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When a Sir Mark Prescott newcomer comes in for money, you know it's a classy animal and Moon Target (Cracksman) delivered the gamble in style on debut at Newmarket on Saturday. Prominent throughout under Oisin Murphy, Cheveley Park's 5-2 favourite who hails from the family of Frankel's Inspiral turned the two-year-old fillies' seven-furlong maiden into a procession when scoring by 5 1/2 lengths. Oh, hello …. (Cracksman) dazzles on debut in the @Juddmonte @BritishEBF fillies' maiden @NewmarketRace @HeathHouseNkt | @CPStudOfficial pic.twitter.com/cvtKxIVPut — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 19, 2025 The post Cracksman’s Moon Target Impresses At Newmarket appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) have placed a group of horses located in Barn 28 at Saratoga Race Course under quarantine due to a suspected case of strangles, which includes La Cara (Street Sense) who was scratched from the GI CCA Oaks, the track said in a press release on Saturday morning. The 4-year-old filly [Surprenant Cocca (Catholic Boy)], who is trained by Mike Maker and stabled in Barn 28, presented symptoms early Saturday, July 19 and has been transported offsite for additional testing. Horses in Barn 28 will not be permitted to enter races or train among the general horse population at this time. The barn, which also contains several horses trained by Mark Casse, will be placed under quarantine until test results are received and additional guidance is provided. Besides La Cara, Casse's other horse at Saratoga that will be scratched on Saturday appears in race seven–first-time starter Our Magical Moon (Good Magic). Also in the GII United Nations Stakes at Monmouth, Casse's Spa shippers Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro) and Get Smokin (Get Stormy) were scratched. Co-owner Ironhorse Racing Stable said in a post on X that “Get Smokin, who is doing terrific heading into today's United Nations Stakes at MonmouthPark, has been scratched due to the quarantine situation at Saratoga, where he was shipping in from this morning. He is happy and healthy and looking forward to his next start.” NYRA and the NYSGC implemented standard infectious disease protocols including restricting access to the horses in the affected barns, establishing a 24-hour security watch, mandating regular temperature checks for the horses in that barn and enacting biosecurity measures for all individuals requiring access to Barn 28. Strangles is a contagious bacterial infection that generally affects a horse's respiratory system and causes symptoms similar to those of strep throat in humans. When properly diagnosed and treated, strangles is not considered a life-threatening infection and horses recover fully. Beyond the quarantine protocols currently in place, NYRA has enacted no additional restrictions over shipping horses in and out of Saratoga. NYRA will provide updates as appropriate. Get Smokin, who is doing terrific heading into today's United Nations Stakes @MonmouthPark has been scratched due to the quarantine situation at Saratoga, where he was shipping in from this morning. He is happy and healthy and looking forward to his next start. — Ironhorse Racing Stable (@racingwithihr) July 19, 2025 The post Quarantine Issued On Barn 28 At Saratoga, CCA Oaks Entrant La Cara And Pair Of Casse Runners At Monmouth Scratched appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It might not have resembled a Classic on paper, but Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks at least produced a stirring finish as Minnie Hauk (Frankel) overwhelmed her only serious rival Wemightakedlongway (Australia). Giving the impression as she had at Epsom that she does only just enough, the 2-11 favourite had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over the Oaks fourth, with Ballydoyle's pacemaker Island Hopping (Wootton Bassett) 2 1/2 lengths back in third. So tough. So good … Wemightakedlongway was ultra-game, but becomes the 16th filly to complete the English/Irish Oaks double pic.twitter.com/5hYw6Scbe3 — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 19, 2025 The post Job Done For Minnie Hauk As Oaks Double Completed appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fresh off their 4,000th and 2,600th victories, respectively, trainer Mark Casse and D. J. Stable will try to add to those lofty achievements in Sunday's C$500,000 Woodbine Oaks. Casse, who is looking to tie trainer Jim Day as a five-time winner of the nine-furlong contest, has no fewer than five chances, two of which are campaigned by the Green family. Winterberry (Frosted) has won half of her six trips to the post, including last year's seven-furlong Glorious Song Stakes as a short-priced favorite and a latest pillar-to-post success in the restricted Fury Stakes June 7, also going seven panels. The $210,000 Keeneland September purchase tries two turns and a distance beyond a mile for the first time from an awkward gate in 11 on Sunday, but her Hall(s) of Fame conditioner is cautiously optimistic. “She is interesting in that we thought all along that she was a sprinter,” said Casse. “But she has really matured. She was scratched twice before she ever ran because of her antics. I talked to [jockey] Patrick [Husbands] the other day after he worked her, and he told me that she is a different horse. I know that he is excited about her running. “Winterberry may keep going. She is coming into the Oaks better than ever. I am still not 100% sure she can get the mile and an eighth, but she is very talented.” Husbands has ridden three of Casse's four Oaks winners, including Gary Barber's next-out Queen's Plate heroine Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in 2014. Barber is represented Sunday by the rail-drawn War Signal (War of Will). D. J.'s Shifty (Medaglia d'Oro), a $350,000 Fasig-Tipton October acquisition, is the morning-line 5-2 favorite from the five hole with 2023 Oaks-winning jockey Sahin Civaci at the controls. Winner of the grassy Catch a Glimpse Stakes on the grass last season, she bossed an allowance field on the synth by 9 1/2 lengths on seasonal debut May 11, but exits a one-paced third at 2-5 in the Fury. “Shifty is probably the most talented [of the group],” said Casse. “She has her quirks. If she can settle and get into a good rhythm, she will be tough. She's very talented.” Those looking for longer-priced chances could be drawn to Innisfree Isle (Bolt d'Oro), well beaten on sprint debut May 25, but a visually impressive winner over a mile and a sixteenth June 21. In a race that looks to have a fair bit of speed, the $75,000 FTKOCT grad may find the race shape to her liking. The post Casse, D. J. Stable Looking For More In Woodbine Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coolmore's True Love (No Nay Never) shed maiden status in last month's G3 Albany Stakes and overpowered three colts to become the first filly since Eva Luna in 1994 to annex Saturday's G2 GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh. Stalking the leading duo in a handy third through the opening fractions, the 1-2 favourite glided forward from halfway to assume control approaching the final furlong and powered clear in style to easily account for stablemate Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett) by an impressive five lengths. Queen Mary heroine – a rare filly to even run in the @GAINEquine Railway Stakes @curraghrace – follows in the estimable hoofprints of stablemate and last year's winner Henri Matisse @Ballydoyle | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/clJc9kfXrD — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 19, 2025 The post True Love Impresses With Five Length Railway Stakes Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Aidan O'Brien had annexed six of the last 10 renewals of the Curragh's Juddmonte Chaldean Irish EBF Maiden, including with The Lion In Winter last year, and added another to his resume when the once-raced New Zealand (Frankel) led home a stable trifecta in this year's edition. “He's a lovely big horse, but he hasn't a clue what he's doing yet,” said O'Brien. “He's massive, with the power and the size of him, and we'll go gentle and let him come on. He learned a lot from the first day, we liked him before that, but he was a little bit slow away and was very green. He's a big horse and he's all power. I know he's not short of speed but he looks like a big middle-distance horse. He's a brave devil too.” The 10-11 pick, a G2 Futurity Stakes and G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry, had previously finished seventh behind the TDN Rising Star display of the yard's Dorset (Wootton Bassett) over the same seven-furlong strip last month and was rousted from the gates to gain an early advantage in this return. Holding sway throughout, he came under pressure at the intersection with the round course and kept on in relentless fashion under a Ryan Moore drive inside the final quarter-mile to hold stablemates Isaac Newton (Camelot) and Action (Frankel) by a nose and a half-length. A @Ballydoyle 1-2-3 in the @JuddmonteFarms Chaldean @IrishEBF_ Maiden Action and Isaac Newton caught the eye, but held sway under Ryan Moore. The Lion In Winter, Henry Longfellow, Mac Swiney, New Approach and Teofilo have all won this race pic.twitter.com/P3aW8OFB1z — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 19, 2025 New Zealand is the third foal and scorer thrown by G3 Albany Stakes victrix and G1 Prix Morny and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes placegetter Different League (Dabirsim), herself a half-sister to the dam of stakes-winning G2 Criterium de Maisons Laffitte third Une Pointure (Dabirsim). The February-foaled bay is full to a yearling colt and a weanling filly. He is also kin to G3 Chester Vase runner-up Agenda (Galileo). The post National Stakes Entry New Zealand Digs Deep for Curragh Maiden Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Dylan Ferguson admits Crackerjack is going to need to improve to warrant racing our best three-year-old trotters again this season. The good thing is Ferguson thinks that improvement is almost certain. The three-year-old recorded the third win of his career with perfect manners in his Classique Landscapers Metro Trotters Heat at Alexandra Park on Friday night, skying away to an easy win with Dylan’s father Peter in the sulky. Being a Metro Trot heat the next target for Crackerjack is an easy decision, the $35,000 final next Friday but what comes later will be up to the son of Majestic Son himself. Crackerjack was initially rated an average to better than average three-year-old by Dyan and wife/training partner Jo but when his improvement curve started they chanced their arm in the Northern Trotting Derby. “That kicked his arse a bit so we have taken things along quietly getting him back to where he is now,” says Ferguson. “So we won’t be rushing to be taking on Meant To Be [Derby winner] any time soon and he will have to show us he is at that level before we would plan to go down south. “But we don’t really need to travel too much with him. “He can race for almost $20,000 any week we like at Alexandra Park and would be qualified for the Golden Gait series so he has a lot of options here. “He is a typical trotter and getting him to this stage has been a lot about maturity and the top two inches and now that is coming right we think he will keep improving.” Ferguson says Crackerjack is “three-quarters owned in Australia” so that is another option for him eventually but he and Jo will have no shortage of horses in training regardless of where Friday night’s winner ends up in a year or so. “We have 18 in work now which is actually too many for winter but a few months ago we have 25 and that is the sort of summer numbers we want to be training so we are getting plenty of support.” Crackerjack started a night of Waikato domination of the Alexandra Park trotting events with Dragonstone and Con Grazia Love also winning their features. Dragonstone showed ability for trainer Arna Donnelly last season and looks to have strengthened with how she won the second Metro heat in very similar front-running fashion, albeit more narrowly, than Crackerjack. And fellow Waikato mare Con Grazia Love was dazzling winning the main trot after being backed into hot favouritism. Her front line ace drawn was of no use as she was last of the bunch with 500m to go but unwound brilliantly in the hands of Emily Johnson for a stunning victory. The night also saw star driver Zachary Butcher move to 1100 career New Zealand wins with Tyson in the opening event. View the full article

by Michael Guerin One Mhor For Heather is doing exactly what was named to do. And that is win races so her owners could remember and celebrate in the name of the late harness racing owner Heather Williams. Heather, with her husband Lex, raced some wonderful horses before Heather sadly passed in November 2020. One of thosd good horses they owned together was One Over Da Moon, the Jewels winner of his juvenile year, who has since stood at stud and sired some smart trotters. Enter the fray Heather’s friends Linda and Neil Carter, who lived just up the road from Lex and Heather in Timaru. The Williams owned Leithe Ellen and bred from her with some success before she started to struggle to get into foal. The Carters took the mare over and Heather talked them into sending her to One Over Da Moon. The result is One Mhor For Heather, who took out the $34,000 Silk Road Winter Series Final at Addington on Friday night. Trained and driven by Robbie Holmes the four-year-old mare overcame a 10m handicap with a great beginning and eventually ended up trailing leader Priness Sadie before getting up inside her on the passing lane. It was her fourth career win at start 21 and every one of them does what Linda Carter intended when she named the horse. “This filly was only born a month before Heather died,” says Carter. “We got the mare off her and it was Heather who talked us into going to One Over Da Moon so I told her I would name it after her. “The Mhor part comes from the Scottish/Gaelic word meaning ‘great’ and the rest of the name is pretty self explanatory. “So obviously every time she races we remember Heather, who was such a lovely person. “We have a great bunch of owners in her, including Les, and we are loving having her. “To have her going so well and winning a race like this is a bonus.” While One Mhor For Heather was the emotional story of the night the numbers game was won by Team Telfer, as many punters expected it would be. They trained four winners at Addington, all driven by Tim Williams, including Slots who was professional in the main pace. Add that to the three winners they had at Alexandra Park and one on Thursday night at Cambridge and they are now 24 wins clear in the national trainer’s premiership with no end in sight to their winter of wonder. View the full article

by Michael Guerin Champion trainer Mark Purdon worries he may be all out of Inter Dominion miracles. Purdon and son Nathan take Oscar Bonavena to Albion Park in Brisbane tonight for the A$500,000 Inter Dominion Trotting Final, the veteran trotter joining fellow Kiwi trotter Bet N Win in giving New Zealand a great chance of winning the 3157m mobile iconic event. The only problem is Oscar Bonavena has finished just seventh and sixth in his two heats of the series, hardly Inter Dominion winning form, and he will need a special type of form turnaround tonight. Lucky for him Purdon specializes in Inter Dominion heroics, his history in the Trans Tasman harness racing carnival quite unbelievable. His first ever Interdom win came as a driver for his late father Roy and brother Barry when Mark Hanover won the Pacing Final at Alexandra Park 34 years ago. Think what you were doing 34 years ago. That is how long Purdon has been winning Inter Dominions. Mark trained the trotting series winner three years in a row between 1996 and 1998 with Pride Of Petite twice and Buster Hanover once, Pride Of Petite’s second win in Adelaide one of the most freakish performances in the history of the Inter Dominions. I Can Doosit went back to back in the Trotters Final for Purdon in 2011-12, while he trained Smolda to come from last to win at Gloucester Park (another miracle) in 2016 before Lazarus beat the Aussies up in the final at the same venue the next year. In 2019 Purdon doubled down, winning both the Pacing and Trotting Finals with Ultimate Sniper and Winterfell. So if anybody can cajole a tricky trotter into winning tonight it is Purdon. But even he admits Oscar Bonavena has him flummoxed as Oscar, like many humans, gets more eccentric with age. “Before last week’s heat he was trotting beautifully at home and I thought he’d win,” says Purdon. “So to see him trot that badly early stunned me. “Maybe it is just him being cunning as he has got older and he does serve [impregnate] mares as well as racing and maybe that hasn’t helped his concentration. “I have no doubts he could win on is best behaviour but he has let me down too many times this last year to totally trust him.” Oscar Bonavena may be suited by drawing the unruly (second line) tonight in the hope his rivals go hard, struggle with the long distance, and he can swoop late. That is probably how he is most potent but also a very rare path to winning a major harness race these days. Bet N Win is therefore the more logical of the two Kiwi hopes, unbeaen in the heats with perfect manners and driver Bob Butt in form. While New Zealand had no reps in the A$1million Pacing Final (11.10pm NZ time) punters who make it that far into the night will at least get to see a true champion in Leap To Fame, who looks unbeatable on his home track, with Captains Knock the best place bet at $3. New Zealand is also represented by Captains Mistress in the Queensland Oaks and Rubira for the Purdons in the Queensland Derby. View the full article

Handy mare Shelbyrock’n (NZ) (Rock ‘N’ Pop) continued the winning run of pacemakers at New Plymouth on Saturday when she streeted her rivals by more than fifteen lengths in the last race on the card, the Seaton Park 1600 (1600m). The 2023 Interprovincial (1600m) winner on the track has always been a difficult customer to head off when she can get terms to her liking out in front and rider Ellie Sole made full use of the seven-year-old mare’s front running ability as she led clearly from the minute the starting barriers opened. All but one of the winners on the seven-race card won from in front and that played into the hands of Sole and her mount as Shelbyrock’n travelled sweetly before applying the pressure with 700m to run to quickly put her nearest challengers under duress as she dashed away by five lengths on the home bend. Sole kept her mount up to the mark as she maintained a strong gallop to bolt in and register her sixth career victory for trainer Shane Brown and owners Lyn Anstis and Ray Small. Sole had won earlier in the day aboard the Tawhiti Hina- trained Charm Zafarm (NZ) (Charm Spirit) with a similar effort and was confident of a good performance when she was legged aboard Shelbyrock’n in the birdcage. “She was a lot quieter today when I got on her and once we cleared the gates so well I knew she was ready for a big effort,” said Sole. “She just travelled so sweetly and when I let her slide she was full of running. In the straight I was too scared to look behind me as I wasn’t sure who was chasing but when I got back to the jockey’s room and saw the replay I couldn’t believe just how far in front we were. “She just relished the track conditions after struggling at Trentham last time and when she can get her own way in front she just fights and fights. “Rounding the home bend, she was going that well I was pretty sure she was the winner but I wasn’t taking any chances.” Bred by Waikato Stud out of the Pins mare Joy (NZ), Shelbyrock’n has now won six of her 35 starts and more than $168,000 in prizemoney. Her granddam is the Centaine mare Gio (NZ), the dam of Group Three winner Crepe De Chine (NZ) (Pins). View the full article

The rookie pair of Joshua Brown (NZ) (Dalghar) and his owner-trainer Lance Gussey took out one of New Zealand racing’s biggest winter prizes in Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth. Things have happened quickly for Joshua Brown, who made his debut only 15 months ago in April 2024, and also for Cambridge-based Gussey and his wife Angela. With only five horses in work, Gussey now boasts four wins from just 20 career starters. Gussey is continuing the thoroughbred legacy of his late father, Joshua Brown’s breeder Ron Gussey. Joshua Brown gave the younger Gussey his first training success at Rotorua in May of last year, followed by two more at Te Rapa in September and June. But Saturday’s black-type triumph towers above them all. “That was amazing,” Gussey said. “Lynsey Satherley gave him a perfect ride and the horse did us proud. It’s a great feeling. “The horse has come a long way in quite a short time. He’s a bit of a hard horse to get a line on when he’s fit, but I think he’s fit now! “I really don’t know where we’ll go with him from here. We’ll have to talk about it and make a plan. This was the race we were targeting, and we’ve done it, so I think we’ll just enjoy that for now.” Saturday’s Opunake Cup was the 13th start of Joshua Brown’s career. The Dalghar gelding has now won on four occasions, placed in another three and has banked $149,540 in stakes. Drawn the outside gate in an 11-horse Opunake Cup field, Joshua Brown broke only fairly and eased back to settle in second-last. With leaders having won all of the previous five races on the card, that seemed to be far from an ideal place to be. But Satherley allowed the five-year-old to roll forward midway through the race, improving around the outside of the field and drawing up alongside the leader Spencer (NZ) (Derryn) before the home turn. Joshua Brown pounced and took command in the straight, pulling ahead of a tiring Spencer. Soldier Boy (NZ) (Proisir) emerged as a big threat with powerful late finish down the outside, but Joshua Brown saw him coming and lifted again. He kicked away in the final 75m and won by a length with his ears pricked. “This means a lot,” said Satherley, who has ridden Joshua Brown in all but one of his 13 starts. “He’s a champion horse for champion people. They’ve been loyal to me and this horse has been great. “He’s not the easiest. He’s probably one of the hardest horses I’ve ever dealt with. You’d never get an exhibition gallop out of him, and some days we’re lucky if we can even gallop him. But he’s got a ton of ability and he’s done it pretty easily today. He doesn’t even really know what he’s done. “It was a muddling race, they didn’t seem to really know what they were doing, so I just kept him happy. He’s a horse you’ve got to keep happy. “He rolled around them easily. To be fair, he probably could have won by more, but he does wait for them. “I don’t really like travelling, so I probably wouldn’t have come down this far today if I didn’t rate this horse highly. It was well worth it for him. “He’s got a bright future. You’ve just got to play around with this horse. He’s not Mr Easy. You’ve got to keep him happy and let him think he’s winning.” View the full article

New Plymouth trainer Tawhiti Hina saddled back-to-back winners on his home track on Saturday with full-sisters Za Spirit (NZ) (Charm Spirit) and Charm Zafarm (NZ) (Charm Spirit). Hina has seven horses in training and had won nine races in his career before Saturday’s dream afternoon. He had trained two winners in a day once before, with Side Piece (NZ) (Jon Snow) and Summer Breeze (NZ) (Zed) combining for a pair of victories in $17,000 maiden races at Waverley on April 21. But Saturday’s heroics in races worth $50,000 and $40,000 were on a whole new level. “I’m really, really happy,” Hina said. “The season has been going well, and this is my second double. I’m just absolutely grateful to everyone that’s backed me and given me a horse to train.” Za Spirit was the first cab off the rank in the $50,000 Sandfords Rural Carriers (1200m). Overlooked as a $22 outsider in a field dominated by $1.80 favourite Ma Te Wa (NZ) (Time Test), the five-year-old mare was pushed forward by jockey Kavish Chowdhoory and found the front after a keen early battle for the lead. Chowdhoory was able to give the mare a breather coming down the side of the track, then began to crank her up again before the home turn. Za Spirit’s efforts began to take their toll in the straight, with Ma Te Wa eating into the margin with big strides late in the piece, but Za Spirit clung on to win by a half-head. “That was a really nice effort,” Hina said. “She’s such a cool horse who just loves racing and tries really hard. “She’s owned locally by a bunch of family members. They were the first people to give me a horse to train, and she was my very first winner, so it’s awesome. Now I’ve got five horses for them. I’m really grateful for their support. “The plan was to go to the front. She hates wet tracks, so we were just hoping she could hold on as long as she could.” Za Spirit is by Charm Spirit out of the Savabeel mare Zafrenzy. From 23 starts, Za Spirit has recorded three wins, three seconds and seven thirds. She has earned $101,590. Around 40 minutes later, the spotlight shifted to Za Spirit’s younger sister Charm Zafarm. The four-year-old was more prominent in the betting market at $5.10, and she romped to a runaway win in the $40,000 Delaval Coastal Agri (1400m). Apprentice jockey Elle Sole also adopted front-running tactics, taking up the lead within the first 100m of the race. It was a one-horse race from there as she powered clear down the back of the track. Charm Zafarm never slowed down and the chasers never had a look in. The local mare charged down the straight and crossed the finish line seven and a quarter lengths ahead of the runner-up Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test). “When Elle got so far out in front, I briefly thought, ‘Oh, slow down a bit,’ but she’s a horse that needs to roll along,” Hina said. “When I saw how well she was travelling, I started to think we might be able to win it. “I think that’s how you have to ride this track today – get out in front and hope you can hang on.” Charm Zafarm has had 19 starts for two wins, four seconds, three thirds and $66,480 in stakes. “She’s had a few niggles along the way,” Hina said. “She ran a really good race for me on debut as a two-year-old, then went up north and was trained up there for a while. She came back to me and we’ve had a few issues with her. We’ve pieced everything together now and fixed the problems. Hopefully we’re on the right track.” Sole is forming a highly successful partnership with the stable. She has had 17 rides on Hina-trained runners for four wins and four placings. “He’s been very good to me,” Sole said. “He helps me out a lot and I’m super grateful to him. “This mate can be a bit naughty in the gates, so the plan was just to hope she jumped well and then try to run them ragged. That’s what she did. I was very relieved when she jumped cleanly. I was like, ‘Oh, thank goodness.’ “She just travelled super from there, so I thought I might as well try to get a bit of a kick on them. I couldn’t hear anything coming in the straight.” View the full article

Ace Lawson-Carroll completed his first 50-win season with an early double at Rotorua on Saturday, including a perfectly judged front-running ride on Diomedes (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) in the Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua (1560m). The 20-year-old apprentice went into Saturday’s meeting with 48 wins to his name from 609 rides this season. That put him in 17th on the national premiership. He was ranked fourth among apprentices behind Lily Sutherland (64 wins), Triston Moodley (52) and Amber Riddell (50). Lawson-Carroll moved to 49 with a four-length victory on favourite Moelle (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the Rotorua ITM (1400m), and then Diomedes helped him hit the half-century in Saturday’s $40,000 open handicap feature. Diomedes broke well from gate two and strode forward to take up the early lead. He had company for some of the back straight as Solidify (NZ) (Redwood), who had been over-racing, moved up alongside him. But Lawson-Carroll began to increase the tempo from the turn out of the back straight, shaking free and pinching a break on his opposition. Diomedes rounded the home corner with a big margin up his sleeve, and despite solid chasing efforts by Solidify and Nigella Lane (NZ) (Niagara) down the straight, he never looked like being caught. Diomedes crossed the finish line three lengths in front. “I thought he’d be a good chance today, he’s got nice wet-track form,” Lawson-Carroll said. “It was a matter of giving him a comfortable enough run, then getting the revs up early and putting away the field.” The Kurtis Pertab-trained Diomedes has now had 23 starts for four wins, seven placings and $76,190 in stakes. The six-year-old son of Echoes Of Heaven is raced by his breeders, Sandy Schlaepfer and Julie Young. “This horse had been racing really consistently and has kept putting in good performances,” Pertab said. “He’s up in the grades a bit now and needs to have everything go his way. He got that today, so we’re really happy. “Ace rode him bang-on. He just kept improving at the right time without really going for him. He doesn’t have much of a sprint on him any more, getting a bit older and long in the tooth, but he can keep up a strong gallop. Ace gave him a perfect ride. “He’s an old warhorse and it’s nice to have horses like him in the stable.” View the full article

A well timed run by rider Michael McNab aboard the lightly raced Jelly Roll (NZ) (Swiss Ace) paved the way for the four-year-old to break his maiden status in spectacular style at Rotorua on Saturday. The Samantha Logan-trained and owned son of Swiss Ace was having just his third start and had looked a galloper of some promise when finishing fourth in both of those efforts. With the Heavy 10 rated Rotorua track expected to play in favour of those handy to the pace for the first few races, the chances of Jelly Roll appeared to be in jeopardy when he flopped out of the barrier and settled in the last three for McNab. Even approaching the 600m when McNab asked for an effort to circle the field, the gelding looked to have his work cut out for him as the free-going Brego (NZ) (Belardo) was pinging along in front with race favourite Litteral (NZ) (Redwood) and the well supported Zerre (NZ) (Zacinto) hot on his tail rounding the home bend. McNab didn’t give up though as Jelly Roll found a nice strip of ground out in the middle of the track and he powered home in the closing stages to grab Litteral right on the line to post his first victory. Logan was thrilled with the performance after making the tough decision to start in the shorter maiden 1215m contest as opposed to the maiden 1400m one race later. “It was a last minute decision and a hard one to make, but I rang Ralph Manning and he said go race one so I have Ralph to thank,” Logan said. “I was a bit worried when he walked out of the gates as he probably needed the 1400m but that is why Michael is the best as he didn’t panic, brought him to the outside and he finished off really well. “I’ve always been happy with the horse as he such a neat little horse to have around and we have made him a bit of a pet. “It has just taken a little while for the penny to drop with him.” McNab was succinct in his summing up of the race. “They went along at a nice even clip and didn’t take the speed out of the race at any time,” he said. “That meant I was able to be really strong late in the piece on a very heavy track.” Out of the Captain Rio mare Icing On The Cake (NZ), Jelly Roll comes from an extended family that includes Group One performers Legs (NZ) (Pins), Sixty Seconds (NZ) (Centaine) and Guyno (NZ) (O’Reilly). View the full article

The recipient of a textbook, ground-saving ride from Hector Berrios, Game Warrior (Game Winner) threaded the needle in the stretch and outbattled an unlucky Iron Man Cal (Collected) to the line in the traditional opening-day feature of the Del Mar summer meeting, the restricted Oceanside Stakes. Equipped with the blinkers that were removed for the first time in his career when a closing third to Day and Age (Omaha Beach) as the tepid favorite in a one-mile Santa Anita allowance on June 13, the dark bay colt was allowed to find his footing and settled in the latter third of the field, a spot or two ahead of odds-on Iron Man Cal, who was ridden cold one from the tail after stumbling very badly from gate three. Traveling nicely into the final three furlongs, Game Warrior pinched ground at the fence and moved into striking position before taking a narrow gap between pacesetting Kale's Angel (Complexity) and Cali Cat (American Pharoah) in upper stretch. In the meantime, Iron Man Cal went for a run up the fence and was more or less on even terms with the eventual winner in the final 50 yards before just being outgamed. Lyle the Crocodile (Ire) (Inns of Court {Ire}) was also off to a slow beginning, but rallied down the center for a slice. A maiden winner in six trips to the races last season, Game Warrior belied odds of 34-1 to complete the exacta in the Feb. 16 Baffle Stakes down the hillside turf course ahead of a fourth in the Mar. 22 Rushaway Stakes over the Turfway synthetic. The $52,000 KEESEP yearling turned $200,000 OBSMAR breezer was fourth and not beaten far in the Cinema Stakes at Santa Anita May 11 prior to the aforementioned allowance. The fourth stakes winner for his Lane's End-based sire, Game Warrior hails from the female family of Lady Samuri (First Samurai), the SW & GSP dam of treble graded-stakes winner Last Samurai (Malibu Moon) and SW Candy Raid (Candy Ride {Arg}). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. CAESARS SPORTSBOOK OCEANSIDE S., $102,500, Del Mar, 7-18, (C), 3yo, 1mT, 1:36.32, fm. 1–GAME WARRIOR, 120, c, 3, by Game Winner 1st Dam: Le Mi Geaux (GSW, $171,390), by First Samurai 2nd Dam: Message Red, by Cryptoclearance 3rd Dam: Redeye Rain, by Instrument Landing 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($52,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $200,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). O-Jethorse LLC; B-George W Ruggiero (KY); T-Peter Miller; J-Hector Isaac Berrios. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 11-2-1-2, $159,075. 2–Iron Man Cal, 124, c, 3, Collected–Joyful Dreams, by Kitten's Joy. ($130,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Little Red Feather Racing & Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $20,000. 3–Lyle The Crocodile (Ire), 120, g, 3, Inns of Court (Ire)–Miriam's Song (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. (€4,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR2). O-CYBT, McLean Racing Stables, Michael Nentwig, Ray Pagano & Jeremy Peskoff; B-Jerry Murphy (IRE); T-Philip D'Amato. $12,000. Margins: HF, NK, HD. Odds: 19.30, 0.50, 10.10. Also Ran: Artislas, Cali Cat, Day and Age, Incanto (Ire), Kale's Angel, Bodi Zafa, Mala. Charging up! @HIBerrios & Game Warrior slip through traffic to capture the @CaesarsSports Oceanside Stakes. pic.twitter.com/xOaQzADgkp — Del Mar Racetrack (@DelMarRacing) July 19, 2025 The post Game Winner’s Game Warrior Prevails In the Oceanside appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple graded winner Mo Plex (Complexity) continued his preparations for the GII Jim Dandy Stakes Friday morning at Saratoga while MGSW Echo Sound (Echo Town) has her eyes on the GI Test Stakes with her own move over the Oklahoma training track. New York-bred Mo Plex went out on Saratoga's main track Friday morning for a half-mile work in :48.84 (22/74) for trainer Jeremiah Englehart. The solo work under Manny Franco, who will have the call in the Jim Dandy, was exactly what the conditioner wanted to see. “The plan was nice and easy this week into the race next week,” Englehart said of the work. “He's been uber aggressive, so I thought Manny did a pretty good job to get him to settle. At the quarter-pole he was wanting to go, go, go and he got him to relax a little bit. All in all I thought that was pretty good.” The field for the major local prep for the GI Travers Stakes is mighty itself as the potential presence of 'TDN Rising Star' dual Grade I Classic winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief) looms large ahead of the confirmation stage. The likes of 'Rising Stars' MGISP Baeza (McKinzie); GSW & GISP Hill Road (Quality Road); and crowd favorite GISW Sandman (Tapit) are also potentials to make the gate. “It's obviously going to be a challenge. It's always tough to run against a horse like Sovereignty, but when you have one that hopefully can compete with him, you look forward to these opportunities.” Echo Sound Leads George Arnold Duo for Test Echo Sound with Luis Saez up | Sarah Andrew Echo Sound went out for a solo first work over the Oklahoma training track Friday morning, covering the half-mile in :50.49 (30/33) with Luis Saez aboard, as she continues her march to the GI Test Stakes Aug. 2 at Saratoga. Having arrived from Keeneland before stablemate Kilwin (Twirling Candy), who will be making the trip up to New York Monday, the George Arnold trainee's move went all according to plan. “Luis breezed her and said he was very happy with the work. Everything is on schedule,” said Arnold over the phone from Kentucky. Arnold added that Kilwin would work at Keeneland Sunday before joining Echo Sound at Saratoga for the Test. The daughter of Twirling Candy started her career on the turf, including running second to 'TDN Rising Star' GSW Shisospicy (Mitole) in the GIII Mamzelle Stakes May 10, but so impressed her connections with her 1 1/4-length win last out June 8 in the Leslie's Lady Stakes that they opted to give her a shot at the elite level on the main track. “It was a pretty good race,” said Arnold, with a laugh. “We decided to try her on the dirt once and it went the right way. She came out of it good, and she'll also run in the Test. I wish they weren't in the same spot, but they are–it's a good problem to have.” Thorpedo Anna on Track for Personal Ensign, Future Targets Unknown for Mystik Dan Having arrived at The Spa July 10, 'TDN Rising Star' Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) is settling into a routine as she preps for her anticipated start in the GI Personal Ensign Stakes Aug. 23. “She's doing good and we're getting her into a routine here,” Kenny McPeek said, adding that it was good to see her return to the form he'd grown accustomed to. “I thought the race on Derby week was just a shame because she just got mugged. It wasn't her, and she came out of it fine, it's just what could go wrong did. She's certainly far from done.” Last year's GI Kentucky Derby hero Mystik Dan (Goldencents) arrived on the same day as his most famous stablemate, but with less firm plans on his future. McPeek said that plans are to be determined for the Classic winner. “He's training good and I haven't really decided where I'm pointing him to yet. He's going to run in something important later in the season.” The post Saratoga Updates: Mo Plex Tunes Up for Jim Dandy, Echo Sound on Track for Test appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Walmac Farm's freshman sire Core Beliefs was represented by his first winner with his first starter when the 2-year-old filly Nour scored on debut in a $25,000 maiden claiming race July 18 at Gulfstream Park. View the full article

Whisper Hill Farm's Leslie's Rose surged to a 3 3/4-length win over Dazzling Move in the Shuvee Stakes (G2) July 18 to register her first win since the 2024 Ashland (G1). Heavily favored Raging Sea lacked her usual closing kick and finished third. View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Arguably the best older horse in training, Mindframe (Constitution), went back to work Friday morning. The 4-year-old colt had his first work since winning the loaded GI Stephen Foster Stakes last month for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. Mindframe worked an easy four furlongs in :52.46 (76/78) on the main track with regular exercise rider Carlos Quevedo on board. “He does whatever you ask him to do,” Pletcher said outside his barn at the Oklahoma Training Track. “He is cool that way. He goes easy if you want him to go easy, he goes fast if you want him to go fast.” Pletcher still has to figure out what race will be next for Mindframe, who has won all three of his starts this season at three different distances (seven furlongs, a mile and 1 1/8 miles). He also has the talented 4-year-old Fierceness (City of Light)–who can make his own case for top older horse–who worked five furlongs in 1:01.70 (5/14) in company with 5-year-old stablemate Dreamlike (Gun Runner) earlier Friday. Fierceness, owned by Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor and Mrs. John Magnier, has been penciled in for the GI, $1 million Whitney Stakes here on Aug. 2. Pletcher has been considering running Mindframe, owned by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC, for the same race, but that talk might be cooling down. “Ideally, no,” Pletcher said when asked about running the two against each other. “We would split them up. If we wait for the (GI) Jockey Club Gold Cup with (Mindframe) that would be one way of splitting them up.” The $1 million Gold Cup is scheduled for Aug. 31, the final Saturday of the Saratoga meet. “You never want to assume that both of them are going to be ready on the same day,” Pletcher said. “Fierceness has not run since the (GI) Met Mile (second, on June 7) and we have always pointed him to the Whitney.” The way Fierceness has been prepping for the Whitney makes it even more logical that he could be the solo Pletcher runner in that race. “He is giving us every indication that he is on target for it,” Pletcher said. “I would say if he stays that way, that would probably give us a good reason to wait a little longer on Mindframe and give him a little extra time.” In the Stephen Foster, Mindframe beat a field that included Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), last year's 3-year-old champ, 2024 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Golden Cents) and Gr I Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show (Candy Ride). McPeek Back From Japan Trip In Time For CCA Oaks Take Charge Milady | Sarah Andrew After a whirlwind seven-day trip to Japan, trainer Kenny McPeek is back and just in time to see his 3-year-old filly Take Charge Milady (Take Charge Indy) run in Saturday's 1 1/8-mile GI, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course. Take Charge Milady is 9-2 on the morning line in the field of six and will take on the likes of 8-5 ML favorite Immersive (Nyquist), last year's champion juvenile filly and 2-1 La Cara (Street Sense), who won the GI Acorn at Saratoga in her last start. “She needs to win this race if really put herself in the mix for top 3-year-old fillies,” McPeek said while watching his horses train on the Oklahoma Training Track Friday morning. “She is doing everything right.” In her last start, Take Charge Milady, owned by James Bell, Magdalena Racing and Kenneth Rhodes, handed Immersive her first career loss when she won the Monomoy Girl Stakes at Churchill Downs by a neck. Take Charge Milady has won three of six starts this year; she was second in the GI Ashland Stakes, 1 1/4 lengths behind La Cara. Take Charge Milady reminds McPeek of Take Charge Lady, who McPeek trained to 11 wins in 22 starts in a career that went from 2001-2003. Take Charge Indy is a son of Take Charge Lady. “Take Charge Lady was so good,” McPeek said. “Great mare, too. This filly is easing her way there. She hasn't won a graded stake yet and she definitely has to find another level.” Take Charge Milady will be ridden by Kendrick Carmouche for the first time. Brian Hernandez Jr., who was on board her last three starts, is riding at Monmouth Park Saturday. During his Japan trip, McPeek attended the Japan Racing Horse Association (JHRA) Select Sale (he didn't buy anything) and also did plenty of touristy things with his wife Sherri and daughter Annie. He had promised his daughter Annie that he would take her to Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil), who McPeek trained to the 2020 Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old filly. She was sold and is now at Northern Farm in Hokkaido. “Seeing Swiss was on the bucket list, we saw her twice,” McPeek said. “When she was sold, I told Annie I would take her one day to see her. She was very happy, and Swiss remembered her!” Book 'em Danno Ready To Roll in Vanderbilt Book'em Danno | Sarah Andrew Trainer Derek Ryan was more than happy to show off his stable star Friday morning. That would be Book 'em Danno, the 4-year-old gelding who does nothing but show up every time he runs. Ryan is hoping that trend continues Saturday when Book 'em Danno enters the starting gate of the GII, six-furlong $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Book 'em Danno, who has the catchy moniker from the old Hawaii Five-O Tv series, has won eight of 14 career starts. He likes Saratoga as he has won two of three starts, the latest being the GIII True North during the Belmont Racing Festival last month. He also won the GI Woody Stephens here last year. “He shows up, he is always there,” the New Jersey-based Ryan said. “He runs everywhere; he's a throwback.” Owned by Atlantic Six Racing LLC, Book 'em Danno turned heads for the first time last year when he finished second, beaten just a head by Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) in the G3 Saudi Derby. Forever Young would go on to finish third in last year's GI Kentucky Derby in a three-horse photo finish. In his 14 career starts, Book 'em Danno has finished off the board just twice. “Any good horse I have ever had, they all have the same thing that others don't have,” Ryan said, “You can't buy class. If they have it, they have it, if they don't, they don't.” Book 'em Danno will be ridden by Paco Lopez, who has been the rider for all three of his starts this year. In the Vanderbilt, they will be facing horses like Mullikin (Violence), who was second in the True North and the top two finishers from last year's Vanderbilt, Nakatomi (Firing Line) and Skelly (Practical Joke). “I am not afraid of anybody, but at the same time, I don't think anyone is afraid of us,” Ryan said. When you are in races like these, you are running against the best. Everything has to go your way. They are all legit horses. That's why they're in there.” The post Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA Bets: Mindframe Back To Work, May Wait For Next Race appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

3rd-Colonial Downs, $73,600, Msw, 7-18, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:18.46, gd, 6 1/2 lengths. CHANNEL THE MUSIC (c, 2, Maclean's Music–Empress Eleanor, by Empire Maker) finished a closing third on debut over a muddy main track at Monmouth Park June 22. In career start number two, the colt broke alertly, settling just off the speed up the backstretch. Making steady progress around the far turn, the even-money favorite took command at the top of the stretch, kicking away from rivals when called on for his best. Runner-up American Tapit (American Pharoah) was clear of the rest, but only managed to finish within 6 1/2 lengths of the winner. Empress Eleanor is a half-sister to GIII Canadian Derby winner Abeliefinthislivin (Arrogate) and GSP Fully Living (Unbridled's Song), who produced GSW Ballet Dancing (Medaglia d'Oro) and MGSP Untreated (Nyquist). The colt's second dam Half A.P., herself a half-sister to Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old filly Halfbridled (Unbridled), was purchased by Merriebelle Stable for $450,000 in foal to Candy Ride (Arg) at the 2014 Keeneland November Sale. Bought back for $67,000 at Keeneland November in 2023, Channel The Music made $115,000 at KEESEP last fall before hammering for $200,000 after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 at this year's OBS March Sale. Empress Eleanor is also responsible for a yearling filly by Practical Joke and a colt by Girvin foaled Mar. 7. Sales History: $67,000 RNA Wlg '23 KEENOV; $115,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $200,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $47,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Colts Neck Stables LLC; B-Merriebelle Stable LLC (KY); T-Jorge Duarte Jr. Channel the Music graduates in R3 at @colonialdowns under Horacio Karamanos for trainer Jorge Duarte! TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/LxP0N2Z0Eo — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 18, 2025 The post Maclean’s Music Colt Channel the Music Graduates Impressively at Colonial appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A dual graded stakes winner and millionaire, Scylla will try for her first win in more than a year when she battles Jody's Pride, R Disaster, and six other female sprinters in the $200,000 Honorable Miss Stakes (G2) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will aim for his fifth win in the CA$500,000 Woodbine Oaks at Woodbine July 20, where he brings a five-horse contingent to the 1 1/8-mile race over the all-weather track. View the full article

It's been a rough last few starts for the Whisper Hill Farm colorbearer, but 'TDN Rising Star' Leslie's Rose (Into Mischief) has found her best stride again and gamely took home the GII Shuvee Stakes at Saratoga. Eased up in the stretch last out in the GI Ogden Phipps at this venue, it had been the most recent in a serious of tough-luck jumps as her last four starts after the 2024 GI Kentucky Oaks either saw her get knocked around at the start, or staring eye-to-eye with fellow 'Rising Star' Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna). Back here with familiar faces GSW & GISP Dazzling Move (Not This Time) and 3-5 betting choice MGISW Raging Sea (Curlin), she was content to track the former as that frontrunner rolled through fractions of :23.62, :47.56, and 1:11.78 with Leslie's Rose never far away. As that pair swung for home, it looked like the favorite might try to make it three in a line, but the top two quickly distanced themselves from Raging Sea in the lane. Game as they come, Dazzling Move tried to muster a response late, but Leslie's Rose relentlessly pushed forward to win by three lengths. The longtime leader held second and Raging Sea managed third. The final time was 1:50.77. She's back! #3 LESLIE'S ROSE ($10.40) battles in the Saratoga stretch under @iradortiz to win the $200,000 Shuvee Stakes (G2) for @PletcherRacing and owner @whisper_hill. Another graded stakes winner for @spendthriftfarm's Into Mischief. Bet Saratoga https://t.co/WBsgDcEauN pic.twitter.com/hiIR11KI3X — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) July 18, 2025 Friday, Saratoga SHUVEE S.-GII, $200,000, Saratoga, 7-18, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:50.77, ft. 1–LESLIE'S ROSE, 124, f, 4, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Wildwood Rose (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) 2nd Dam: Wildwood Flower, by Langfuhr 3rd Dam: Dial a Trick, by Phone Trick 'TDN Rising Star'. ($1,150,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Whisper Hill Farm LLC; B-John D. Gunther & Eurowest Bloodstock Services (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $110,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 10-4-1-2, $743,800. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Dazzling Move, 122, f, 4, Not This Time–Lady Liam, by Saint Liam. ($85,000 RNA Ylg '22 KEESEP; $135,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). O-Miller Racing LLC; B-Jesse Korona (ON); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $40,000. 3–Raging Sea, 124, m, 5, Curlin–Stormy Welcome, by Storm Cat. ($300,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). O/B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $24,000. Margins: 3 3/4, 9 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 4.20, 4.40, 0.65. Also Ran: Gun Song, Prides Crossing, Malibu Beauty, Sidamara. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post ‘Rising Star’ Leslie’s Rose Back to Winning Ways with Game Shuvee Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) will continue its tradition of honoring police officers, paramedics, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) during First Responders Day Thursday, July 24 at Saratoga, the organization announced Friday. As thanks for their dedication and service to their community, the day will feature free admission for all first responders and a named race in their honor. Special recognition will be given to three members of the Saratoga Springs Police Department and other individuals who were instrumental in the rescue of 'Sly', a 22-year-old quarter horse who fell through the ice on a pond this past February. Officers Kyle Clinton, Kris Camarro, and Dominic Martuscello will be honored for their intervention efforts in the winner's enclosure during a special ceremony. Aly's owner will also be recognized and Sly himself will be in attendance to greet fans and take photos at Horse Sense from 2-4:00 p.m. The New York State Troopers Pipes and Drums band–the first police pipe band to organize in the U.S.–will perform trackside following the third and fifth races. The New York State Troopers Pipes and Drums will be supplemented by an appearance from the New York Police Department (NYPD) Ceremonial Unit, which conducts hundreds of ceremonies each year in honor of police officers in New York and across the U.S. Saratoga Springs first responder t-shirts commemorating the city's police and fire departments will also be available for purchase, while supplies last. Each shirt costs $20 and all net proceeds will benefit the respective organizations' charitable foundations. For more information and to see a list of the foundations, please go here. The post NYRA Continues Tradition of Honoring First Responders at Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After Book'em Danno won the True North Stakes (G3), Mark Rubenstein and his partners in Atlantic Six Racing have brought the 4-year-old back to Saratoga for the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G2). The field also includes grade 1 winners Nakatomi and Mullikin.View the full article