Hold the Salsa

Capo Kane Wires Jerome

OZONE PARK, NY – Bing Cherry Racing and Leonard Liberto’s Capo Kane took the field gate to wire with a strong performance to win Friday’s $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct. Capo Kane broke from the…

Kentucky Derby

Jerome Preview: Let the Kentucky Derby Trail Begin!

Here we go! The 2021 Kentucky Derby season kicks off Friday at Aqueduct with the running of the $150,000 Jerome Stakes. The race drew a field of five entries all needing to prove themselves. The quest toward the ultimate prize begins in race eight and has a local post time… Read More

Race Recaps

Hold the Salsa closes curtain on fall stakes schedule with win in NYSSS Great White Way

OZONE PARK, NY – Hold the Salsa ran down Market Alert in the final furlong and fended off It’s Gravy’s late bid from the outside for a victory by a neck in Sunday’s $250,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series (NYSSS) Great White Way in the final stakes of the 18-day fall… Read More

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Dreamer’s Disease looks to get what he gives in NYSSS Great White Way

OZONE PARK, NY – After running sixth in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Dreamer’s Disease will make his Empire State debut and cut back to seven furlongs as part of Sunday’s $250,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series Great White Way for eligible state-sired 2-year-olds at Aqueduct Racetrack. One of three… Read More

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New York-Bred Stars Shine on Empire Showcase Day

ELMONT, NY – A total of 109 New York-bred horses competed across 11 races at Belmont Park on Saturday in the annual Empire Showcase Day, which includes 8 stakes totaling $1.2 million in purses. $175,000 Empire Classic Handicap Horses 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles on the dirt “The… Read More

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Hold the Salsa Wins Bertram Bongard

ELMONT, NY – Richard Lugovich homebred Hold the Salsa powered his way to the front in deep stretch to win Friday’s $100,000 Bertram F. Bongard Stakes at Belmont Park. Hold the Salsa broke from post 6 under Junior Alvarado at 7/1 odds and tracked from third while Half Right posted opening fractions… Read More

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Thin White Duke Breaks Maiden in Funny Cide

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Thin White Duke ensured Lookin for Trouble did not go station to station in the Funny Cide in Race 7, running down both Eagle Orb and the pacesetter from the outside in the stretch to break his maiden at fifth asking in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint for… Read More

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Jackie’s Warrior Runs Away in Saratoga Special

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Steve Asmussen’s “other” entry struck the front end early and ran away in the stretch to win Friday’s $150,000 Saratoga Special Stakes Presented by Miller Lite (G2). Brushing the gate while breaking from the far outside post 10 under Joel Rosario as the 3/1 second choice,… Read More

Race Previews

Saratoga Special Preview: Cazadero Tops Meet’s First Juvenile Graded Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Saratoga meet’s first graded event for juveniles kicks off when 11 well-meant young males – topped by the red-hot Cazadero – enter the gate for Friday’s $150,000 Saratoga Special Stakes Presented by Miller Lite (G2). The Saratoga Special is a 6-furlong dirt sprint restricted to 2-year-olds… Read More