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Not that it has a great deal at stake in terms of lost revenue but the New York Racing Association will do something many horseplayers have long espoused when Aqueduct opens at month’s end. With the shift of racing from Belmont to South Ozone Park, NYRA...
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The state sent the New York Racing Association $105 million on Friday and is now the undisputed owner of Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course (more than 900 acres of real estate that includes), which the government will lease back to the operator...
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Following the recommendation of the Thoroughbred Safety Committee of The Jockey Club, toe grabs with a height greater than two millimeters (.07874 inches) on front horseshoes will be banned from all horses racing at Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park...
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Interesting that a pamphlet – Guest Service Tool – distributed to employees of the New York Racing Association is written in both English and Spanish. Cultural diversity and political correctness aside, why would NYRA hire non-English speaking people...
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In his final breeze for the Sunday's Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, Big Brown breezed three furlongs in an unhurried :38 3/5 over the Aqueduct turf course. Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. said the Boundary colt will ship to Monmouth on Saturday morning...
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From NYRA Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown breezed six furlongs in 1:10.86 under exercise rider Michelle Nevin this morning at Aqueduct Racetrack, his best move since returning to training following the June 7 Belmont Stakes. “Every work...
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After having taken of few days off before the annual pilgrimage to the Spa, returned news of funeral plans for Luke Kruytbosch, who was not only an extreemely talented race caller but a genuinely nice man and disturbing reports of the dismissal of Larry...
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Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown breezed five-furlongs in 1:02 4/5 on Monday at at Aqueduct, singificantly faster than 1:06 3/5 canter last week, his first work since the Belmont Stakes trainwreck, but every stopwatch in Queens remains in...
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Contrary to upstate news reports, there will be no synthetic surfaces at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga in the foreseeable future, which includes the lifetimes of your great grandchildren. That’s the good news. From the New York Racing Association’s perspective...
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(Note: The video lottery terminal crowd, which can be categorized as blue-haired, may not be quite comfortable with the Hard Rock ambiance. Obviously, SL Green has fallen short of due diligence when surveying the potential audience. This is not an under...
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Harlem Rocker may be a bit short of seasoning to inspire his connections to consider the Preakness but indicated in Saturday’s Withers Stakes at Aqueduct that he may be a good deal more than a pure miler. Though J Be K, the odds-on favorite, had nothing...
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By Jason Blewitt/ NYRA A double dose of stakes action on Saturday, the penultimate day of fhs spring meeting at Aqueduct. The Withers, for three-year-olds, a race won by eventual Preakness champ Bernardini two years ago, and the Beaugay for fillies and...
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Todd Pletcher has Polytrack figured out, taking the Lexington Stakes yesterday at Keeneland with 5-1 Behindatthebar, who is now three-for-four over synthetic footing. A week ago, Pletcher sent out the first two to finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. This...
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Heavy rains overnight continuing into Friday prompted New York Racing Association officials to cancel racing in the interest of preserving the surface for Saturday’s 11-race program anchored by four stakes including the Grade 1 Wood Memorial and Carter...
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With a weather front approaching New York, the racetrack at Aqueduct was sealed tight and rolled after the last race on Thursday. The combination of rain and heavy equipment will do nothing to rectify the pronounced inside speed bias that has prevailed...
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