matt Donato, Gene Kershner and Jeff Carle, along with the NYRA Bets Picks of the Day.
NYRA Announces Giveaways for 2023 Meet at Saratoga Race Course
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Racing Association today announced its lineup of four giveaways for the 2023 meet at historic Saratoga Race Course. All giveaways are free with paid admission, while supplies last. The 2023 Saratoga Race Course giveaway schedule is as follows: Friday, July 21: Cooler Jug Presented By NYRA Bets The first giveaway of the season is a Saratoga-branded, 64-ounce red and white cooler jug.
Meet the Contenders for the 2023 Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets is the third and final jewel of U.S. Thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown. The 1 ½ mile race is called the “Test of the Champion” and follows the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Preakness Stakes as the last stop on the Triple Crown.
NBC Analyst, Hall of Fame Jockey Bailey Talks Triple Crown Format, Evaluates Belmont Stakes
NBC Sports will provide comprehensive coverage of the 154th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, the 1 ½-mile “Test of the Champion” on Saturday at New York’s Belmont Park. The action begins on CNBC from 3-5 p.m. ET and continues on NBC from 5-7 p.m. ET. Retired Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, a two-time winner of the Belmont with Hansel in 1991 and with Empire Maker in 2003, is a prominent member of the network’s team.
Fox Sports Reaches Eight-Year Deal to Televise Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes – the third and final jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple crown – is on the move. Fox Sports has reached a deal to broadcast the Belmont Stakes beginning in 2023 in an agreement announced Jan. 5 and first reported by John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. According to Sports Business Journal, a “vast array of betting components” were integral in the eight-year deal with the New York Racing Association that moves the Belmont Stakes from NBC to Fox Sports through 2030.
Travers Analysis: Opportunity for Essential Quality to Put Away Peers in Title Chase
It is possible that 2-year-old champion Essential Quality already has done enough to again be voted at the top of his class with an Eclipse Award at 3. It is nearly certain he seals the deal with a victory in the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. There is only one mark against Godolphin’s homebred son of Tapit in five starts this season, but it occurred in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.
Photo Diary: A Morning with Belmont Stakes Runner Hot Rod Charlie
Hot Rod Charlie is among the favorites for this year’s Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, coming to New York on June 5. ABR’s Penelope Miller met up with the fan favorite on Thursday morning as he trained for the Test of the Champion. I arrived at Belmont bright (well, overcast) and early on Thursday morning and made my way to Barn 36, where trainer Doug O’Neill is housed for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
What’s New for 2021 Belmont Stakes Day
The Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets will once again welcome fans to its home in Elmont, N.Y., when the historic race resumes its normal spot as the third leg of the Triple Crown for its 2021 edition. Because of the ongoing pandemic, some aspects of the afternoon will look a little different from years past.
Belmont Stakes Racing Festival to include a host of two-day special wagers
Two-Day Pick 6 returns Friday, June 4 ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a selection of special wagers to be offered during the 2021 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The half dozen two-day wagers are highlighted by the return of the popular two-day Pick 6, which will open on Friday, June 4 and conclude with the 153rd running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on June 5.
2020 Kentucky Derby Data: How Fast the Contenders Finished
The Kentucky Derby is a handicapping challenge unlike any other. It’s the only race in North America where bettors must choose between 20 lightly-raced 3-year-olds traveling a testing 1 1/4-mile distance. It’s a recipe for surprising outcomes, as was the case in 2019, when 65.20-1 longshot Country House was elevated to victory via disqualification. But the 2020 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is going to look a bit different.
Best Of The Breeders’ Cup Presented By Brisnet: Dirt Mile And Defunct Races - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
The past decade or so has seen considerable expansion to the Breeders' Cup card. Some of the new races have stuck around, while others have been relegated to historical footnotes. In this edition of Best of the Breeders' Cup, we examine the top performers in some of those newer races, based on the highest winning BRIS Speed Ratings.
New Book Examines Cold Case Mystery Of Epsom Derby Winner Shergar - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
In 1981, Shergar won the Epsom Derby by ten lengths—the longest margin in the race's history. After winning a total of six races, his owner, the Aga Khan IV, chose to syndicate Shergar at Ballymany Stud in Ireland for £10 million, a substantially lower sum than if he had syndicated in the United States. Two years later, just as his second stud season was about to begin, Shergar was stolen from the Ballymany Stud, in County Kildare.
‘One Of The Best Horses I’d Ever Swung My Leg Over’; Next Shares Rewards Bloodstock Agent Meah’s Faith - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
Next Shares' impressive score in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 6 caught many off guard, as evidenced by the Archarcharch gelding's 23-1 odds, but David Meah saw it coming from 2,100 miles away. Eleven months earlier, Meah was seated in the Keeneland sales pavilion signing a $190,000 ticket for Next Shares late in the evening of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale's racing-age sessions.
2009 National Handicapping Tour Champ Bryan Wagner Dies At 75 - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
Bryan Wagner, a 12-time qualifier to the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) and the 2009 NHC Tour winner, passed away Sunday in Atlanta. He was 75. His wife, Judy Wagner, was at his side at the time of his death. The Wagners have been a constant and popular presence at the NHC and NHC qualifiers around the country since the event's inception in 1999. Bryan introduced Judy to the art of handicapping on a date at Fair Grounds Race Course in 1994.
Vino Rosso Kentucky Derby Bound After Wood Memorial Win
Vinnie Viola, part of the ownership group when Always Dreaming won last year’s Kentucky Derby, is Derby dreaming again. Viola watched in near disbelief as Vino Rosso allowed him to return to Churchill Downs with a legitimate shot at the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve for the second consecutive year when the colt posted a controversial three-length victory against Enticed in the Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Aqueduct.
Cosequin Presents Aftercare Spotlight: 'Better One Start Early Than One Start Too Late' - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
Tuttle and I Testify trail riding through Acadia National Park in Maine This summer as Chip Tuttle watches the last horses race around the Suffolk Downs oval, he will likely be reminded of a gutsy gelding that left the Suffolk Downs backside long ago, and who was and still is a true war horse in every sense of the word.
Tapwrit and Songbird, king and queen at Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y.- A dozen talented three years old, tried their luck and stamina in the 149th Running of the $1,500,000 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets, (GR I), Saturday, June 10, 2017, going one mile and one half in front of a crowd of 57,729, during the third day of the Belmont Stakes Festival.
Back to form in time
The $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by NYRA Bets (GR II), for three year-olds going 1 1/8 miles over a fast track at Aqueduct Racetrack, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, was won easily by isabelle de Tomasco's New Jersey-bred, Irish War Cry with Rajiv Maragh in the irons. The three year-old Curlin colt, trained by Graham Motion, hit the wire by 3 1/2 lengths over co-favorite, the Todd Pletcher trainee,Battalion Runner.
Aqueduct 04 April 2026
Please click on the “View Full Racecard & Odds” button to get the full racecard information. Racecard Settings Launch form in a pop-up 1 (1) 6354-13 i 1 Just Music 29 b m Audible - Nicholesluckycharm (Tiznow) 5 9-0 81 She has won four times from 1m to 1m 3f. Third of 4 behind Sailaway beaten 7l at 13-5 on her latest outing at Aqueduct over 1m 1f last month. Having her first run for a new stable today, previously with Linda Rice in United States.
All Races at Saratoga
Please click on the “View Full Racecard & Odds” button to get the full racecard information. Racecard Settings Launch form in a pop-up 1 (2) 9-14131 i 1 Save Us Melania 12 dk f Constitution - Wellington Beauty (Forestry) D 4 8-11 92 Winner of five races from 6f to 1m. Won on her latest outing when 5-6fav at Belmont At The Big A over 1m last month, beating Our Liberty Belle by 2l. Likely to feature in the finish.
All Races at Aqueduct
Please click on the “View Full Racecard & Odds” button to get the full racecard information. Racecard Settings Launch form in a pop-up 1 (1) 9/7 i 1 Fly'n Frisbee 20 dk g Maximus Mischief - Minutia (Concord Point) 4 8-13 37 Unplaced in both starts. Beaten 12l behind Schlomo at 80-1 when seventh of 9 on his latest outing at Aqueduct over 6f last month. Opposable.
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